PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR -- 02-22-2020 -- 2020 George Washington Open

PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR
Episode 117
"2020 George Washington Open"
Recorded February 22, 2020
For release February 28, 2020
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On this edition of PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR, six kids went to the starting gate, and all six were given the opportunity to compete in a special extended stepladder format of five matches to decide the winner. This episode of PRODIGY is chocked full of strikes, so strap in and enjoy the action!
As always, your comments are not only welcome but encourages. But we do insist that if you have critiques that you keep them positive. Remember, the mission of PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR is to "Celebrate Junior Bowling and Elevate Junior Bowlers." So if all you have to offer is to insult or demean the kids, such comments will only be deleted by the moderator. Just remember to be helpful, not hurtful, and your comments will be just fine.
PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR is "Unofficial, Informal and Impromptu" After League competition designed to simulate the pressure of big-time tournament competition. And while the ultimate prize is little more than symbolic in nature, the pressure is very real. These kids are very aware that every shot they throw will be seen by an audience of tens of thousands of bowling enthusiasts. So they will bowl their hearts out, win or lose.
As the Volunteer Youth Director at Bowlero Roswell, it's my desire for PRODIGY to inspire bowlers, young and old alike, to pursue their passion for this amazing sport. In the process, if we're able to convey how committed we are to providing kids a great experience with bowling in our youth program at Bowlero Roswell, so much the better. But the main thing I want to instill in these kids is a love for the game and adherence to the principles of good sportsmanship.
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I hope you enjoy this week's show.
- Coach Randy

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

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[@sassychewtoy1620]

Jesse here: I set both extremes, most gutters in a row and most over all strikes lol. I had a ton of fun (and yes I bowled slow, I wanted to win). I loved all the little comments, “Going into his squat!” “All similar shots, differently walks back.” “It’s a black hammer urethane.” I laughed so much thank you.

[@darrinpeterson8472]

OMG!!! what great bowling Jesse don't know if he watches or not, but it would be nice if you got a congrats from lofo

[@natrixxvision6997]

Tristin has one of the best arm swings I’ve seen in a long time. Insane touch.

[@vikings844]

I'm going to give to the patrons! Not only do I enjoy watching these incredibly talented young bowlers but Randy's bowling tips and how he points out what people are doing wrong has greatly helped my game. I've been a fan of bowling for many years and just recently watching prodigy bowling it amazes me how much I didn't know about bowling! Thanks for what you do coach!

[@johncrofts9939]

Excellent episode, and congratulations to the deserving champion on a stellar performance.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

It was quite a performance. That's for sure.

[@secretlyrochelle7763]

Tristin is back!! I love watching prodigy after a Long day of school:)

[@marbleracingstudios9552]

But it’s Friday!!! And here in America, I’m just leaving

[@secretlyrochelle7763]

Marble Racing Studios I live in Singapore and it’s currently 11pm (I finished school at 7pm)

[@mutated__donkey5840]

There’s not a better thing to wake up to when you have the flu than a new episode of prodigy

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Hope you get well soon. A little Chicken Noodle Soup will help.

[@JuliansMarbleZone]

Happy Birthday George Washington !

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

I think we should all wear wooden teeth as a tribute.

[@coolertoychica2186]

I love your show and i wish i could bowl with yall

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

There's no reason you can't. We've had people travel from all over the country to bowl PRODIGY.

[@norevbowling]

I wish we had a bowling program as good as this one!

[@annrucker4817]

Your voice is great for commutatig and the video quality is awesome👍👍👍

[@joshcurtiss8071]

I really enjoy your content Randy! Keep up the great work!

[@mvbowling8483]

Jesse has improved a lot since his first appearance on Prodigy

[@chrisevans4116]

I dont usually like 2 handed bowlers but jessie is an exception. He doesnt use rev to just fire over the the 1st. Instead he takes his time and lines up his shot and never hits high or Brooklyn. Great game

[@agoo7581]

I remembered watching this when it first aired, and being very disappointed that I would have to wait TWO WHOLE WEEKS for the next one......we were so naive back then.... lol

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

True, that.

