Set your mindset
the night before.
A 60-minute mental game session for youth bowlers, the Friday before the Striking Against Breast Cancer Youth Mixed Doubles. Walk in overthinking. Walk out with a plan for every frame, including the one that scares you.
The night before is when your head gets loud.
You don't need to shut those thoughts off. You need something to do with them. That's what tonight is for.
Four shifts.
Ready by morning.
No lectures and no homework. Four tools you practice in the room, write on one card, and use tomorrow on the first shot.
Nerves mean you care. You'll learn what your body is really doing when your heart races, and a breath that turns it into energy you can use. Then we write down tomorrow's biggest fear and tear it up.
Tool: the gutter breathTen swing thoughts become one cue word. You pick yours, then walk through tomorrow's first shot in your head, start to finish, with that word leading the way.
Tool: your cue wordA bad shot only costs you one frame if you let it go. Turn, breathe, name it, cue. We rehearse it out loud so your body knows it before your brain has to.
Tool: THE RESETDoubles partners get matched on Sunday from block scores, so you could bowl with someone you've never met. Tonight you decide what kind of partner you'll be: what you'll say when they're struggling, what you'll never do, and how you'll celebrate. Then you practice it with someone new in the room.
Tool: the partner promiseOne card.
Zip it in your bag.
Everything you build tonight goes on your Tomorrow Card. It's pocket-size, written in your own words, and it's there between games when you need it.
Parents, this is also the card you'll see on the kitchen counter in the morning.
My Tomorrow Card Mindset Shift Sesh
It works on the lanes.
"Definitely using a cue word. It helped me focus in my 2nd block and I did really well."Aleena · youth bowler
"Learning about the champions routine and how to focus and not overthink when bowling."Hunter · youth bowler
Two bowlers were asked the same question and gave the same answer. The cue word is the tool that sticks, so tonight is built around it.
Diandra Asbaty
"I stepped onto the live TV pair and I made every single mistake in the book. Nobody ever taught me what to do in that frame."
That's why she built Beyond the Lanes: to give young bowlers the mental game she had to figure out alone. Mindset Shift Sesh is that lesson, packed into one hour, the night it matters most.
Sit in. Learn the language.
Parents are welcome to sit in the back row at no charge. You'll hear the same four tools your bowler is learning, so tomorrow you're speaking the same language.
You'll go home with your own card too.
The parent card
- What to say tonight, and what to skip
- How to ask "what's your cue word?" instead of "what did you shoot?"
- The one sentence to say between games
- How to handle the car ride home, win or lose
Good to know
Who is this for?
Youth bowlers competing in the Striking Against Breast Cancer Youth Mixed Doubles, or anyone bowling in Houston that weekend who wants a calmer, clearer head going in. Beginners and seasoned competitors both leave with something to use.
Is this about technique?
No. We won't touch your release or your ball. This hour is all about the mental side: nerves, focus, bouncing back and being a great partner.
I won't know my doubles partner until Sunday. Does that matter?
Not at all. Partners are matched from block scores, so nobody knows theirs on Friday night. Shift 04 is built for exactly that. You decide what kind of partner you'll be, and you practice with someone new in the room, just like Sunday.
What should I bring?
Just yourself. We provide the Tomorrow Card, pens and everything else. Wear something comfy.
Will we be done in time for a good night's sleep?
That's the whole point. We start at 6:00 and you're out the door by 7:00.
When does the early bird price end?
Friday, October 16 at 11:59 PM Central. After that, seats are $49.
Do parents pay?
No. Parents sit in free and get their own parent card.
Shift your
mindset tonight.
60 minutes · 6:00 to 7:00 PM · parents sit in free · limited seats