Welcome to Bowling

Parent’s Orientation

Agenda

• Bowling is a Healthy Way to Live!– Physical benefits– Social benefits

• Additional benefits• Bowling’s Major Organizations• Did you know?

Bowling is a Healthy Way to Live!

• Physical benefits– Burns calories

• 100+ per hour• 3 games of bowling = 1 mile of walking

– Builds muscles• 134 muscles exhausted in a 4-step approach

– Weight bearing sport• Builds strong bones

– Sustains hand & eye coordination– Promotes balance & coordination

Bowling is a Healthy Way to Live!

• Social benefits– Family bonding

• Fun for kids AND parents!

– Makes memories• Celebrate special occasions

– Lifetime sport• Youth, adult and senior programs available

Additional benefits

• No one sits on the bench!• Team AND individual competition options• Coaching available from qualified Instructors• No barriers! Good for kids of all abilities and

sizes• Tournaments held frequently, scholarships

awarded

Bowling’s Major Organizations

• USBC– United States Bowling Congress

• National Governing Body• Membership Organization• BOWL.com

• PBA– Professional Bowler’s Association

• BPAA– Bowling Proprietors Association of America

Did you know?

• 60+ millions Americans bowl each year– 20 million of them are under 17 years old

Did You Know?

• 47 States in the U.S. have established High School Bowling Programs – 20 are Varsity, 27 are Club 54,000 kids bowl in Varsity

competition

Varsity – 20

Club – 28

None - 3

Did You Know?

• $6 Million is awarded annually by the bowling industry

• 250+ Colleges Offer Bowling– Nearly half offer

scholarships• Collegiate Bowling is

nationally televised

Did You Know?• Bowling has a Team USA!

– Not currently an Olympic sport– Teams compete in events such as: World Games, World

Championships, World Cup, Pan American Games and Tournament of Americas

– Junior Team USA• For elite level bowlers under 20 years of age

– Developmental Junior Team USA• For elite level bowlers under 15 years of age

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