First USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar in England to be held in August

USBC Silver Coach Steve Innins, England, has announced the first USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar to be held in England on second and third August 2008 at the AMF Bowl The Merrion Centre hotel, Wade Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 8NH England.

Innins was one of the 21 international coaches, who received their USBC Silver Coach certification during an exclusive International Coach/Instructor Training seminar hosted by the United States Bowling Congress in February 2008.

The class went through an extensive coaching program featuring USBC Silver Coaching Certification by USBC gold coach, master instructor and Junior Team USA head coach Rod Ross, USBC Bronze Instructor training by USBC's Rich Williams, David Garber and Bill Monce and the introduction of exclusive new coaching technologies developed by USBC by USBC Technical Director Neil Stremmel and USBC Research Engineer Paul Ridenour.

Pictured: Innins, left, and Ernesto Avila, Mexico, right, working with a student during a coaching clinic in Milwaukee, Wis.

This USBC Silver Coaching Certification allows them to teach Bronze coaching conferences and certify new USBC coaches in their home countries and regions.

According to Innins, the first USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar in England is an intermediate level of training and certification designed for individuals wanting to increase their coaching skills and professionalism.

The Bronze Level Certification conference focuses on coaching fundamentals and will cover:

• Pedagogy of coaching
• Fine tuning the physical game
• Lane conditions and adjustments
• The mental game
• Components of the bowling ball
• Dynamics of ball motion
• Videotaping
• Video analysis
• Giving a lesson
  

*** Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level One. ***
Level 1 course can be completed either on line or immediately prior to the Bronze certification.

Contact Steve Ininns for further details:
Phone +44-(0)7960-333969
Email: sininns@aol.com