Mantis Drills
Mantis Drills assist in the development of a player’s technical proficiency in a range of lawn bowls delivery techniques. The drills are performed with no opposition acting as a lead-in phase for the transference of the different techniques into a competitive game environment.
7 drills have been devised to enable a player to practice the repeated execution of specific delivery techniques. The aim is to achieve a consistent level of performance through a process in which practice makes permanent, and where the overriding objective is to ‘Learn to play’…
The Mantis Drills
Casting the Jack, Forehand Draw, Backhand Draw, Guard Shot, Upshot (yard-on), Drive Shot, Trail Shot.
The Mantis is a piece of equipment that is used to simulate the head in order to help a player to focus on directing and steering their bowl into the Shot Zone using the correct line, length and weight when executing a specific delivery technique.
Setting the Mantis
The Mantis and Mantis Jaws can be set to a number of distances using the ‘rink spots’ on a rink. The Mantis Drills and Mantis Games however use the 3 designated lengths of 25.5m (short length), 29.5m (medium length), and 33.5m (long length) as shown on the illustration below.
Practicing at different lengths of play will assist a player in gaining a grasp and feel for adjusting the weight of a delivery to suit the delivery technique used and the length of the end being played.
The 3 designated lengths used within the Mantis Drills are specifically employed for the purpose of performance measurement when testing the performance ability of a player.
