Date is looking to be August 24th and the set up will be nearly identical to what noles described. Couple twists but pretty similar.
1) Overlapping squads with the 3 hour overlap dedicated to lunch, photo/autographs, Matchmaker, Pro Challenge, and a break for the Pros.
2) We will be raffling off items to offset the costs of the event without having to overload the participation. Also, working with my marketing guys on a TON of potential door prizes such a s free or discounted meals, rounds of golf, limo service, and embroidery work for team shirts.
3) We will be donating a ball from the shop as a door prize, and we will attempt to get some discounted items to pass on at cheap prices. Also, major discounts on tune up work like grips, cover prep, etc.
4) We are open to any other ideas and suggestions potential stundents may look forward to. Email me here or on my website if you have something specific.
Now, remember this is all tentative. We have yet to confirm any of the details but this is what we are aiming for. Once it is official we will accept payments via Paypal on our website and on Next Level for those who are out of town. Pre orders on ball specials associated with the clinic seminar will be offered that way as well.
Keep the feedback coming. This is not a profit driven idea. It would be nice to make a couple extra bucks but the reason for doing it is to allow my customers and friends access to these two fine Pros and their wealth of knowledge.
I just did a Next Level Bowling clinic here in Hawaii and it was awesome. The clinic had 4 different stations for you to go to throughout the day. Norm Duke's instruction is very good and easy to understand but it is basically the same for each bowler. Rhino was there to talk about lane play but what made it good was the fact the bowling center put out 4 different patterns for you to bowl on to better understand what Rhino was talking about. The third station had Tyler Jensen(Storm Regional ball rep) there to talk about layouts and surface management. The slide show he had for surface management was very good and it showed some interesting pictures on various tests they have performed recently. The layout portion was good to because he went to every person and watched them bowl and gave insight on possible layouts to use and why. The final station was for a Storm Matchmaker and they had a lane set aside for you to be filmed. If you chose to pay the extra money then they would give you a video lesson on timing and give you a quick rundown of what they initially saw. The clinic I attended was enjoyable for all experience levels.