[@nathandavidson9521]

My satisfaction when I see you upload😆

[@vikings844]

That Jesse throws a nice ball! I'm impressed

[@ddtalk]

Wow! Great show!!

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Thanks, David. I knew this one was going to be well-received. For obvious reasons.

[@shirtken]

Great bowling everyone. Super bowling Throughout

[@mattroberts8742]

Love your vids you do a good job with the editing

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Matt Roberts - Thank you, Matt.

[@elizabethbechstein6490]

I just subbed for my friend’s team on a Saturday morning league for the first time and averaged 171 for the first time and got the boys fourth highest series for the league and I’m 10 years old and throw a 14 pound 900 global after dark and a 12 pound ebonite maximum that used to belong to my sister I also have been bowling really well this recently and a few days ago I got my first 6 bagger and my high score is 209 I also got my second 209 recently and a 207 but this Friday at the adult child league me and my grandpa bowl in I was bowling decently bad and scored about 25 pins under my average also all the bowlers in prodigy bowled really well

[@rebornbyfate534]

Say the score pls

[@rebornbyfate534]

Don't worry, I average 144 and one time I literally had a... I can't TOO EMBARRASSING.

[@rebornbyfate534]

What's your highest series?

[@liauwjasper]

I love you guys vids, I wish I could be with y'all but I live too far away

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

That's why they invented airplanes.

[@liauwjasper]

true but I need to travel about at least 15 hours to the US and the fee of flying for the luggage since the bowling balls are so heavy, its kinda hard. I live in Hong Kong, China

[@liauwjasper]

Plus the visas for the US is really hard to get since the trade war started

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

@@liauwjasper -- We've had kids come from as far away as Honolulu, Hawaii and Germany. And I have it on good authority that we'll soon be entertaining our first guests from Australia. So it can be done. You've just gotta want to do it enough to overcome the obstacles that stand in your way.

[@roar_hackz3663]

I'm just like hunter. I'm a two handed bowler but I cant pick up the ten pin

[@vikings844]

Sad to hear one of my favorite bowler LOFO isn't on anymore but I have to say that young kid Hunter has alot of potential! I like watching him beat the older guys! Watched him beating the much bigger and stronger Logan (big chief) was sweet!

[@oscarbowler-boy9916]

Do you know where Logan Fossum went?

[@vikings844]

Randy you have an incredible voice for TV and I would guess you are involved in radio too if I had to guess! When you said your career is doing voice-overs it didn't surprise me! What an awesome gig!!

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

You're very kind. Here's a video documenting my career in radio. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpjCcqCQj7KAqcU And yes, what pays the bills is my work as a VoiceOver talent. www.RandyBrownVO.com. I'm on a number of radio stations around the country as the station "imaging voice." Fortunately, the pandemic hasn't really forced me to change much in the way of my lifestyle; I've been working from home (home studio) since 2001. Only difference is I've been getting to sleep in on Saturday mornings rather than going into the bowling alley.

[@rebornbyfate534]

I WAS LITERALLY CURSED IN MY 3RD GAME TODAY. the first game was a 103. AWFUL. 2ND GAME WAS A 158. Not bad. My highest score ever is a 180. Well, in the third game in the 8th frame I had 153. Then I leave the 6-10. piece of cake. I throw the ball but I put the ball out to the gutter and it BARELY hooks back and only hits the 10. Before that I was pretty confident to break 180 then I open. Ok so I had 162 in the 9th and in the 10th I was praying to not open. I directly hit the pocket and leave a stupid ringing 10. I'd say when the ball was one foot away from the pin half of the ball was in the gutter and the other half was on the lane. But, it went in the gutter. Just my luck. The last game was a 171

[@goldenfqce9487]

very unlucky. im a jr bowler and my high score is 222. a few weeks ago i bowled had 210 in the tenth and i left a seven pin on a light pocket shot. i ended up with a 220. it happens to the best of us

[@rebornbyfate534]

@@goldenfqce9487 what's your average?

