“One World, One Game”® The Foundation The Cornerstone The Foundation Newsletter Volume 11, Issue 9 September 2008 "The crisis is upon us, friends. Our sport is in trouble. Many of you, that love the game as we do, will look at the crisis like a friend who is in trouble and needs our help. We must not shrink from the task before us, we should welcome it. It is 'our' generation that has been called to the challenge. If not now, when? If not us, who?" _________________________________ Letter from the Editor Olympic Hopes As of this writing, the games of the XXIX Summer Olympics have begun in Beijing, China. Sports from swimming, gymnastics and diving to archery, badminton and handball are represented in the summer games. If you followed any of the Olympics, or at least heard any news about them, you know that US standout swimmer Michael Phelps has surpassed great Olympic athletes such as Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis as the all time gold medal leader. Additionally, he has his sights set on surpassing Spitz’s record of eight gold medals in one Olympic game. At his current pace, five gold medals in five events swam; he is well on his way. Not only has Phelps won all of the events he has swam, but he, and in some cases his team, has also broken the world record in each of his events. That is five events, five gold medals and five new world records. To say that he is an impressive athlete might be grossly understating the reality of his athleticism. He is as Tiger Woods is to golf, as Lance Armstrong is to cycling, as Michael Jordan is to basketball; the list could really go on and on for pages. This got me to thinking; who in bowling could be compared to the likes of these great athletes? There are many, many talented bowlers that compete in top level competition. Is one of them worthy of being compared to these other athletes? It’s hard to make that kind of comparison when bowling isn’t in the Olympics. It’s hard to make that kind of comparison when bowling isn’t on the same world stage as many other sports; it just doesn’t get the publicity that other sports get. It would be great to see bowling in the Olympics. I hope I get to see that. 3-Point Targeting With Quiet Eye Is Proven As An Effective Advanced Targeting Technique With C.A.T.S. Data By: Joe Slowinski, Master Teaching Professional, laceName w:st="on">KegellaceName> laceName w:st="on">TraininglaceName> laceType w:st="on">CenterlaceType> The 3-Point Targeting with Quiet Eye system taught at the laceName w:st="on">KegellaceName> laceName w:st="on">TraininglaceName> laceType w:st="on">CenterlaceType> has been helping bowlers with amazing and immediate results (demonstrated data-driven improvement). The system is based on both bowling research and sport science research. CASE STUDY # 1 To test the effectiveness of this targeting method, we took C.A.T.S. data when an individual first arrived at the laceName w:st="on">TraininglaceName> laceType w:st="on">CenterlaceType>. Here is a 220 average league bowler, bowling on the PBA Chameleon pattern. The bowler has 10 to 15 minutes to warm-up and line-up before taking C.A.T.S.
After a 15 minute discussion on the 3-Point Targeting with Quiet Eye system, the bowler went back to the lane and lined-up after a few shots with guidance of the coach who just taught the system. Here is the follow-up C.A.T.S. data with the same bowler on the same pattern. As you can see, there is significant and immediate improvement. CASE STUDY # 2 Here is another case study of a 227 youth bowler. After warming-up for 10 to 15 minutes, his C.A.T.S. data were as followed on the 41 foot PBA Scorpion pattern. Immediately following his initial C.A.T.S. data, he was taught the 3-Point Targeting with Quiet Eye system in about 10 minutes. He was also assisted in lining-up based on what he was taught for about 5 minutes. After just a few minutes of applying the system, his secondary set of C.A.T.S. data was taken. At the laceName w:st="on">KegellaceName> laceName w:st="on">TraininglaceName> laceType w:st="on">CenterlaceType>, we are proud of what we teach. It is consistent with research in the lab as well as experience on the lanes. Collectively, this results in practical methods to improve your game. Other bowlers have been tested with a more than 95% success rate. To learn more about this method, visit the laceName w:st="on">KegellaceName> laceName w:st="on">TraininglaceName> laceType w:st="on">CenterlaceType> web site at www.kegeltrainingcenter.com or schedule a lesson with one of our world-class coaches. Let bowler continue to strike
By: Dick Evans Bowling's antiquated scoring rules hurting image of sportOver the years, most sports have changed their rules or schedules to fit the changing times and technology. Major league baseball became popular through the World Series, in which the winner of the National League played the winner of the American League for the World Series title. Now a baseball team that finishes second in its division can wind up winning the World Series. And think about college and pro football. Before TV became so important, there were no such things as two-point conversions or sudden-death playoffs. On many occasions, football games ended in ties. And basketball had no three-point shots for many, many decades.
