PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR -- 05-19-2019 -- All Star Varsity TOC

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[@FATBOY2222]

I want to pull 300 game

[@FATBOY2222]

💊🛌

[@dham99]

Man Rowan is a good young player...his spare shots are impressive at how he sees the kill in his head even if he doesnt always get it. Props to these young bowlers, entertaining to watch! Thanks to the commentater too for all his work on putting together the videos o7

[@NicolasCramer]

Well done, Sir Randy! It was worth the wait.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Thanks, Nick.

[@sayless374]

One thing I was told by Anthony Pepe (who I bowled against in high school) is "one thing that seperate you from a really good bowler and a bad bowler is adjustments" if you know how to adjust to the lanes with you're arsenal in you're bag? Then you're there. A board or two with your feet and or target makes all of the difference. Love the vids. Keep up the good work with the kids and great content Randy.

[@taysdad45]

What a TOC!! Congratulations to all bowlers!

[@travoncordova7798]

Great competition Randy, these junior bowlers are so good.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

This is always one of my favorite events we cover on PRODIGY each season because it almost always features a few kids in our league that you rarely, if ever, get to see.

[@poisonousheathen2459]

Another outstanding episode... Congratz to all the Young Bowlers... Keep up the hard work and dedication!

[@nolankemp01]

Prodigy episode came out on my birthday today

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Happy Birthday, Nolan!

[@nolankemp01]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour thanks I appreciate it

[@Bowling1984editsandbowling]

I always watch these videos

[@americandream20]

Chris frank I watched all of them to and subscribed and liked every video also

[@thundersnow93]

I remember that ad at 31:21 when it originally showed!

[@niccoagujo4663]

Jujuan's style had a really big glowup, he's gonna go places if he continues to discipline himself.

[@doubletaco]

that nissan commercial at 55:34 was awesome haha.. why dont advertisers nowadays make an effort to be entertaining like that?

[@sayless374]

Rowan is bowling how Hunter was about a year ago. Good bowling and has the potential to bowl with the varsity guys. Hunter has improved his game so much. I remember when Hunter used to change between one handed and two handed bowling. Glad he stuck with two handed,it shows he has improved tremendously. John has a good game,he just has to know that he might have to use his hook ball for spares. It's almost like he's trying to do it like the pros in using his spare ball for spares. Which he should definitely practice on. But if you're not accurate on spare shooting like 7 pin spares,then it's best you use a hook ball to hit it. Same for Jake. Also if he can stay Solid at the line like Tyrell he can be a problem on the lanes.

[@str8fiyah918]

What’s Johns green spare ball? Just wanna know

[@brianlee2439]

Jakes style seems to change every time he’s on prodigy but idk if it’s a good or bad thing

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

I don't really work with him much. His dad is his coach, and I pop in every now and then and offer an observation when it seems appropriate. He's so much better now than when he first started. He was a one-hander when he began, and I was glad to see him make the switch. The high follow-thru is great *IF* he keeps his body down. Raring up just makes you tend to pull the ball left of target. UNLESS you're raring up for the expressed purpose of trying to LOFT the ball (which he does not do). So my advice is, keep that left knee bent through the release and finish the shot without raising up. Follow through with your right arm as high as you want. Just keep your legs, hips and torso DOWN when you do it. Follow thru without raring up and you'll be well on your way.

[@Jared46290]

John will learn that just because it's a spare, you don't need to use your spare ball....a few times he left shots on the left side and just overpowered it, but he's young he will learn

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

John will learn, I hope, that bowling is easier when your action is not all arms, but a coordinated motion where the arms, torso, hips and legs all play an active roll in making the motion happen. He's very "armsy" which means he has to work extra hard to do the bowling throw. It is the classic case of powerless effort vs. effortless power. He's working way too hard. He's getting results because we're on the house shot. I don't believe he's ever bowled on a sport pattern. He'll get a rude awakening when he does.

[@sadboisonly1004]

It looks like Jujuan is using an Ebonite Impact by the colors of it

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

It's possible. I'm not familiar with the Ebonite line. I'm a Storm guy. But the pro shop, which can order anything, displays the Ebonite-Columbia-Hammer brands.

[@sadboisonly1004]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour I guess the next time you see Jujuan you can ask what ball he has and tell him a commenter guessed the exact ball he was throwing for those who are wondering 😂

[@Lozeyy]

hunter is just unfair in the jv division. he should go to varsity next season!

