I always enjoy watching these competitions...In many ways I enjoy seeing these youngsters compete even more than the pros. Your announcing style, and overall production is extremely professional. You are putting out a polished project and I commend you. I make my career in post production audio/video, and I give you very high marks!! Thanks for your passion, and for giving us the gift of these wonderful telecasts.
Dkeys88 -- I have to admit that I have a rather unique skill set that is ideally suited to this series. I began my broadcasting career in 1969 and worked for many years in radio. Inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2009. Long around 2002 or so, I began dabbling in video and taught myself post-production using Avid, and eventually switched over the Final Cut Pro when I became a Mac-head in 2008. Plus, from 1997 thru 2002, I worked as the lead play-by-play voice for PGA TOUR Radio (before it moved to Sirius/XM in the late '00's). Couple that with my background as a PBA member in the late '70s/early '80s and a USBC Silver Certified Coach, who also happens to have amassed one of the largest bowling video collections in the country (my other channel, BowlingOldies, has been a favorite of bowlers for many years), it all kinda adds up to a "perfect storm" of qualifications to create this series. What I couldn't possibly have anticipated, however, is just how warmly the series has been embraced by good people like you. Now the series has built quite a little following, and I can't even imagine not doing the show every week I possibly can. If it weren't for the fact that I work from home and have the time (and the inclination) to invest the amount of time something like this requires, it would never have happened. But now, it's such a kick each week to put a new product out there and sit back and watch the comments roll in, I just keep trying to figure out ways to surprise our viewers each week. With some of our best bowlers at Pepsi finals this Saturday, we may have another off-beat show this weekend.
Wow. Yes. It sounds like there really is no one else that could have done this, or would have the passion and inclination to either. I appreciate the reply, and the backstory as well. I know that Prodigy will continue to grow and amass a larger and larger following. If you ever get to a point where you need any assistance with post, especially audio and music, please don't hesitate to contact me. (Dkeys88@icloud.com) I have a state of the art studio in the Midwest and I would be honored to help anyway I can. (Not at ALL about $$$). I love what you are doing , and I want to help if you ever find yourself in a situation where you need it. Until then, I will continue to watch the episodes and enjoy the great young bowlers. Blessings.
Dkeys88 -- Yeah, I, too, have a state of the art studio here at home. My "day job" is as a voiceover talent. If you're ever in need of a voice, you can check out my "real" work at RandyBrownVO.com.
Awesome. I will check it out. We do a lot of documentaries out of our video department and are always looking for a specific type of voice for each project.
I'm proud of all the bowlers!! Great job! Congrats to the winners! Thank you to parents, the hosting Lanes and of course to the awesome Coach Randy! Go Prodigy!!!
You gotta believe in yourself. Brandon (and perhaps Savannah) questioned whether they could hang with a bowler from an older age group, without ever considering the fact that they'd ALREADY BEAT THEM in qualifying! Yet, when faced with a head-to-head match-up, they questioned whether they belonged. (They certainly DID belong. They EARNED their way there!) I'm actually meeting Brandon at the bowl here in a little while and we're going to have a little talk about this. For a while now, he's bowled great in qualifying, but then when he's faced with a match against Charlie or here with Zion, all he sees is a kid who he thinks is better than he is. You gotta make up your mind that this is YOURS TO WIN, and just go out and take it. If you believe you're in over your head, then you are. But if you're like Hunter and just go play your game without caring much about whether the people you're bowling with are older or better than you are, then at least you don't beat yourself before ever throwing the first ball.
Randy, I have to commend you for all you're doing to elevate junior bowlers and junior bowling by getting the PBT up and running. I'm about the same age as you are and haven't bowled in 30 years, but I still remember how much I loved getting up Saturday mornings and going to bowl in our local junior league. I found this channel by accident a couple of months ago, and am now a total fan of the broadcast. Keep up the excellent work! And, of course, a special shout-out to the young bowlers who work so hard and make the show so great to watch! I won't name names, but I think a couple of you have PBA written all over you!
The work that some of our youth bowlers put in on their game would really impress you if you could see them at it. And they couldn't do it without super supportive parents.