Even an individual sport like tennis had no tiebreakers until TV complained that matches lasted too long when a player had to win each set by two games. And over the years bowling has made many changes from two-frame rolloffs to break a tie and the Baker (named after former ABC executive director Frank Baker) to determine the winner of team games.
So I see no reason why bowling shouldn't enter the 21st century rewrite its scoring manual. Everybody is upset that so many bowlers roll a 300 game and cry that high scoring is destroying the integrity of the game. I say hogwash, the rules are bowling's problem because no other sport tells a great athlete that he/she can only be so good unlike bowling's 300 game and 900 set limitations.
The Olympic Games are just around the corner and you will hear TV announcers go crazy as hundreds of Olympic records are broken during competition in China. Records are made to be broken in every sport except bowling which is the victim of its own antiquated bowling rules.
All bowlers should be upset with the rule that says they can tie a record, not break one.
When bowling's forefathers established 300 as a perfect game way back in 1895, it was considered unbelievable that someone could roll 12 straight strikes with a wooden ball on dry and sometimes concrete lanes.
A decade ago I asked Fred Borden, a world respected bowling coach, to estimate how much higher a bowler should average today than 30 years ago based on all the technological and teaching advances. Borden estimated about 17 pins. In other words, if a bowler averaged 200 back in the 1980s then he/she should average 217 in 2008.
If bowlers are expected to throw more strikes every year, then why is the United States Bowling Congress spending so much money on a training center and developing better and better coaches who should develop better and better bowlers?
So if bowling technology continues to advance rapidly then that should mean that by the year 2028 a bowler should average around 245. Absurd you say to yourself, nobody is that good. If bowling didn't have limitations on the number of strikes a bowler can roll in a game, then even writers would jump on the bandwagon.
I think bowling needs a publicity boost and a kick in the pants if it doesn't look into changing scoring rules. More and more golfers are hitting 300 yard drives and no one is yelling foul. The USBC could retain the framework of a regular game (12 frames) or set (36 frames) but allow the individual or team to continue bowling as long as they keep striking.
They do something similar in baseball...the visiting team can continue to bat and score runs until there are three outs. That means a visiting team like the St. Louis Cardinals could send 23 batters to the plate and score 21 runs in the top of the ninth inning.
Imagine the world wide interest in bowling if records were made to be broken. Here are a few possible world wide headlines:
AMERICAN male bowler rolls record 48 straight strikes in Wichita League.
FRENCH female bowler rolls record 41 consecutive strikes in Vienna Open.
KOREAN women's team breaks world record by stringing together a staggering 53 straight strikes during a game in WTBA Championship in Tokyo.
In my opinion, it is not fair to the sport of bowling, the bowler or the proprietor to have limitations on the number of strikes you can roll in each game. Almost every other sport – especially football, basketball, tennis and golf – have used modern technology and changed rules so that scoring will go up and thus create renewed interest in the sport.
If I were an avid sport bowler and I paid big money on my equipment, hired an expensive coach and spent big bucks practicing then I would be upset if someone told me that I only bowled a 300 game because the lanes conditions were soft.
Bowling officials need to reinvent the game.
At one time in the world's history, most people thought the world was flat. Now they know better.
About 113 years ago, the ABC's founding fathers thought the 300 game was the ultimate accomplishment awaiting only a few gifted athletes using wooden balls. Today we know better because of changing times and improving technology.
Is it better to regress to the old world of horse and buggies or progress into the bright new world of jet plane? I choose change. Editor’s Note: This article was edited for space. It was reprinted with permission from author Dick Evans. Allen set for Team USA debut at Men's World Championships By: Kevin Hazaert; USBC Communications Even though he feels he gets more credit than deserved, Patrick Allen helped mentor fellow left-hander Rhino Page to arguably one of the best rookie seasons in the history of professional bowling. Now Allen, a 10-time winner on the Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour, will have the chance to look to Page for tips and advice as he prepares to make his Team USA debut at the upcoming World Tenpin Bowling Association Men's World Championships, scheduled for Aug. 22-30 in Bangkok, Thailand. "Rhino is a great player, largely because he came through this program," said Allen of Wesley Chapel, Fla. "A lot of the success he had on tour was because of Team USA." The Men's World Championships marks the much anticipated first appearance of professionals at the World Championships. Joining Allen and Page in Thailand on the six-player Team USA squad are fellow Denny's PBA Tour stars Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, and Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., along with amateur Bill Hoffman of Columbus, Ohio. Professionals are now eligible to compete with Team USA in international competition, thanks to a change in WTBA legislation last August. At the 2006 World Championships, Page and Hoffman helped the United States win the team gold medal for the first time since 1971, highlighted by Hoffman's 300 in the second-to-last game. Page also won singles silver and Masters bronze in 2006. "Guys like Rhino and Bill have been through the wars internationally," said Allen, the 2004-05 PBA Player of the Year thanks to three titles including the PBA World Championship. "There's going to be some stuff that they've seen before that we haven't, so we'll need to use that to our advantage. "From what I hear, the whole atmosphere is a lot different than what we are used to on tour - a lot of other exterior factors. We're going to have to mindset of being used to guys stepping up (on the approach) one lane next to you and not being able to put the ball down on the ball return. Some factors were not used to and that will be a bit of a challenge." Allen continued to be among the elite bowlers on tour in 2007-08, winning a title for the fifth consecutive season on his way to finishing sixth in the points standings. All five professionals representing Team USA finished in the top nine in points, however Allen knows nothing will be handed to them in Thailand. "There are a lot of expectations for the PBA guys to go out there and win the gold medal," Allen said. "But we have to be up to the challenge. We've got to be ready." The Men's World Championships, which will be held at SF Strike Bowl Ngamwonwan, will feature more than 300 athletes from 56 countries competing in six disciplines - doubles, trios, team, singles, all-events and Masters.
