Article Contents
- 1. The children are alright
- 2. Urethane is king
- 2.1. Why urethane is so efficient
- 3. Backing as much as success
- 3.1. In case you can’t beat them, be a part of them
- 4. Ladies and the two-handed sport
- 5. Remaining ideas
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If the youth are the way forward for the game, then it stands to cause that no matter youth bowlers are doing is a sign of the place bowling could be headed.
It doesn’t really feel like that way back, nevertheless it has been over 20 years since Osku Palermaa and Jason Belmonte burst onto the scene utilizing a two-handed type. Prefer it or not, this type revolutionized the game as increasingly younger bowlers adopted it. Now, we virtually at all times see no less than one two-hander on each PBA telecast. All over the world, the two-handed sport is much more dominant.
With this in thoughts, for my first editorial-style BTM article, I’d like to debate a few of the developments I noticed lately whereas teaching on the 2024 World Youth Championships in South Korea.
The children are alright
As some readers could know, I’m at present the pinnacle coach for the Canadian Tenpin Federation along with being the Director of Content material for BTM. My first occasion again on the worldwide scene was with our youth groups in South Korea.
Having continued to be concerned within the bowling trade and dealing with worldwide coaches like Juha Maja and Ernesto Avila, I used to be actually conscious of what was happening within the worldwide scene. That mentioned, it’s one factor to know that one thing is going on and one other to really observe it with my very own eyes whereas teaching in that atmosphere.
One factor I’ll say for positive is that the worldwide expertise on the youth stage is extraordinarily excessive—actually even increased than what I’d seen 10 years in the past. With extra information and higher teaching accessible world wide, there may be much more parity on this planet of bowling. The place there have been as soon as solely a few dominant nations, the sector is now rather more …