That was awesome to watch. So glad you all took the field trip- not only does it show the dedication but it also grows the audience. Loved listening to all the love from the crowd. It was so fun to watch.
This channel needs more subscribers! I am 13 and have an average of 180 and started on my 12th birthday, I live far away but I wish I could bowl with you guys!
Great episode Randy! I don't think it will be long before PBT will be taking over the whole house! Both the show and the kids have grown leaps and bounds. Thanks for getting a new location. This may be a sign of things to come...
Well, this was a one-off, although I certainly wouldn't rule out the idea of us returning to Austell. They were great hosts, and I think it's fair to say they viewed it as a rip-roarin' success at their end. I suspect they'll be talking about it in their league when they meet up to bowl again next week.
I wish I was a kid again! This looks like so much fun! We used to bowl for the coveted McDonald's french fry coupon on the score sheet to simulate competition.
It would nice also Coach Randy by getting kids from several Atlanta metro houses. It is getting there. I wish we had something like this back in my YABA days.
Well, when he made his first appearance on PRODIGY back on the 2/18 show ("Sudden Elimination Challenge"), he was still throwing his plastic ball. He now has a couple of reactive resin balls, so he's able to get 'em to flip over and go into a roll at the end. As he gets bigger, he's going to be one to keep our eyes on. I've not seen a kid so completely consumed with bowling quite like Hunter since......well.....since *I* was his age. :-)
GREAT WORK as usual coach Randy. I maybe incorrect but it looked like brandon was missing a 9 pin in his rack on 9th frame. I just love how the PBT is growing. thanks again for the entertainment, just awesome
yeah it happens, cost me a 300 game during league play, rack was missing a 9 pin had to shoot frame over and guess what ? end up leaving a nine pin lol. just another lesson on bowling. check the rack first lol great work as usual Coach Randy, just love watching the competetion
Just bowled my highest game ever, today. Final night of winter league. Rolled 10 strikes in a row, pulled the 11th pretty bad (nerves) and only knocked down the 4-7-8, and cleaned it up for a 283. Even if I got a 300, not sure if it would have been sanctioned because even though it was the last night of league night, the winners from the first and second half were bowling for first place, while the rest of us just paid to bowl for fun, but it was technically a league night, although no monies went towards the league tonight. I don't know though. Some said it would've counted because it was technically the final night of league. It was actually the high game for the league, but again, didn't count. Someone else got the money for high game earlier in the season. I'm still happy. My previous high was a 264 shot some 10 years ago or so. Great video as always. I really enjoy these. Keep 'em up!
I just noticed there's a graphics error in Savannah's scoring. In the 7th frame, she's credited with X7 on her first ball. That would be a good trick to get both a strike AND a 7 count in one ball. Obviously, it should show as S7 (split, 7 count). Doesn't affect the scoring, but it's just a type-o. I wish I had a dollar for every little mistake I've made in producing these shows.
I was so glad to see Hunter win his match. I can tell he really enjoys bowling he is only going to get better. And congrats to Kara for winning her match.
Hi Randy! Love the videos. Just a tip that you can make out some of the kids' full names on the champions pin around 41:25 through 41:30. Just a heads-up.
I noticed that as I was editing the video. I'm surprised that I didn't notice it (nobody noticed it) during competition. But hey, like the man says, it's "unofficial, informal and impromptu" competition. The operative words being "unofficial" and "informal." :-)
me and my friend bowl an adult league (the guy who helps us a lot is on our team so we wanted to bowl with him instead of youth leavue) and next monday is roll off for that league and our team made it! and that coaches advice you gave at the end is something I'm really gonna keep in mind when bowling said roll offs :)
Nerdy Cubing - Don't just assume that the other guys are better and you have to bowl over your heads to win. Just go out and bowl your game, and let the chips fall where they may. Be like that football player who, on 4th and 1 with the game hanging in the balance, says to the coach, "Give me the ball." Some players want all the pressure to fall to them to make the decisive shot at the end of the game. They relish being in that position. Other players are afraid of that pressure falling to them. Be the guy who wants the ball with the game on the line.