Visit the Men's World Championships homepage for complete coverage of the 2008 WTBA Men's World Championships, including videos, photos, stories, results and blogs once the event begins. History made in championship round at U.S. Women's Open By: Lucas Wiseman; USBC Communications
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In the first matchup of black athletes for a professional title in the history of bowling, Kim Terrell-Kearney of Dover, Del., defeated Trisha Reid of Columbus, Ohio, 216-189, Wednesday night to win the 2008 U.S. Women's Open, a United States Bowling Congress event.
Terrell-Kearney built an early lead and held on to win her second U.S. Women's Open and her third career major title. She earned $25,000 for the victory, which will be featured on a tape-delayed basis by ESPN for five consecutive weeks at 1 p.m. Eastern beginning Sept. 7.
Only a handful of black women, including Terrell-Kearney, and one black male have won professional bowling titles. Although she wasn't sure, Terrell-Kearney had a hunch history was being made Wednesday night at Brunswick Zone XL.
"I had a feeling it was the first time something like this had happened," said Terrell-Kearney, who is the head women's bowling coach at historically black college laceName w:st="on">DelawarelaceName> laceType w:st="on">StatelaceType>. "I've had footsteps to follow in, and hopefully I'm providing inspiration for other African Americans out there to pursue their goals in bowling."
In the championship match, Terrell-Kearney struck on four of her first five shots to take a 24-pin lead at the halfway point, while Reid mustered just three strikes in the entire game.
"It's been a great week, and it's really satisfying to reach my goal of 10 career titles," Terrell-Kearney said. "Winning the Open is the pinnacle of most bowlers' careers and to win it twice is amazing."
Terrell-Kearney narrowly advanced to the championship match with a 216-202 victory over USBC Hall of Famer Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of North Richland Hills, Texas. In the dramatic finish, Dorin-Ballard missed a 10 pin in the final frame to open the door for Terrell-Kearney, who earlier in the match missed a 10 pin of her own.
"I knew I couldn't make mistakes against Carolyn, and I feared that miss would cost me even though it happened early in the match," said Terrell-Kearney, who struck on her first ball in the final frame to advance. "It took me a minute to regain my composure after that, but thankfully I did. I was just hoping for an opportunity in the 10th frame and it happened."
Reid moved into the final by defeating Malaysia's Shalin Zulkifli, 237-180, in the other semifinal. Reid pulled ahead after Zulkifli left the 2-4-10 split in the fourth frame and a pocket 7-10 split in the sixth frame.
"It feels great, just awesome, and I'm still overwhelmed," said Reid, who was one of 12 bowlers to earn spots in the PBA Women's Series through qualifying at the U.S. Women's Open this week. "Even though I finished second, I still feel like I won. I really came here to make the top 12 for the Women's Series and everything after that was icing on the cake."
All of the Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and championship match will be televised on a tape-delayed basis by ESPN. The telecasts begin Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. and continue for five consecutive weeks. Recent Phantom Radio Trivia Contest Winners
Phantom Radio’s monthly Trivia Contests continue to be popular with the listeners and the list of ‘Phantom Phans’ continues to grow. The contests are sponsored by Storm Bowling and you must be a “Phantom Phan Club Member” to be eligible to win. It’s easy to join, just go to our website, at: www.foundation300.com and look for: How to join The Phantom Phan Club. Listed below are the most recent Phantom Phan Club winners. Sign-up today and win a Storm Bowling Ball, Storm Bowling Bag or Accessory Item – or another Prize !!!
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