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New for United States Bowling Congress members this June:
- Tip of the Month: Aim Your Push Away
- Win a Visit from Chris Barnes
- USBC Youth Open Spots Available
- National Bowling Week Contests
- Tune-In this Month to the GEICO PBA All-Star Shootout on ESPN
- Applications Now Available for USBC Recognition Awards
- Two Elite Women's Bowling Events - One City
- BowlersParadise.com Offer
- Tell Us What You Think About e-Bowler
USBC Coaching Tip of the Month: Aim Your Push Away
As you start the ball moving in your approach, make sure that the ball moves in a straight line toward your target on the lane. This will help prevent your swing from going off line. Let the rest of your swing be relaxed and keep it in a straight line toward your target.
For more information on coaching tips, see the tips page index.
To locate a USBC-certified coach in your area, visit the USBC Coaching section of bowl.com and click on the "Find A Coach" feature or call (800) 514-BOWL, ext. 3169.
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Win a Visit from Chris Barnes
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Complete contest rules
Pick up your video cameras and your spares this summer for the first Sport Bowling Video Contest.
All bowlers nationwide competing in summer USBC Sport Bowling leagues are eligible to display their creative side to the world by producing short videos for the chance to win the top prize, a visit from USBC Sport Bowling spokesperson and Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour star Chris Barnes.
Bowlers have until July 6 to submit to USBC videos of up to three minutes in length that relate in some way to their PBA Experience or other Sport Bowling leagues. For ideas, Sport Bowlers are invited to view Barnes' video blogs - or "v-logs" - that chronicled his week-to-week life on the Denny's PBA Tour and are featured exclusively in the Sport Bowling section of bowl.com.
Instructions on Uploading Video
The person or team submitting the grand prize winning video as judged by USBC will win a visit from Barnes for their Sport Bowling league later this summer. The Sport league will have exclusive access to Barnes, who will visit the center to present a special coaching clinic and exhibition. Three runner-up videos to be determined by online voting July 9-20 will be featured on bowl.com. All runners-up will receive a complimentary 2007-08 USBC Sport Bowling membership upgrade and a Sport Bowling polo shirt. Winners will be announced July 23 on bowl.com
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USBC Youth Open Spots Available
 Registration for the USBC Youth Open Championships has been extended to July 1 due to the convenience of the online registration process. This will help accommodate last minute entries into the tournament. Mail and fax entries will also be accepted until this date.
Visit bowl.com to download an entry form or to sign up via the Web
Order Your Event Apparel
Visit our online store to choose from a wide variety of items. Select your item and have the event logo embroidered. Be sure to order early so you can wear your apparel to the USBC Youth Open Championships!
USBC Youth Open Championships will be conducted on a Sport pattern
The new vision for USBC to “Grow the Sport” has prompted the Youth Committee to decide that the inaugural USBC Youth Open Championships will be conducted on a Sport Bowling pattern. Challenge your shot making and accuracy in a competitive environment and sign up today.
National Bowling Week Contests
There's still time for you and your bowling friends and teammates to enter the 2007 National Bowling Week Show and Tell Contests.
Art/Photo entries can be submitted between June 1 and August 1, 2007.
Essay entries can be submitted between May 1 and July 1, 2007.
The art/photo and essay competitions offer cash prizes for adults, scholarships for youth (up to $2,500) and a chance to be part of bowling’s future communications’ efforts. Winners will be announced during National Bowling Week Aug. 25-31. Winning art, photos and essays will be featured in USBC and BPAA publications.
Entrants can "show" their art or photos relating to bowling or “tell” about their best bowling moment or how bowling has positively impacted their life. Anyone may enter the art or photo contest while adults who enter the essay contest must be USBC members.
Art or photos will be accepted through Aug. 1 in one of four categories: adult (18 years of age or older as of Aug. 1, 2007); youth (age 13-17); youth (age 12 and under); and professional. Essays will be accepted through July 1 in three categories: adult (18 and over); youth (13-17) and youth (12 and under).
Applications are available on bowl.com, bpaa.com and gobowling.com and at Bowling Proprietors' Association of America member centers. Entries should be addressed to either the National Bowling Art or Photo Contest or the National Bowling Essay Contest, 5301 S. 76th St., Greendale, WI 53129. Complete rules and further details can be found on the application forms.
National Bowling Week is sponsored by BPAA, USBC, the International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association, Professional Bowlers Association and Strike Ten Entertainment. Special events to be held before and during National Bowling Week will be announced later.
Tune-In this Month to the GEICO PBA All-Star Shootout on ESPN
USBC is a proud sponsor of the GEICO PBA All-Star Shootout Hosted by Six Flags that begins airing over five consecutive weekends this month. The first two of 15 shows air June 24 from 1-2 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The Shootout is a special made-for-TV doubles competition featuring 16 of the PBA's brightest stars. Included in that group are 2006-07 PBA Player of the Year Doug Kent, 2005-06 Player of the Year Tommy Jones, 2006-07 Rookie of the Year Billy Oatman, PBA all-time titles holder Walter Ray Williams Jr. and PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber.
The event, that is also sponsored by Aaron's Rents, Denny's, GEICO and Motel 6, took place June 14-15 at Six Flags St. Louis. The 16 players were paired into eight teams for a doubles competition with the winning team splitting $50,000.
Below is a complete list of air times. All dates and times are subject to change.
| Date |
Network |
Times (Shows) |
| June 24 |
ESPN |
1-2 p.m. ET (2) |
| July 1 |
ESPN |
1-2 p.m. ET (2) |
| July 8 |
ESPN |
3-5 p.m. ET (4) |
| July 15 |
ESPN |
3-5 p.m. ET (4) |
| July 21 |
ESPN |
12-2:30 p.m. ET (5) |
| July 22 |
ESPN2 |
3-5 p.m. ET (re-air of 4 shows) |
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Applications Now Available for USBC Recognition Awards
Forms to nominate people for the United States Bowling Congress recognition awards are now available on bowl.com. Nominations for these awards, which honor outstanding contributions to bowling, are due Dec. 1.
Access the forms in the National USBC Scholarships and Honor Awards section
Recipients of the USBC Joyce Deitch Trailblazer Award, USBC Helen Baker Outstanding Association Service Award and USBC Proprietor of the Year Award will be announced in late December or early January and honored during the 2008 USBC Convention to be held May 7-10 in Kansas City, Mo.
The Joyce Deitch Trailblazer Award, named for the seventh president of the former Women’s International Bowling Congress, honors organizations and individuals that have made important contributions to bowling by being motivators, visionaries, leaders and inventors.
The Helen Baker Outstanding Association Service Award is given in honor of WIBC’s fifth president and recognizes an outstanding bowling leader who has made invaluable contributions to local and state associations as an innovator, creator and mentor.
The Proprietor of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding bowling center proprietor for his or her enthusiastic support of local and state bowling associations and of national programs.
Individuals may nominate others or themselves. For more information, call (800) 514-BOWL, ext. 3159.
Two Elite Women’s Bowling Events – One City
Woman bowlers haven’t had a pro tour of their own since 2003. But for nine weeks this fall, high-level women’s bowling is back on ESPN!
The U.S. Women’s Open will be held Aug. 13-18 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., on PBA Experience lane conditions. Sixteen finalists will compete in four taped bracket events that will air on ESPN on Sept. 16, 23, 30 and Oct. 7.
The final four athletes return to Reno for the event’s championship round, with live coverage on ESPN Oct. 14.
Athletes in the U.S. Women’s Open may opt to simultaneously compete in the Professional Bowlers Association Women’s Tour Trials – four events that also will include televised finals on ESPN later this fall.
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