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YOUTH TO BE EVALUATED AT BOWLING COMBINE


NOT unlike profes- sional football, which stages an annual com- bine to evaluate col- lege talent in front of professional scouts, the International Training and Research Center will host a bowling combine to connect youth bowlers and col- lege coaches. The Bowling Com-


bine for College Pros- pects will take place Aug. 10-11 at the ITC in Arlington, Texas, and more than 100 young bowlers are expected to be evalu- ated in the presence of as many as 30 college coaches. “College coaches


want to see potential recruits in person, and young bowlers hop- ing for an opportunity


to bowl in col- lege want to be seen,” said Gary Brown, IBC High School and Collegiate Man- ager. The unique


resources of the ITRC will not only give bowl- ers a better idea of how their skills stack up nationally, but will give coaches a much more detailed analysis of prospective student- athletes. “Recruiting is diffi-


cult,” said Kim Terrell- Kearney, assistant head coach of Team USA and the ITRC, and former head coach at Delaware State Univer- sity. “Aside from going to Junior Gold every year, which virtually


LOOK ME OVER: College hopefuls will put their skills on display for college coaches.


exhausted my recruit- ing budget, the only way to evaluate talent was through a bowler’s average and Junior Gold finishes. “By the same token,


kids who want to bowl in college have had a difficult time be- ing seen. That’s what makes the combine


such a great idea. We’ll be able to measure the things that really make a difference, and coaches will be able to find the right fit for their program.” The Bowling Com-


bine, open to bowlers who have collegiate eli- gibility remaining and have completed at least


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their sophomore year in high school, will utilize the Team USA coaching staff and the ITRC’s state-of-the-art technology, including Bowler Vision, ball mo- tion technology, video analysis and more. Bowlers, who will


receive a Recruiting Kit with video and


a complete evaluation at the conclusion of the com- bine, will be evaluated in shot repeat- ability, release ratio, spare proficiency, breakpoint management, vertical leap and balance. The results will provide


an overall Performance Evaluation Test score. “The PET scores are


an objective measure- ment of the bowler’s abilities,” said Bryan O’Keefe, assistant coach for Team USA and the program di- rector for the Bowling Combine. The combine should


be equally beneficial to bowlers and coaches. “Helping coaches


understand perfor- mance evaluation is one reason we devel- oped the combine,” added O’Keefe.


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