[@elizabethbechstein6490]

I just subbed for a Saturday morning league on my friend’s team and ended up getting a new high average of 171 also I’m 10 and I’ve been doing really good bowling recently but haven’t beaten my high score 209 even though I got my first 6 bagger recently but the catch is when I got the 6 bagger I had 3 strikes at the end of one game and 3 strikes at the very beginning of the next game

[@rebornbyfate534]

@@elizabethbechstein6490 Congrats! Pls give me advice. TBH, I only use 10 pounds so it's hard to get lots of strikes

[@goldenfqce9487]

@@rebornbyfate534 Sadly only 166. Im working my way up.

[@wiphi245]

Say, because the next certain taping appears to be Pi Day, I'm thinking the winner should not only sign the Coveted Trophy Pin, the winner get also gets awarded a cherry pie as an extra incentive. Just a little suggestion I had in mind for those, like myself that like math.

[@goldenfqce9487]

Hey coach Randy. I am a bowler myself and I have been watching this channel for quite some time now. I was wondering how to be illegible to compete in youth tournaments. If you could reply with a link or something like that, that would be amazing. Besides that keep doing what your doing and keep up the good work.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Gosh, talk about a question with about a thousand possible answers. I wouldn't know where to begin to answer your question. Much depends on where you live. Actually, it *ALL* depends on where you live. Here in the Atlanta area, we have the Georgia Youth Bowlers Tour (GYBT), which has a Facebook group (Georgia YBT) that provides the schedule and such. (They hold Junior Gold qualifiers on the first Sunday of every month. Except June, when they hold their TOC over that first weekend of the month, and July, when they're off.) There's a Pepsi Tournament in all 50 states, and you can learn more about it through Bowl.com (look for "Tournaments" under the "Youth" section.) And most urban areas have a city tournament (check with your local USBC association) and there are state tournaments in pretty much every state, as well. Other youth tournaments may be available, but you'll need to plug in to the local youth bowling scene to find out about them. SInce I have no idea where you live, I would tell you your best bet is to check with the Youth Director at your bowling center, or at a local bowling center with a large, active youth program. Good luck!

[@goldenfqce9487]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour Thanks so much coach Randy I really appreciate it. Keep up the great work.

[@timmyvanartsdalen5301]

Hey randy I’m not getting any upload notifications and I have notifications on for your channel.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Timmy Vanartsdalen - Click subscribe and click the bell icon. And I suppose you need to be signed into your Google account, too.

[@weswilson1622]

That 3 deep thing is just freakin cool! Not to mention useful for showing consistency between shots!

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

That's the whole idea. We don't use it often. But I'm glad you like it.

[@burgerhamlinklog312]

You should get a second comentator, maybe one of the players that didnt make the cut.

[@texasst]

Love the content! Also do you know around how fast Christian throws his strike shot?

[@jaredcoker2057]

Regarding deep cleaning, I've found that cutting a hole in a cardboard box and using a hair dryer to heat the inside of the box gets tons of oil to sweat out of an older ball. I'm still able to keep some of my balls that are years old hooking by sticking them in the box every couple months or so. What's your take on that? I know there's many things that could go wrong, but I have yet to have an issue, not to mention it's free and in my opinion gets out even more oil than a deep clean.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

That's one of the more creative methods I've heard of. Although I wouldn't recommend it.

[@anthonyvodickabowls]

Who has the most wins on prodigy? I missed the first half of the season.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

When you posted this question, I had no idea what the answer was. So I had to go back and check, which took a little while. But here are the current standings in the Race for the Top Seedings at the PRODIGY TOC where we will award The Coveted Trophy Pin. These standings are current thru Episode 117 (George Washington Open) and include the results from "The Lost Episode" that was never released. 2 wins: - Nolan Kemp - Anthony Smiga - Josh Greenberg - Christian Mennell 1 win: - Annalise O'Bryant - Tristin Davis - Gilbert Kang - Brandon Karavite - Faith Roper - Nick Dischinger - Logan Mathis - Will Young - Drake Meenach - John Woolfolk - Jesse Hamadi Never before has the Race for the Pin been so wide open this late in the season. Will anyone make a push and move out to a big lead in the final months of the season? We'll have to wait and see. There are still some players you might have thought would have won by now, but haven't (Hunter, are you reading this?), and still others who have recently started bowling PRODIGY who you might think will get their name on the pin before the season is over (such as Aiden Bailey, Andrew Halverson and Cameron Emerson -- all strong players).

