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Each year of the draft I would sit waiting for my name to be called. And each year when the draft concluded and I was not selected I'd be so disappointed. When Tom Clark called my name out in February during the PBA draft league, I honestly became catatonic for a second.  I was so elated that I was going to be part of the 2018 PBA league. Portland, Maine is known to have one of the BEST lobsters and particularly the best fans in our sport. Never have I thought I'd be teammates with …

What is your background in Bowling? I’ve been involved in bowling for 25 years to date.  I started out as an avid youth bowler in the state of Indiana.  I was involved in several youth Leagues in my hometown of Kokomo, Indiana followed with traveling leagues across the state and also involved with Junior Olympic Gold tournaments in the late 90’s / early 2000’s.  I was also involved in Teen Masters competitions and was name Indiana Youth Bowler of the year in late 90’s as well …

My experience throughout qualifying was all about matching up with the right ball. The Storm IQ Tour Solid was my ball of choice in qualifying and throughout the top 24. My first game in the round of 24 was 184 and at that moment I'm thinking to myself, you better do something different here. I got tricked and was using the Roto Grip Rumble but that was too early for me. Being out here with all of these superstars, one thing I'm learning is make the change quicker. I proceeded to make a ball cha …

Since we just finished the series on the mental game, I find it only fitting to touch on the topic of emotions.  Emotions in my opinion act a lot like gravity does with any object.  The higher you throw an object, the faster and harder it comes back to the ground.  To relate this statement to bowling, let’s take a regular league bowler who just bowled their first 300 game.  Anyone who has accomplished this amazing feat or has even come close knows this feeling.  Your hea …

In this last segment of the mental game, I want to discuss mental mindset.  It is amazing how quickly our mindset can change in the game of bowling.  Sometimes it is for the best, but most commonly it is extremely detrimental to our game.  One of the most important things we have to be aware of as players is when this change occurs.  Some days it happens when you see your competition, while others it happens in the middle of competition when things aren’t really going our way …