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owling’s Team USA includes the some of the best bowlers in the world. That’s not news. When you can cherry pick

from the likes of Walter Ray Williams, Wes Malott and Rhino Page on the men’s side, or from Kelly Kulick, Liz Johnson or Shannon Pluhowsky on the women’s side, you can feel confident going into any international competition. What you might not know, though,

is that members of Team USA train to be where they are. They train daily and weekly, and they train hard. They’re always on the lanes looking to perfect their skills so they can compete for the U.S. with their “A” game anytime they are called upon to do so. A big part of that training comes from

their time at the International Training and Research Center (ITRC) at the Inter- national Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas. Team USA Head Coach Rod Ross and his staff spend countless hours preparing

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to take the Team USA athletes through their annual training camps, focusing on such skill areas as lane reading, spare shooting, consistency and physical preparation. To accomplish all that, Ross has an

extraordinary tool in his arsenal — the ITRC itself. Home to some of the most innovative

and cutting-edge coaching technologies available in the bowling industry today, the ITRC’s abundance of instructional tools proves time and again that even the most seasoned bowlers that their games still have room for growth. “There’s always something you can

Team USA Head Coach Rod Ross and his world-class coaching staff take full advantage of the International Training and Research Center to hone the skills of all three of bowling’s Team USAs — men’s, women’s and juniors.

learn,” said Williams. “It’s always impor- tant to get a different way of looking at something. I like the C.A.T.S. (Computer Aided Tracking System) that they have here. It would be nice if any time I went to practice I could take it with me to see how well I am throwing the ball in different situations and work on hitting my target, because to me being accurate and repeat-