[@tristenparker6785]

Aiden is my teammate on league in Loganville, Georgia

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Tristen Parker - Come see us sometime. Bring a parent the first time.

[@tristenparker6785]

BrownswickBowling Yes sir, one day

[@takingbackprofits1280]

Coach Randy? Why aren't your videos monetized with some ads? Im sure you can get gobowling.com or maybe storm or something to sponsor you?

[@roar_hackz3663]

I use a black widow spare

[@AKstryker23]

Still dont fully understand urethane on a THS

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Urethane is one viable choice to try to minimize the over/under reaction you sometimes get on a house shot. It smooths it out and won't "over-react."

[@ryanchristopher8007]

For the qualifying matches, Tristin got a 210 And that’s my birthday date 2/10/07.

[@bfielder9097]

I don't necessarily think it makes a ton of sense to throw a back up at the 10 pin but having a back up ball is definitely a good thing to have. Just ask Anthony Simonsen.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

If a right-hander throwing it straight at the 10 pin makes more sense than throwing a hook at it, then it makes sense that a backup might be even easier. That is, *IF* you have control of it. Which Aiden clearly does. (He made three washouts with it last week.)

[@bfielder9097]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour Oh I definitely see your point and no doubt Aiden appears to throw a very good back up. I saw the show last week as well. My point though is there's nothing easier in the game of bowling than shooting at a single pin so why complicate it.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

B Fielder - Generally I agree that single pins are simple, but a lot of right handers struggle with the 10 pin. You surely know that.

[@bfielder9097]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour They certainly do, but that's mainly just lack of general knowledge of how to go about taking out the 10 pin. You know as much as I do that a lot of people, even people who have bowled for a long time shoot the 10 with their reactive ball with their normal release and they watch and think "ohh oh I got it." and then it hooks by at the end. They then put their hands up and wonder "what the heck how did I miss that?" Throw plastic, urethane or if you have the ability to flatten your hand throw reactive. Angle your shoulders at your target, throw the ball over the center arrow and as long as you do those things you're going to knock the 10 down pretty much every single time. If it works it works and if you knock it down that's all that matters, doesn't matter what technique was used to do it, I just still don't find any real reason to throw a back up ball at it. Now if you're a righty and you leave a 2 8 10...by all means absolutely throw a back up, or even a much simpler split like the 3 10. And also I'm not really arguing with your or trying to discredit what you said so please don't think that.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

B Fielder - No, I didn’t think you were arguing. We actually agree for the most part. I just look at it this way: It was always considered an essential skillset to know how to adjust your wrist and hand position to take something off the ball, or even get a little extra out of it in some cases. So if that’s a good idea (and I think you’d agree that it still is), then I see developing the ability to throw a slight backup ball as just an extension of that same principle. The more versatile a player is, the more tricks he has in his bag of tricks, the more likely it is that he’ll have the right weapon to call on when he needs it.

[@cinnamoncrunch8765]

anyone know the new storm mix colors? what PBT member has it . ty happy easter

[@thomasdinsmore5866]

Coach randy is there a shot clock in prodigy bowlers tour?

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Thomas Dinsmore - No.

[@ricksmith178]

I hope Aiden becomes a regular...very talented young man.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

I hope so, too. He is a very likable young man, and very talented. Unfortunately, he lives clear across town. I believe the times he's come to bowl with us, he pre-bowled for league in his own local center. He'll be welcome anytime.

[@ricksmith178]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour That would be awesome. I'm feeling sad that Tristin will age out this year and was thinking how about an alumni show during the summer with all our old friends.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Rick Smith -. Not Summer. Christmas. Home for the Holidays. I’ve been wanting to do that.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

A little bird tells me Aiden will be back this Saturday when we tape our next PRODIGY. And that same little bird tells me he's bringing a couple of friends from his local bowling center. Hopefully, we'll have a gaggle of bowlers this Saturday. Or a quorum. Whichever is greater.

[@ricksmith178]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour That's awesome, can't wait. I look forward to every new episode. Thanks Randy for all you do for these kids. I love the respect and sportsmanship you have taught them. Great show !