Oh, we will definitely do more road trips. This was entirely too much fun not to do it again. For sure I want to bring the show to Brunswick Zone Lilburn, where they have, by far, the biggest and most successful junior bowling program in the area. But I also wouldn't rule out taking the show to some other non-Brunswick, non-AMF houses, perhaps even on the other end of town. I have to tell you, when I showed up at Austell for this week's show, no sooner had I walked in the door and headed down to the end of the house where the junior bowlers were gathering and three of the little kids came up to me and said, "You're that guy on Prodigy Bowlers Tour, aren't you?" "Yes, I am," I said. "We watch your show every week, and we're big fans of..." and they proceeded to list some of their favorite players who are regulars on the show. "You know those guys are gonna be here today, right?" I said. And their eyes grew like saucers. Good lord, that just blew me away. If there's a house in the Atlanta area where there are fans of PRODIGY, I will see to it that we take the show there. The more, the merrier.
Pino Mascetti - The scoring you see on screen is liable to have mistakes. I add it in post-production, and sometimes I make mistakes. The real miracle is that I don’t make MORE mistakes than I do. Doesn’t effect the scoring in the bowling center.
Jose Carrillo -- Yeah I think somebody mentioned it here earlier. I'm surprised I didn't notice it when it happened. I usually spot problems with the rack. I must have been looking away at the time. Oh well. It goes in the books as a strike now.
What's surprising to me at this center is that there is NO rake decals whatsoever at this alley and it is just left blank, especially when pretty much all other BZ's have them.
Rodj - I had't even noticed that, but you're night. Not only do they not display the BowlBrunswick.com website or the "Plan A Party" line, but they don't even say "Brunswick" on them. Like you say, they're just blank.
Edward Estrada well they ended up changing it this year to blue 3. If you want some reference Charlie who usually averages about 210 bowled a 168 average. And was near the top
How many balls are the bowlers limited to for junior gold? Ive never been (and wont get to this lifetime) so just curious. I'm also a female bowler, and dont use a plastic ball for spares Ive been meaning to add one to my arsenal, but Im so used to shooting spares with my reactive balls, I havent made getting a spare ball a priority. I make a point to be able to shoot even a 10 pin spare with any ball in my bag.
We never identify the kids on PRODIGY by anything but first names. That would preclude us sharing their social media links. That said, some of them comment under their real names on this channel. But because they're minors, I only refer to them by first name (and last initial if we have multiple kids with the same first name).
BrownswickBowling Oh ok understandable but I love the show! Me being a high school 2handed bowler myself I look forward to the show every week! Love what you r doing with the kids, keep it up!
Great advice for the kids Randy. By the way, I wanted to ask you about future episodes of this happening after the kids' youth league finishes up. Are there any plans for the PBT to continue on in the summer?
John Gardner - "Plans" is a big word. There will be Prodigy episodes this Summer. But what form our junior league, and therefore Prodigy, takes is somewhat sketchy at this time. But I don't intend for the show to go on a Summer-long hiatus. Just don't know exactly who's bowling this Summer, so it's hard to know what the show will look like. Stay tuned.
I eventually want to get Kara's hand more behind the ball in the swing. She drops the ball to the inside of her hand as soon as it drops into the backswing. Could be a strength issue. But the good news is, she's getting in some work in the weight room and that should help some. She has so much potential. Best of all, she's just one of the sweetest kids I know.
What's odd is, I thought that was helping her add the rotation she had, assuming she was able to flick the fingers our of the ball. I've been bowling for quite some time, and I just have a hell of a time getting side-to-side rotation. I have more end-over-end, and so many people I talk to or practice with on my league tell me to try this and that, but I just can't do it. I don't know. Maybe it's the whole adage of "you can't teach an old dog new tricks." I'm only 34, so not literally old, but the fact that I have been bowling this way since high school, maybe that's my issue. I would love to know how people get the higher revs on their ball. And I know some people say, well, you bowl the way you do, so work with that and get better at that. But I have an issue with consistency, and I feel having higher revolutions will give me a slightly wider room for error. I may be wrong in that thinking, but regardless, I would just like to have more side-to-side rotation, if for anything, just to have more pin action.
