How far along the aiming line should the aiming point be?
An aiming point located ‘jack high’ provides both distance and direction. Another advantage of aiming points adjacent to the head is that fine adjustment, particularly of aiming line, is usually easier than adjustment of aiming points nearer the mat. A disadvantage is that unless the back knee moves to a low position, the arching of the neck needed to keep the aiming point in view produces discomfort. Some bowlers vary the aiming point distance in proportion to the head distance as a means of appropriately regulating their delivery speed. Some bowlers prefer to visualise an aiming point sufficiently close to the mat that their bowl not only runs towards it, but over it. To date, no particular method has proved superior to any other.