[@jdracer111]

Maybe you could mention that ball cleaning to Nolan or at least get him to buy some nice cleaning pads with the cleaner in them. I use those every week and my bowling balls are squeeky clean every week. Mine tend to over hook until some oil gets back on the ball during practice time. I would love to see Nolan get a good win once in awhile.Those new Youth League rules should've been in the book over 10 years ago. Make it fair for the younger junior bowlers. You're considered an adult most places at 18.....Picked up the big 4 split in 2006 I think on TV.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

We did talk about it. More important than just cleaning his ball, we talked about the deep cleaning process. I could do it for him here, although my ball spinner has been in a box outside for over a year and I have no idea if it'll even still work. What he needs is a complete resurfacing of that ball. It would take about an hour.

[@keydabeastgamingg]

I would love to see more of Nolan 😆

[@vikings844]

Agree, I'm a fan of both the Nolan's, No-Fo and I call the other one big chief, his power amazes me!

[@Jkauto360]

Is there any way to bowl on the pbt

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Yes, you just show up and ask to bowl. It takes $10 and you must be accompanied by one of your parents or a legal guardian (they have to sign a release form granting me permission to photograph and film their minor child). If you're 18+, YOU can sign it. But if you're

[@joejherrington4687]

Jesse throwing urethane and was hunter using one at times as well?

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Yes.

[@joejherrington4687]

BrownswickBowling does Jesse not have reactive or did the lanes just call for urethane?

[@brettstrohl2447]

Hunter could increase his average by probably ten pins if he kept his head steady at release.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

We've talked about this. The fact is, almost all kids kind of have to re-learn how to bowl when their bodies grow enough so that they're swinging the ball rather than the ball swinging them.

[@brettstrohl2447]

Understood. Just trying to leave a little advice for the youngster! I love that Hunter challenges himself to bowl with the bigs! Reminds me of when I was a junior bowler! Keep up the great work, you have a great show with great up and coming young bowlers!

[@alexbrooks5805]

Where is this at?

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

At the beginning of every single episode of PRODIGY, we tell you the name of the bowling center and where it is located. And throughout the entire match (every match), you see the scoreboard across the lower third of the screen. Look just below the scoresheet and you'll see the name of the bowling center and where it is. It stays up on screen throughout the entire show. If it was a snake, it would have bit you.

[@nicholasmoscatiello9252]

What happened to Brandon Racioppi and Logan Fossum?

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Brandon quit league early last season and from what I hear no longer bowls. Logan did not return to our league this year, opting instead to bowl elsewhere. However, my spies tell me he hasn't come to bowl in months, so I'm not entirely sure, but it seems like he may not be bowling anymore. In both cases, it's a shame. They're both talented. Brandon was GYBT Bowler of the Year a couple of years ago, and LOFO has incredible upside potential.

[@josedcarrillo24]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour No way they quit 😢😭😱

[@josedcarrillo24]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour that makes me want to cry 😭

[@vikings844]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour I'm shocked to here Lo-Fo quit! He was so good and knowledgeable about the game and seemed really into it!

[@culinaryrock]

Didn't Jesse bowl 213 before his 2 big games. For 3 games he shot 740

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

If we were submitting his scores to USBC for official recognition, you would be correct. Series (3-game) totals can only come from "first three," "second three," etc. But PRODIGY is non-sanctioned. I used to say at the beginning of every show that PRODIGY is "Unofficial, "Informal and Impromptu" competition. So for our purposes, the three-game record is any three consecutive games bowled on the show.

[@culinaryrock]

@@ProdigyBowlersTour thanks for clearing that up and as always love the videos

[@alexvelardobowling]

I have nothing against these kids but I hate when they are mad or frustrated they start walking when the pin setter is still touching the pins and the gate is still down I was always taught to get ny ball when the pin setter is setting them down that way if something is wrong and the gate comes back down I don't have a ball going 15mph at it

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

I don’t care one bit if these kids get mad. That only indicates to me that they care. I want them to care, and a little fire in their belly is a good thing, it seems to me. Now if they kick out a foul light or kick the ball return or break something, that’s a whole ‘nother kettle of fish.. And they know that.

[@jamesdunn8893]

Hey everyone

[@jamesbutler9778]

Ball detox.