High school Bowling

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High school Bowling

• The sport of bowling at its best

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Do you have a few days to spend on this?

• NO so we need to focus on a few things
• Leadership
• Goals
• Recruiting
• Fundraising
• WIAA
• Coaching

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Leadership

• Gauge interest, select a Champion
• Consensus?Team
• Parents are valuable, Students are essential
• Put everyone in-charge of something
• Monitor Progress
• Encourage

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Goals

• of Bowlers, of Teams
• Everyone competes?
• Wins/Losses
• Personal Achievement
• Recognition

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Recruiting

• Make a plan
• Flyers, posters, school newspaper, announcements,
  word of mouth (leagues)
• Be inclusive, not exclusive
• Participation Sport!

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Fundraising

• Shirts, celebrations, recognition, coaching,
  clinics, travel, entry fees, lineage
• You are only limited by your ideas
• Car Wash, Rock-n-Bowl, Sales, Apparel, etc.

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WIAA

• Girls Only (title 9)
• Leagues, Qualifying, State
• School pays the bills
• Growing every year
• Road Blocks
• Principal, AD
• Not enough
• Will unbalance Boys vs. Girls
• Lack of respect for the sport
• Maybe next year
• Start Early?ID Decision Maker?PUSH, PUSH, PUSH

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Coaching

• Essential to any school program
• Fun will get them interested, improvement will
  keep them interested
• Connect with a Pro Shop
• Coach should get training
• Drills are most valuable to fundamentals
• Always be positive, It should be fun

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Fundamental to the health of the sport!

• Barometer for the sport of bowling