October Newsletter

In this newsletter:

Hall of Fame Dinner and Clinic
Sponsors
Schedule of Activities
Bulletin Board
Coach’s Tip
High and Honor Scores

Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame Banquet will be held at the Callery VFD on October 25th. Being honored this year are:

Kevin Richardson. A 20 plus year bowler of the Association. Kevin has multiple 300 games, 700 and 800 series, county tournament wins, and holds the record for season high average.

Mike Dunkerly a long-time bowler in the Association, also has multiple 300 games,700 and 800 series. Both bowlers have many other achievements.

The HOF members also chose Robert Wilson to be inducted this year in the new Veterans category. Robert was a bowler from the 70’s and 80’s era.

Tickets for the dinner are $30 each, and can be purchased by contacting either Rich Warheit (rwarheit@zoominternet.net) at 412-519-2265, or Brian Bruce (KBIBrian1978@gmail.com) 724-321-5451 For more information visit our website at Bowling | Butler Area USBC | Pennsylvania

The guest speaker is : Mike Shady

Mike will also be hosting a clinic open to everyone at Family Bowlaway on October 25th from 11:00 to 2:00. There will be a $10 per person cost associated with the clinic. Participants are requested to preregister for the event by contacting Bob Durr at 724-991-2695, or by visiting PegLeg’s Pro Shop at Family Bowlaway.

Sponsors:
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Schedule of Events:

Bulletin Board:
This newsletter is for the members of the Butler Area USBC. There may be times when a public announcement is appropriate for our membership. If you reply to this email we can post information on our web site, Facebook page or this newsletter. If it is something like your league is short of bowlers, contact our president Chuck Heshler at ctheshler@zoominternet.net he will get your request posted on Facebook right away. This newsletter is only published once a month but has a large reach.

Coach’s Tip:
We have heard many times in many situations,” it’s all in the timing.” From baking a cake to making an engine run, timing is important. If you leave a cake in the oven too long, or not long enough, it won’t turn out right. You can probably still eat it, but it’s not the best it could be. What does timing have to do with bowling?

Timing in bowling refers to the synchronization of your movements particularly the relationship between your footwork and arm swing. A bowler wants the ball and the feet to arrive at the foul line at the same time.

If you find that you have a hard time hitting your mark, it may be your timing is “off”. If your feet get ahead of your arm swing you will tend to pull through the shot, typically pulling your shoulder forward. This is your body attempting to get back into proper timing, thus causing you to miss your mark to the left (for right-handed bowlers, and to the right for left-handed bowlers). While timing can be off in the other direction, getting the feet ahead of the ball (late timing) is most common. I refer to this as “Happy Feet”.

How does one correct this??? There are 2 ways, one is to slow the tempo of your feet. Slowing the tempo of your walk to the foul line will give the arm swing time to catch up and have everything at the proper timing at the foul line. Two, start the ball in the swing earlier. Ideally, the ball should move with the first step to maintain proper timing. In very rare cases, I have seen bowlers push off with the ball before they took their first step. Is that wrong? Absolutely not. Whatever works for you. The object here is to have the ball and your feet both in proper relationship at the release point.

The picture below shows what I’m talking about.