Stephen Padilla Named 2025 IBPSIA “Pro Shop Coach of the Year”

May 5, 2025 — Fort Worth, TX — The International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association (IBPSIA) is proud to announce Stephen Padilla, USBC Gold Coach and National Director of Coaching for USBC, as […]
12 Ways to Christmas

By Craig Spencer 1 Mindset We are fortunate to be in a business where another business (the bowling center) brings us many of our customers. This can lull us into […]
IBPSIA Spotlight – Chuck Gardner

Chuck Gardner with Bowl4Life Scholarship Foundation September 2022 By Matt Cannizzaro and Josh Blanchard In September, we continue our monthly spotlights with Chuck Gardner and the Bowl4Life Scholarship Foundation. Gardner […]
Peter Somoff Named IBPSIA President

By Matt Cannizzaro ARLINGTON, Texas – Peter Somoff of Federal Way, Washington, has been named president of the International Bowling Pro Shop & Instructors Association, the organization announced this week. […]
SBMA Employee Health Benefits Now Available to IBPSIA Members

Employee Health Benefits Now Available to IBPSIA Members Arlington, TX – The International Bowling Pro Shop & Instructors Association is pleased to announce a new partnership with SBMA (Staff Benefits […]
2022 PWBA Hall Of Fame

ADDISON, Ill. – The Professional Women’s Bowling Association added two new classes of inductees to its hall of fame Wednesday night at the Chicago Marriott Oak Brook hotel. The 2020 […]
USBC Introduces New Center Inspection and Certification Program Featuring Ace Tool

LAS VEGAS – The United States Bowling Congress introduced new details for a tiered center certification program and unveiled a data-collecting tool for center inspections at the USBC Convention and […]
Entry Angle: Part 2
Figuring out your optimum entry angle; start with the right equationIn the last issue, I discussed the importance of entry angle and how USBC testing has shown that six degrees […]
Entry Angle: Part 3
USBC research shows where your ball should be to achieve the best angle The first two articles of this three-part series included a discussion of how United States Bowling Congress […]
Are you Drilling for your Customer’s Style?
So you know the drill… …your customer asks for the strongest drilling angle, you max it out with a leveraged pin angle and some drilling angle degree this by that. […]