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YOUTH
USA Bowling National Championships: This event
coincides with the Junior Gold Championships and
will take place in the summer of 2026 in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. The 16 winners in each age division
from the USA Bowling Regional Tournaments come
together in one location to see who will become USA
Bowling Champions. Make sure you give your center
an opportunity to spotlight these amazing kids and
send a team to regional events near you.
USA Bowling Coaching: These seminars are available
to any BPAA member center to host them. You can
apply to receive a complimentary event where a
certified coach will teach your volunteers and people
in the surrounding area the basic skills required to
teach bowling. You can also purchase a seminar for
a low-cost fee throughout the year.
Begin building lifelong bowlers today. USA Bowling is a mainstream youth USA Learn The Sport: Youth bowlers who have
sports model sharing a similar team-based structure never competed in a structured bowling league are
introduced through this non-scoring, short-season
to other youth sports. Children of the same age program dedicated to skill development before
interact with a coach through instruction and regular graduating to a more traditional league. Goals will
practice and compete with other teams during an vary depending on the initial skill level of the bowlers,
8–12 week time frame. but will center on educating and introducing the
bowlers to the basics of the sport. Learning about the
USA Bowling Regional Tournaments: Each year, lanes, proper etiquette and scoring and teaching basic
regional events are held in 16 centers across the fundamentals involved in delivering the ball down the
United States to determine the teams that will lane will be the main topics covered. How-to guides
compete in the USA Bowling National Championship, are available at BOWL.com/youthresourcecenter.
scheduled for the summer of 2026 in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Teams can register for $125 if done more USA Bowling Summer Camps: Multiple formats
than two weeks before the event, with the cost rising are available for beginners to advanced-level kids,
to $150 afterward. All participants will receive an event while all bowlers are provided personal instruction
gift, and trophies will be awarded to the top teams. from a coach and social time to meet friends and
In addition to trophies, teams are competing for have a blast. Summer camps are no longer just for
scholarships with first place winning a $1,000 team the great outdoors. You, too, can host one in your
scholarship. The total scholarship pool for all events exceeds $120,000. bowling center.
For more information about USA Bowling programs, coaching and tournaments, please contact us at 817-385-8426 or email usabowling@bowl.com.
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