This is the BowlU Pathway

Fun keeps everyone coming back. It is the perfect time to develop the quicker twitch muscles that increase rev rate. We focus on the creation and control of rotation because once a bowler learns how to hook it, there is a great chance they become a bowler for life. How much of a rev rate they choose is up to the individual but developing usable ranges that lets the bowler move across the whole lane is the goal.

The competitive instincts of the individual inspires and motivates the individual to seek greater challenges and continue to climb the ladder. We don't believe in force feeding individuals into more challenging environments. We want bowlers to participate at the any level they choose. During this phase we offer a variety of challenges to choose from and simply monitor the individual's competitive instincts. Any level and pathway from recreational to sport is good for the sport.

We believe this is the training everyone should have. The bowler, the coach, the pro shop operator, the proprietor, the fan, the parents. It builds a foundation of understanding that develops pride and respect for the sport and gets everyone working on parallel pathways.

This is the right time to start clearing up pictures by helping the individual bowler identify who they are as a bowler and get the individual to start using "Response Time" to connect all of the performance factors and their individual performance characteristics.

A bowler can save a whole lot of time and money by understanding why before they start trying to figure out how. BowlU has created a strategy that works for all styles, in all environments, through all phases of transition for every skill level. This will help the individual bowler sort through all of the poor information they are exposed to 

BowlU has developed skill development techniques that allow the individual to develop the skills of their game on and off the lanes. The off-lane drills are specific to BowlU training and work for all styles by identifying the 5 primary motion sequences that are part of every bowler's game. BowlU has developed drills within each primary sequence by narrowing and perfecting all movements down to the smallest motion sequences.

The Ultimate Difference at the elite level. Most bowlers and coaches don't start training this aspect of their game early enough. BowlU has developed a technique that eliminates the confusion of the non-physical game and helps the individual tailor their development as they choose.

No matter what style a bowler has or the environment they bowl in they will benefit by developing the ability to create a little bit more and a little bit less. This is the training that gets the bowler on the right pathway to deal with transition. Bowling is ... always has been and always will be about transition, making this a very valuable phase of development.

Technology is always evolving, and we need to be able to sort through the truths, myths, and marketing of technology.

Personal Evaluation is valuable at this point to listen to the thoughts of the individual and clear up any confusion or misunderstanding that is part of every bowler's journey. By this point of development, the individual has all the information they need and should be able to evaluate what they currently do and want to focus on moving forward. Personal Evaluation is something that should be done annually. The focus with this evaluation is to clean up anything that needs attention.

The dreams and goals of the individual determine the pathway forward. The individual might want to bowl, coach, become a pro shop operator, work within bowling center management or pursue other work within the industry, we want to listen, help, and develop a working relationship with the individual.

Creating a game plan that matches the desires of the individual. As a bowler, it can be difficult to follow your dreams or prepare for certain competition goals because you can’t duplicate the transition characteristics and competitive atmosphere on your own. Having Team BowlU on your side to share these experiences will make your game plan more effective. Don't do it on your own, seek help and advice from someone you trust.

The environment you compete in effects all of your choices. What makes sense in one environment is often completely different in another environment. Through years of experience BowlU has changed the way many bowlers and coaches look at the sport. This has allowed BowlU to map out the strategy, reduce the confusion, shorten the learning curve, connect the dots, and clear up the pictures like nothing has ever done before. It works for every era, every environment, every style, every skill level, without conflicting with any bowler or physical game coach in the world. This is an important phase for understanding the value of "Working Together"

Your local competition includes the place you develop most of your physical, strategic, and non-physical choices. Many bowlers never leave their local competition environment, making it the most important factor effecting a bowler and coach's understanding, thoughts, and opinions. It makes for great experiences and debate, but if you never leave your local competition environment, that is all that matters. I have a ton of respect for a bowler or coach when I am sharing the stories, thoughts, and opinions they accumulated from the experiences of their local environment. These are the stories and experiences that make bowling one of the greatest family and life-long sports there is. Sharing the experiences of worldwide travel with those in a local environment is a special opportunity for all of us. From a development standpoint the way we share experiences creates the future pathway for other bowlers and coaches in that local environment.  

When a bowler or coach expands their competitive arena, they find out how different things can be. It can take decades to understand how to develop understanding and theories that work in every environment. If regional competition is in your plans, I highly recommend adding BowlU to your development plans. BowlU has done the work, tested the options, and organized the proven concepts that work for everyone. If you find yourself in the middle of adding regional competition to your local competition experiences, this is the phase of development that allows me to say, "I have created more champions away from the lanes, than on the lanes". Matching the skills and understanding derived from local competition and expanding them to regional competition is less about changing what you do on the lanes and more about matching the strategies of the bowler with the physical skills they already have. 

When an individual decides that they want to take their skills and use them for profit, we start by letting "them be them". The worst thing you want a bowler to experience is getting to the personal evaluation point and saying, "I should have just done it my way". Successful development is doing it "your way" first and patiently matching what you do with the knowledge and experience BowlU has organized for your consumption. Bowling as a semi-professional (bowling with the intent to profit on a part-time basis) is not the same as competing against the best of the best. Testing your skills against the best of the best is a great way to develop and follow the pathway of development but doing it strategically appropriate is an important aspect of the "Semi-Professional" phase of development.

If you have professional intentions, you need to start by understanding "base hitters" don't make money in the sport of bowling. You have to become a "homerun hitter" to be a successful professional bowler. There are two ways to win in the sport of bowling. In some environments you can be "better than everyone else" but more times than not it is "mastering your uniqueness" that leads to a successful professional experience. During this phase of development, we are exploring the individual's uniqueness and learning to match it to the professional environment. A professional must sort through the SWOT's (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) that every other professional initiative deals with. This phase of development requires the bowler and the mentor to minimize the emotional involvement and focus on adapting their game to the environments that offer the greatest profit potential. It's a reality that "professional bowling" is not meant for everyone.