[@str8fiyah918]

Hey brownswick I’m nine and I like like bowling but is 139 a good score for a nine year old? So maybe when I’m older I can sign up for this

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

We'd love to have you come visit.

[@str8fiyah918]

I am getting my bowling ball for Christmas also my new score is 172 and my average is 103

[@davidgodinez8798]

Please teach John how to slow down on his spares. Teach him angles on plastic ball.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Where do I start? You should have seen John a year ago when I first worked with him. He's made a lot of progress. We've been wanting to get together to do another lesson, but just haven't connected. Now that Summer's here, hopefully our schedules will free up enough that we can. He has a lot of things to work on. As coaches, we tend to focus on the physical game, especially when a player is first starting out. I like to introduce the spare game -- angles, how to adjust for different spares, etc. -- once I have some confidence that the player can actually hit what he's looking at. Until then, the best spare system is essentially worthless.

[@jeramiescott3364]

That balance needs major work.

[@marbleracingstudios9552]

55:34 Wouldn't it be so much fun to roll 100 bowling balls down a street and see what happenes?

[@mech0p]

I hope hunter sticks around for some time to come. its fun seeing him progress over the years. btw what is he using a pitch black?

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Yes, PB.

[@MrBaker-fr8xg]

Hunter always be leaving the 10 pin

[@jameskliewer5809]

Jujuan Petraglia? Very smooth form and a super-smooth release.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Jujuan (JuJu Bean, I call him) has one big problem he needs to overcome, and I've been trying for years to get Christian to stop doing it, so I'm very familiar with it. Rather than just SWINGING the ball, he HOISTS it up to the top of the swing, and then tends to jerk it back down. He started getting better about it recently. But old habits are hard to break, and he kinda fell back into his old ways on this show. As a result, he sometimes throws the ball too hard. But he told me once that he really admired Christian's game, and so that may be the source of the problem. I'd rather he mimic Christian's rev rate than his high backswing. (Christian HOISTS it up there, too.) But when Jujuan just swings it (shoulder high), he can really bowl. He doesn't know how good he can be. But I'm determined to make him one of my pet projects next season. He turned a corner here recently, and I think he could go from being a 129 average (which is how he finished the season) to a 180 in the blink of an eye. And another year of training and I think I could have him averaging 200. But he's limited in the arsenal he has (one ball). So we'll have to go to work on that. Hey, GoFundMe........I've got a kid here......

[@jeramiescott3364]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour What weight does he throw?

[@rezi5961]

Hey randy what do you think I should do I throw the ball 16.5 mph on average and 300 revs with a 171 average btw I came 6th in ny states

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Generally speaking, I tend to shy away from giving tips to people without seeing them bowl. There are people who can average higher than that with a low rev rate and a speed of around 16.5 MPH. So it's not a matter of "matching up." I wouldn't even want to hazard a guess about what you're doing without seeing you bowl first.

[@ashtonross7939]

I watched this yesterday but I’m back watching it again. Awesome game for all. And not gunna brag. But I think I have the smoothest two handed release. Lol love the show randy.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Ashton Ross -. You need to see Tyrell Ingalls. He’s the smoothest two-hander I’ve ever seen.

[@ashtonross7939]

BrownswickBowling yes sir. He is pretty smooth with that thumb two handed release. But I’ve only been bowling for 9 months. Just trying to find my grove. You know?

[@ashtonross7939]

BrownswickBowling not going to lie. I definitely believe tyrell is the smoothest two handed.

[@justingameshowchannel7668]

Did bowlero Roswell change their sweeps because I noticed the sweeps say bowlero

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Not new rakes. Just new signage stuck on them.

[@justingameshowchannel7668]

@@ProdigyBowlersTourI live in new York and there was this bowling alley called alpha lanes and sadly it burned the reason I heared about it its because I saw it on the news

[@blockcl]

Margot is absolutely adorable! Does her ball have any drillings in it?

