Sunday, February 5, 2012

Bowling Highlights Column 2-3-12




New Youth Development Manager


The International Bowling Congress Youth Development Department has announced the hiring of Corey Robinson as the new Bowler's Ed brand manager.
Robinson will be helping bowling centers get involved with their local schools to bring an In-School program to the classroom or gym.
"Corey is a perfect fit to work with educations at all grade levels," said ChadMurphy, director of Youth Development at the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas. "His education and athletic background meld perfectly into his new position working with educators and bowling proprietors."
Robinson comes to his new position after spending the past 13 years as an educator and football coach from the junior high level to the Division I collegiate level. His most recent stop was at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas where he was the associate head coach and co-offensive coordinator as well as the academic coordinator for football.
He received his B.S. in social work at Western New Mexico University and a Master's in education and athletic administration from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Robinson served in Desert Storm and received the U.S. Army Commendation Medal.
The Bowler's Ed program is designed to introduce children to bowling in the classroom. Teachers have access to a free step-by-step curriculum, a video explaining the fundamentals of bowling and special discounts for equipment.
The program helps proprietors in developing partnerships with their schools to determine what the center can offer the school, shows how to set up workshops to explain the program, how to implement the program in the school and tracking the success of the program.
Proprietors can get all the tools needed to develop partnerships with school in their areas at the all new Youth Resource Center at BPAA.com/resourcecenter.
Cory Robinson can be called at 800-343-1329, ext. 8432 or email at crobinson@ibcyouth.com


THE BOWLING TIP
BY MIKE LUNGO


This tip is for all bowlers regardless of age or level of play.
So very often today bowlers find themselves off balance at the foul line,
While there are many reasons for this, what you may not realize is that most bad finishes are a result of a bad start.
The tip: Check your first step and see if it's too long. This will cause you to push the ball away too far and then your feet will have to play "catch up" to keep you from falling down.
Try a smaller first step next time........is may help.
Mike Luongo is a certified IBPSIA Pro Shop Operator, Master Instructor, USBC Silver Level Coach and an Advisor-Special Events assistant with the Storm and Roto Grip Bowling Ball Company. Have a question, call him at 435-720-7939 or email at mikel@stormbowling.com


Thiscolumn is written by Ed Townsend, a public relations consultant to the amateur-professional sport of bowling and to several bowling writers associations. League and tournament information and scores can be sent to 845-439-8177, via email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com and by fax at 845-205-4474. We are also available at http://bght.blogspot.com/ and on Facebook.

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