Let me add by stating I have learned to slow down a LOT. The old timers I bowl with on league night were yelling at me for throwing 21-22 mph ball. Now I'm between 17-18. If I pull it, it may be in the high 18s
@KevboKev - Some of what you're talking about can be helped by the drilling. In other words, the pitches in the holes. Me personally, I have a tendency to get around the ball too much too early, so I go out of my way to try to stay behind the ball as long as I can, which gives me much better carry, and the ball is going to hook anyway because of the layout. That's what, I think, people need to realize. These modern balls are built to hook. All you have to do is ROLL IT off your hand. If your bal driller knows what he's (or she's) doing, then the ball will do what it's supposed to do. And I am a big believer that straighter is greater. I know of no professional bowler in the world who goes out of their way to hook the ball more than they need to. They mostly hook it as little as the lane conditions will allow. That gives them the most control. That doesn't mean they try to throw it straight. Quite to the contrary. It just means they don't go out of the way to hook it more than is needed. They let the conditions dictate how much the ball will hook. They throw it as straight as they can, given the lane conditions. That doesn't mean they try to straight it out. It just means they don't try to hook it any extra.
Throwing a slower ball gives the ball more time to read the lane...and therefore, get into a strong roll at the end. Throw it too hard and it never gets into a roll. Impossible to get maximum power that way. Christian has been fighting that tendency for some time. We've only recently gotten him to slow things down (although he reverted back this past Saturday in the PRODIGY qualifier, which is why he didn't appear on this show). Logan learned this in the past year -- that if you'll slow the ball down some, it will do more of the work for you.
what are your thoughts about the roto grip wreck-em im getting it tomorrow and i want to know what you think ive been bwoling for almost a year im 11 whith a 120 avrg
that is best to be decided by your shop. your style, speed and lanes you are bowling on will determine the layout. what works for me may not work good for someone else
Where exactly is this bowling alley? Im heading down to Marietta, GA this summer and im a 16 yr old avid bowler averaging a 187 with a high game of 279.
Tanner Robinson it was a sports pattern. Basically..strikes are a little harder to come by and spares are much important...all the kids bowled awesome for bowling at a different but awesome bowling center.
David Talkington Thank you, I know how a sport shot works, I just didn't know if it was a specific sport shot, it kind of looked like Turnpike. Thanks though David!
Tanner Robinson - I requested, and they said they ran, USBC Blue #3. That's what the kids bowled on, and will bowl on, at the Pepsi Tournament. Some of the kids who bowled Pepsi, however, said it didn't play anything like the pattern at Pepsi. But it's a different lane machine; different synthetic surface.
There is actually a practical reason why the show is edited in 720p instead of 1080p. It will come as a surprise to some that the show is shot with a single camera. In this particular case, it's shot with an iPhone 7 Plus. I use the iPhone 7 Plus, and bought specifically, because it shoots in 4K. (Now with an iPhone, I realize it's not REAL 4K, but it does provide enough pixels that it can legitimately be considered 4K, even if the iPhone doesn't have quite the caliber of glass that an actual 4K video camcorder would.) The point is, all the zooms you see are nothing more than "virtual" camera moves. In other words, they're all done in post-production by zooming in on portions of the frame that was filmed. By editing in lower resolution (720), that gives me more latitude to zoom in tighter, on smaller portions of the screen, when making those virtual camera moves and still not having the image deterioriate, pixelate, and as we say in the television business, "fall apart." If I edited in 1080p, I wouldn't be able to zoom in as tightly and still have the image hold up. It's a trade-off, and I'd rather have the creative flexibility of being able to zoom in tighter than satisfy the desire for 1080p resolution, especially since so many viewers are watching on a cellphone or a tablet.
My son Tim how is 14 years old from Australia is hoping that in December holidays that Tim can come to Atlanta Georgia To bowl with Christion because he is a big fan of Christion and Tristian too.
