Influence of Athletes to People

Picture this scene The best athletes in your community are gathered for the yearbook high school varsity letter awards banquet. Halfback Henry and Jumpshot Jenny already have received accolades from the Master of Ceremonies for their accomplishments, but the attention is now focused on Susan Strike, Central Highs varsity bowling superstar. bowl is Central Highs newest varsity letter sport, he proclaims, and were extremely proud to announce Susan Strike has not totally clear All-Conference honors for leading the Little Nine with a 206 average, but she led Central High to ts first constitute forth bowling championship.A standing ovation follows. You peter because Susan is a product of your youth league program. She is the first of a new generation of varsity Bowling letter winners and shell serve as an inspiration for hundreds of early days bowlers in your This scene may sound like a dream to you, but its a reality in some playing fields of the unite States where a fistful o f dedicated proprietors have laid the groundwork to launch the nation-wide Varsity Bowling program during the 1998-99 bowling Varsity Bowling is going to be a two-pronged endeavour 1.From the Top Down Five states have been selected to participate in a targeted Varsity Bowling program during the 1998-99 with a focused effort to secure state high school athletic association approval for the sport. 2. From the Bottom Up Every local/regional proprietor group in either area of the United States is invited to test the Varsity Bowling waters on their own.A comprehensive organizational kit, including enlarge manual, videotape and support materials, is avail competent today from the green American Bowling Alliance and the Bowling Proprietors Association of America to help your proprietor group and local association volunteers get a eadstart in organizing a high school club conference to demonstrate the programs feasibility. Varsity Bowling is a program that cannot succeed without the c ommitment and dedication of the proprietors. You own the arenas, you have the expertness and its your youth bowlers who allow benefit the most.Varsity Bowling is one of the most comprehensive step-by-step organizational programs ever developed in bowling (or any sport). It is based upon 10 years of fix and research in Northern Illinois and Michigans Upper Peninsula, culminating in resounding success. Be Part of Bowlings Biggest Success Story in Decades Varsity Bowling will become our sports most significant success story in decades, with your help. Mark these figures down and watch them grow In 1996-97, only 728 of Americas more than 16,000 high schools offered any kind of bowling program.Out of 6. 1 million high school students who participated in athletics in 1996-97, only 15,600 were able to bowl for their schools. Only seven of Americas 50 states had as many as 30 high schools offering bowling as an extracurricular activity. Bowling has nearly 500,000 spring chicken people p articipating in Young American Bowling Alliance leagues and tournaments. They know and love bowling, and most of them are denied the hazard to experience the beef and excitement of bowling for a letter for their high school teams.American Sports Data states interest in bowling is at an all-time high among young people, with a 15% increase in interest among pre-teens and 17% growth in interest among high schoolers. As a proprietor, you will never experience any program as rewarding as youll discover by becoming a part of the Varsity Bowling team. Send for your comprehensive Varsity Bowling organizational kit, including detailed manual, videotape and support materials, today order your kit now Send for your comprehensive Varsity Bowling organizational kit, including detailed manual, videotape and support materials, todayTo order your Varsity Bowling kit, please send an email to Jennifer Williamson or call her at the Young American Bowling Alliance (414 423-3398. The Scholarship Mana gement and Accounting Reports for Tenpins (SMART) program will help locate and secure existing bowling lores for YABAs membership. SMART will alike help any organization start and manage a new bowling lore program while relieving new and existing bowling knowledge providers from the burden of administering their scholarship funds.YABA has developed two service levels to accomplish this mission Level one is SMARTs information and assistance level. This SMART level can be contacted in one of three ways telephone, mail or email. SMART Level One will provide the following services Information on how to start a bowling scholarship league, tournament or written Information on how to manage the scholarship dollars collected. Advise, assist and support organizations regarding any riddle encountered in conducting or administering their scholarship programs.A booklet containing location of scholarship leagues, tournaments, and written cholarships offered worldwide universities and colle ges that offer bowling scholarships and those offering bowling as a scholastic or club sport and national scholarship applications. In Level Two, the organization forwards their scholarship dollars to SMART, and SMART will manage their scholarship dollar on a daily basis. SMART charges no fee to use the program. SMART operates off the interest made on the scholarship funds.At the end of each bowling season (July 31st) SMART will deduct the operating expenses from the total interest earned. The remaining interest will be ascribe to each organization. The amount each organization receives will be determined on a percentage basis by the total amount of scholarship funds in their account. The organization then may use the interest as new scholarships at their discretion.For more SMART information, write to SMART 5301 S. 76th St. , Greendale, WI 53129, call 414/423-3343, fax 414/421-3014 or e-mail Ed Gocha at emailprotected com. 999 Youth and Collegiate Bowlers Scholarships SMARTs 1998 Youth and Collegiate Bowling Educational Guide is provided here for Junior exceedings program To help young bowlers progress from their first visit to a center o becoming a Junior exceptional property member, YABA has created a line of products (to be released in July 1999), to guide them through the different stages of development and prepare them for active roles as participants in the adult membership With this road map, youth bowlers will be guided through five different levels of bowlingIntroduction to Bowling, First Organized Program, League Participation and Introduction to Tournament Competition, Purely emulous and Elite Competition ( aggroup USA). Who are Gold members? The Gold Program is the highest level of the USA Junior Olympic Bowling Program. To become a Junior Olympic Gold member, athletes must carry a minimum one hundred sixsomety-five average for girls and 175 for boys based on at least 21 games and be YABA members in good standing. Only Gold members are el igible to participate in the Junior Olympic Programs pinnacle event, the Junior Olympic Gold internal Championships. more than than 500 athletes competed in the National Championships held in July in Orlando, Fla. Complete Coverage of the 1999 Junior Olympic Gold National Championships. Gold members (YABA members with minimum average of 165 for girls and 175 for boys) may qualify to compete for a spot on the Junior Olympic Bowling TEAM USA hrough the Junior Olympic Gold National Championships. The programs goals are to emphasize advanced training, coaching and team bowling. In addition, the program will help develop more elite bowlers to feed into collegiate or professional bowling and become future members of American Bowling Congress or Womens International Bowling Congress. How does the Junior Olympic Gold National Championships work?Athletes qualify for the National Championships by winning or finishing high enough in a Gold subject. (Entries paid by the Event sponsor. ) The five-day competition is conducted on multiple lane conditions and consists of ouble elimination match play. The top 16 boys and top 16 girls advance to round-robin finals to compete to win the six boys and six girls spots available on the Junior Olympic TEAM USA. The Junior Olympic Bowling Program was created from YABAs partnership with USA Bowling, and in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee. The Junior Olympic program focuses on athletes skill levels rather than age and gender and offers several player development levels.Gold members have the opportunity to become members of Junior Olympic TEAM USA, chosen annually at the Junior Olympic Gold National Championships. Being a Junior Olympic TEAM USA member offers several benefits, including representing the United States in national and international competition, access to scholarships, training at the United States Olympic Training tenderness in Colorado Springs, Colo. , all-expense paid travel and competition fees, uniforms, recognition from other skilled bowlers and being part of a feeder system for future TEAM USA members. Canadian members are eligible to be Junior Olympic Gold members, compete in the National Championships and earn scholarships. They are unable to be Junior Olympic TEAM USA members.