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YOUTH
USA Bowling National Championships: This event
coincides with the Junior Gold Championships. 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
The YES Fund is dedicated to the development of youth near you.
bowling. Our future is now and partnerships have united the
bowling industry in a single cause — the betterment of youth USA Bowling Coaching: These seminars are available
bowling. The YES Fund was initiated by the Bowling Proprietors’ to any BPAA member center to host them. You can
Association of America and the United States Bowling Congress, apply to receive a complimentary event where a
dedicated to youth bowling development and marketing. The certified coach will teach your volunteers and people in
YES effort is open to anyone interested in becoming involved the surrounding area the basic skills required to teach
in youth bowling — companies and organizations involved in bowling. You can also purchase a seminar for a low-
youth sports, members of the bowling industry, bowling center cost fee throughout the year.
proprietors and individuals. For more information, please
contact the IBC Youth Development team at 817-385-8426 or USA Learn The Sport: Youth bowlers who have
contactus@ibcyouth.com. never competed in a structured bowling league are
introduced through this non-scoring, short-season
program dedicated to skill development before
graduating to a more traditional league. Goals will vary
Begin building lifelong bowlers today. USA Bowling depending on the initial skill level of the bowlers, but
is a mainstream youth sports model sharing a similar will center on educating and introducing the bowlers
team-based structure to other youth sports. Children to the basics of the sport. Learning about the lanes,
of the same age interact with a coach through proper etiquette and scoring and teaching basic
instruction and regular practice and compete with fundamentals involved in delivering the ball down the
other teams during an 8–12 week time frame. lane will be the main topics covered. How-to guides are
available at BOWL.com/youthresourcecenter.
USA Bowling Regional Tournaments: Regional
events are conducted in 16 centers across the United USA Bowling Summer Camps: Multiple formats are
States each year. The 16 USA Bowling Regional available for beginners to advanced-level kids, while
events will determine teams competing in the USA all bowlers are provided personal instruction from
Bowling National event to be held in Grand Rapids, a coach and social time to meet friends and have a
Michigan in summer 2022. The cost for teams to blast. Summer camps are no longer just for the great
compete in the event is $110 if registered more than outdoors. You, too, can host one in your bowling
two weeks prior to the event; thereafter, the cost center.
increases to $125. All participants will receive an
event gift; trophies will be awarded to the top teams.
For more information about USA Bowling programs, coaching and tournaments, please contact us at 817-385-8426 or email usacoaching@ibcyouth.com.
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