The United States Bowling Congress has added
Bill Monce to its most elite group of professional coaches, certifying him as a USBC Gold level coach. Monce, a coaching specialist for the USBC Coaching program in Greendale, Wis., and former collegiate bowler, becomes just the 31st USBC Gold coach in the world. He currently is the youngest Gold coach at age 35. To attain Gold level certification, coaches must be certified through the USBC Coaching Silver level and have mastered coaching skills in the physical game, lane play, equipment, mental game, videotaping, video analysis and instruction.
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The United States Bowling Congress announced that David Garber has been promoted to oversee three areas for the national governing body, including the International Training Center. In his new role as High Performance Director for Team USA, the USBC Coaching program and the International Training Center, Garber will manage all activities and staff members for those interrelated areas that encompass high level training, competition and research aspects of the sport of bowling. Garber previously directed the Team USA program and was co-director of the USBC Coaching program.
The United States Bowling Congress reaffirmed its commitment to quality coaching education, and is one of only 15 youth sport organizations profiled in the National Coaching Report, the only comprehensive report addressing both youth and interscholastic sport coaching education requirements in the United States. The report was released last week by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) in partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
USBC Gold coach Costas Mitsingas of Cyprus will teach a USBC Bronze coaching certification course Aug. 1-3 at Bowling Chamartin in Madrid, Spain. The attending the seminar, which will begin the evening of Friday, Aug. 1 with registration and brief classroom activities, will receive training to prepare them to coach intermediate-level bowlers. The course will develop coaching skills in the four essential areas of bowling, including the physical game, lane play, equipment and the mental game. Videotaping, video analysis and instruction on giving lessons will be covered.
In its ongoing focus to incorporate scientific studies in the sport of bowling, the United States Bowling Congress has hired exercise and strength conditioning specialist Nick Bohanan, who will join the national governing body's Coaching department. Bohanan, who holds a Master's degree in Exercise Science from Wichita State University, will use his background to help develop programs and clinics for coaches and bowlers in areas such as strength training, injury prevention and conditioning techniques to enhance bowling performance. Bohanan is expected to begin his tenure on Sept. 1 at USBC's current headquarters in Greendale, Wis.
April Treichel knows that a good bowling coach never stops learning. So the USBC Silver coach and bowling coach at Cambridge/Isanti (Minn.) High School made the trip to Orlando, Fla., for the USBC Coaches Summit and in particular, the Athlete Development Drills class. USBC coach and instructor Rich Williams, left, led the Athlete Development Drills course June 22 at AMF Sky Lanes in Orlando, Fla. The course features 29 different drills that focus on the idea that the foundation of a bowler's technique is achieving a loose arm swing.
The United States Bowling Congress has announced that Junior Team USA assistant coach Teresa Ross will join the organization's Coaching department. The highly accomplished USBC Silver coach based in Manteca, Calif., will join USBC Coaching after the headquarters moves its facility to Arlington, Texas, in the coming months. Plans call for Ross to focus on researching and helping develop specific approaches to coaching female bowlers to help their performance.
Rod Ross, one of the most respected and innovative coaches in the sport of bowling, has been named the first head coach of the United States Bowling Congress International Training Center that will be constructed at the national governing body's new headquarters facility in Arlington, Texas. Ross, 52, is the current head coach of Junior Team USA - the national youth amateur bowling team - and one of just 30 bowling coaches in the world certified at the USBC Gold level, the organization's highest. Groundbreaking for the facility is expected in late summer, with the building expected to be completed by June 2009. 
Maybe it's not exactly a $6 million man, but research engineers at USBC have been busy lately developing new digital technology in the biomechanics field that can ultimately help bowlers of all skill levels knock down more pins. Elaborate networks of cameras, sensors and computers measure pressure points and exact movements of a bowler's body during the approach and delivery. The idea is that bowling coaches – like coaches in other sports who use biomechanics technology to improve performance -- soon will employ these high tech gizmos to identify and correct problem areas in a bowler's technique.
Continuing to emphasize the important role that technology will have in growing the sport of bowling, the United States Bowling Congress has developed a system that measures and displays the exact movements of a bowler's body during the approach and delivery. The USBC has patented this sophisticated biomechanics technology, which is called "motion capture." The futuristic-looking system is the first of its kind in the sport of bowling and is expected to be available in the new USBC training facility where it will be used to identify and correct problems with bowlers' techniques in a more comprehensive manner.
The International Coach/Instructor Training seminar hosted by the United States Bowling Congress concluded on Saturday with the coaches working with students on the lanes at Olympic Lanes, a local bowling center in Milwaukee, Wis. Within the last five days, 21 coaches went through an extensive coaching program featuring USBC Silver Coaching Certification, USBC Bronze Instructor training and the introduction of exclusive new coaching technologies developed by USBC. 
Throughout the years, the perception of bowling in the United States has been mixed - sport vs. recreation. However, in several foreign countries, there is no doubt bowling is treated and respected as a sport. This week, more than 20 international coaches have visited United States Bowling Congress Headquarters in suburban Milwaukee for an International Coach/Instructor Training seminar, which concludes on Saturday.
The 3-day classroom portion of the International Coach/Instructor Training seminar hosted by the United States Bowling Congress is over and the 21 coaches from 16 countries will be on the eight lanes in the USBC Specifications and Certification center on Friday getting hands on experience with exclusive new coaching technologies being developed by USBC. The training seminar concludes on Saturday with the coaches working with students on the lanes at a local bowling center. 
After spending two consecutive days in the classroom at the USBC Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis., the 21 coaches from 16 countries attending the International Coach/Instructor Training seminar were delighted when USBC Chief Operating Officer Kevin Dornberger invited them to the Holler House, home of the oldest bowling alleys in the United States. Holler House opened the doors in September 1908 and will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Continuous Operation September this year. 
On the third day of the International Coach/Instructor Training seminar hosted by the United States Bowling Congress at the USBC Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis., coaches will receive USBC Bronze Instructor training by USBC's Rich Williams, David Garber and Bill Monce (l-r). This certification will allow them to teach Bronze coaching conferences and certify new USBC coaches in their home countries and regions. 
On a bright and sunny Wednesday morning with mild temperatures of 10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 12o Celsius), the 21 participants of the International Coach/Instructor Training seminar hosted by the United States Bowling Congress returned to the USBC Headquarters (pictured) in Milwaukee, Wis. on for the second classroom portion of the USBC Silver coaching certification conference led by USBC Junior Team USA and USBC Gold coach Rod Ross. 
On Tuesday morning some of the world's best coaches and players met in the lobby of the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport hotel in Wisconsin to get ready for the first International Silver Certification Seminar at United States Bowling Congress Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis. USBC COO Kevin Dornberger, who is also the president of the World Tenpin Bowling Association, welcomed the 21 notable names from 16 countries representing all the three FIQ/WTBA zone - Asia, America and Europe - in the seminar room in front of more than 100 USBC staff members. 
Certified coaches from Ohio, California and Minnesota are the USBC nominees for the U.S. Olympic Committee's 2007 Coach of the Year awards. USBC coaches Jeri Edwards (left), John Fukasawa (right) and David Pearson have been nominated for USOC National Coach of the Year, Volunteer Coach of the Year and Developmental Coach of the Year, respectively. The awards are organized through the USOC Coaching Recognition Program, which seeks to elevate the status of coaching as a profession and recognize the best coaches in the United States.