10/01/08
USBC Coaching
Team USA video coaching series
Improve your game with instruction from bowling's elite athletes. In this exclusive online series, Team USA members
Diandra Asbaty,
Lynda Barnes,
Derek Eoff and
Stefanie Nation, and Team USA coach
Ken Yokobosky (pictured) cover the basics and go over more advanced bowling techniques and strategies.
09/18/08
USBC Coaching
Garber to oversee Training Center, other key USBC areas
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.
08/22/08
USBC Coaching
USBC's Monce becomes youngest member of elite bowling coach group
Illinois resident becomes just 31st in world to earn USBC Gold certification
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.
08/16/08
USBC Coaching
USBC profiled in National Coaching Report
New study stresses importance of qualified coaches for all youth athletes
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).
07/24/08
USBC Coaching
USBC to hold coaching certification course in Spain
Gold coach from Cyprus will lead Bronze conference in Madrid Aug. 1-3
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.
07/18/08
USBC Coaching
Exercise/conditioning specialist to join USBC
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.
06/23/08
USBC Coaching
Coaches gain experience in athlete development drills course
Ball fitting course a success
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.
06/23/08
USBC Coaching
Teresa Ross to join USBC Coaching staff
Junior Team USA assistant to focus on strategies for coaching female bowlers
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.
06/18/08
USBC Coaching
Rod Ross named head coach of USBC International Training Center
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.
06/04/08
USBC Coaching
Better bowling through science By Patrick Brettingen
Republished courtesy of US Bowler (Summer 2008)
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.
05/23/08
USBC Coaching
USBC develops 'motion capture' system for bowling
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.
05/20/08
USBC Coaching
International Silver Level Coaches discuss technology and possibilities for the future of our sport on BowlTV
Thanks to USBC's BowlTV Bowlingdigital can offer you five videos
Three month ago, 21 of the world's best coaches and players went through an extensive coaching program in the first
International Coach/Instructor Training seminar at the USBC Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis. After five days of instruction they received their USBC Silver Coaching Certification which allows them to teach Bronze coaching conferences and certify new USBC coaches in their home countries and regions. Thanks to
BowlTV we can offer you five videos featuring some of the coaches as well as USBC's Neil Stremmel discussing technology and the exciting possibilities for the future of our sport.
02/16/08
United States
International Coach/Instructor Training seminar concludes with the coaches working with students on the lanes
USBC Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis. (Feb. 12-16, 2008)
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.
02/16/08
United States
Foreign coaches look to USBC to develop competitive bowling programs
21 coaches from 16 countries receive USBC Silver Level Coach Certification
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.
02/15/08
United States
International Coaches will be in the USBC Specifications and Certification center today
USBC Headquarters in Milwaukee, WI (Feb. 12-16, 2008)
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.