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

blockcl - I honestly don’t recall about the drilling. And yes, she is a cutie! :-)

[@Slo2Roll]

You should consider a scratch division for some of the scholarship money. Your better bowlers are at a disadvantage in this format. The handicap favors the younger bowlers with improving games. Your higher average bowlers are usually older, the scholarship money could help them immediately.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

This is not a debateable point. The format of this tournament was first dreamed up by the people at Brunswick Corporation and was instituted at all their centers around the country. Then when Bowlmor-AMF bought the Brunswick centers, they embraced the format and continued to make it part of their youth program, company-wide. I support this format and think it's the best one for what it's supposed to achieve. It's for our LEAGUE bowlers, not our TOURNAMENT bowlers. We do plenty of scratch events all season long on PRODIGY, and if our participants want to start paying $50 a week to enter, I'll be happy to turn that into SMART Scholarship Awards to give them something meaningful to bowl for. But judging from how the local area Top Dog Junior events went (which is to say they stopped holding them due to lack of interest), I'd say what we're doing now is working quite nicely. There is a long story behind the scholarship money being part of this tournament. Too long to go into here. Suffice it to say, I've beefed it up in recent years. But it all comes out of the LEAGUE prize fund. So it should be offered to our LEAGUE bowlers, not just our elite tournament bowlers. That would be a mis-use of the league funds, in my opinion.

[@mrmath3704]

Im just about to go bowling tomorrow can i email a video of my release and you can say what I'm doing wrong?

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

I don't give lessons for free. But you can cerainly post a video of you bowling on KZbin and solicit advice from people who watch it

[@lukes4110]

I thought the hyroad was discontinued, how are people still finding them new? (or was Hunter's used?)

[@ashtonross7939]

Luke S my pro shop is selling a brand new hyroad I’m going to buy it soon.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Luke S - The HyRoad is still going strong.

[@alanmoffitt4524]

We purchased it new.

[@ryanberry2828]

The Original Hy-road hybrid?

[@ryanberry2828]

I own the Original. I dont care for the reaction it give me!

[@rezi5961]

I heard something if the ball does not leave your hand and you cross foul line it’s not a foul

[@jgan27]

if you cross the foul line and you have let go of the bowling and the ball is on the lane, that is a foul

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

If you don't let the ball leave your hand, you can't foul.

[@billyg1122]

Great video, but I just have to say that I think John would do much better moving a few boards right and hooking at left side single pin spares than throwing a spare ball. Other than that, they all bowled great👍😄

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

John is pretty early on in the learning curve. He's still pretty raw. But you should have seen him last year when I first worked with him. When he was bowling one-handed. He's come a long ways.

[@CyFernandez]

Teach lane courtesy’

[@kalefashik965]

I have the same spare ball that Hunter has

[@AussiePillow1]

Margot bowls like Tim Cagle

[@Ben-jz3mt]

Hey, Mikey’s back. Haven’t seen him in a while

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

And you won't see him again, unless he comes back from college to bowl in one of our "Home for the Holidays" episodes (which I hope to make a tradition this year or next), or maybe comes back to bowl as an adult in our Adult/Youth event(s). He's off to college this Fall. So this was his last hurrah as a youth bowler with us.

[@sargentsavage6911]

I’m locked in a shed and I’m bored

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Sounds like a personal problem to me.

[@rezi5961]

You should to a scratch one

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

That'll never happen. This is a LEAGUE event, with kids of all skill levels competing. Handicap is the only way to do it. We've had low average kids and high average kids win it. So don't tell me a high average kid can't win it. They HAVE won it. (Last year, in fact.) The rules for this event were first laid out by Brunswick Corporation when they owned our bowling center, may years before I started coaching there. I have continued what was started years ago. It's my favorite weekend of the year. As long as I'm there, we'll continue doing this tournament just this way.

[@rezi5961]

BrownswickBowling ok,I was just suggesting a scratch tournament so kids like hunter,don’t always have to bowl a 180+

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

@@rezi5961 -- Most of the events we hold on PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR are scratch, or at least have a scratch division that a player like Hunter can enter if he wants to. (He usually opts for Handicap when it's available. He knows full well he'd stand less of a chance against the big kids who carry 200 averages.)

[@rezi5961]

BrownswickBowling I understand I just really like watching hunter

[@rezi5961]

Also this was a very good episode of prodigy

[@jamesdunn8893]

Hey guys

[@chaseh23]

Hunter has got to control his emotions

[@earthshades7550]

Randy's hatred of two handed bowling is pathetic. It shows with his comments

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

@EarthShades -- What are you talking about? I've encouraged a ton of players to switch to two-handed. I'm one of two-handed's biggest advocates. You couldn't be more wrong. In this video alone, there are two bowlers that I personally persuaded to bowl two-handed. Guess again. Have you actually watched PRODIGY before?

[@rezi5961]

When I saw this comment i thought I was still sleeping

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Not to mention all the two-handers we have in our program. I'd venture a guess that three years ago, there weren't more than one or two.

[@niccoagujo4663]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour Earth Shade's comment made me spit my drink out and wheeze.