Keep your eyes on your target. Thumb up coming through. Stay in the moment and care about nothing other than THIS SHOT whenever you're up. (That's three tips.)
My whole family bowls. My sister was bragging to me about how she’s so much better than me and guess what my dad told me. She threw 3 gutters in a row in the maryvale tournament!!!!!!
I honestly did not remember, so I had to go back to look it up. I remembered that one time when I was up at the bowling alley, I spotted him experimenting with 2-handed. And if memory serves, he continued to go back and forth between 2-handed and 1-handed even after this was filmed. But it also marked, in my mind at least, the time when he started to switch over (it was a process). I couldn't tell you the exact date when he left 1-handed behind for good. But this was the date that I remember him starting to see that 2-handed might be a viable way for him to bowl. Filmed 4/7/2017. In other words, we weren't even out of the 2016-17 season yet. But it is noteworthy that as late as the Fall that year, he won his first PRODIGY title in October '17 bowling one-handed. So like I said, it was a process for him to completely switch over. th-cam.com/video/0xjJ6_44lv8/w-d-xo.html
Logan was nursing an injury in one of his bowling fingers. Since he's bowling state finals at Pepsi next weekend, he and his family decided it would be best if he didn't bowl this week. I think it was the wise choice. He has a legitimate chance to win Pepsi next week...but only if he's healthy.
Ghost 27 - Yes. He has two. The two you see him using in this video were donated to the junior program (I have a whole foyer full of them here at home), so I gave them to him. His old red, white and blue plastic ball that he'd had for the past year or two (which he used on our Sudden Elimination Challenge) cracked, so it's been retired.
it's great that the younger kids are getting up and bowling but man.. it's hard to watch poor Quentin's face when he's bowling bad, or any of the little kids faces for that matter lol
Nerdy Cubing I wondered about that....then deduced that rather than flustered (which he looked), under that, he seemed more exhausted and tired...and when tired like that, a person tends to make more sloppy shots. I figured he probably isnt used to throwing so many games back to back like this in a day.
I think @Kyah Rose hit the nail on the head. I spoke with Quentin's mom (she was in tears, hurting that her son seemed so frustrated). She told me that this was his sixth game of the day, and that for him, that's a lot of bowling in one day. So Kyah may be right. Quentin may have just been tired. I could tell by watching him that he was confused and didn't quite understand what went wrong, after he'd bowled so well the previous two games. But you know what? When you're 9 years old, many of the mysteries of this wonderful game have not yet been revealed to you. You learn as you go. This was a learning experience for the little guy, and I have a feeling that the next time he bowls, he'll do just fine.
That's why I added a tip at the end of this episode. Brandon bowls great when he's bowling with a crowd. But then when he goes head-to-head against a bowler that he perceives as "better" than he is, he gets intimidated. I see it in his game, as he appears more tense. When I watched him bowl the 277 in qualifying, he wasn't tense. He was freewheeling it. But he's just completing his second full season bowling league, so he's only going to keep getting better. But in these head-to-head matches, he needs to make up his mind that he's good enough to win and just go out and take it. He will, eventually.
BrownswickBowling he's only 9? I always thought he was older like 11 lol. And I found this channel a month ago and love it bc I always dream about a chance to compete since I just started bowling a little over a year ago and I currently have a 154 average but have never gotten a chance to bowl on a sport pattern and would like to have a chance to
I love how excited Zion's Mom Is! It's great to see parental enthusiasm.
She seemed genuinely thrilled that her son won. And why wouldn't she?
I always enjoy watching these competitions...In many ways I enjoy seeing these youngsters compete even more than the pros. Your announcing style, and overall production is extremely professional. You are putting out a polished project and I commend you. I make my career in post production audio/video, and I give you very high marks!! Thanks for your passion, and for giving us the gift of these wonderful telecasts.
Dkeys88 -- I have to admit that I have a rather unique skill set that is ideally suited to this series. I began my broadcasting career in 1969 and worked for many years in radio. Inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2009. Long around 2002 or so, I began dabbling in video and taught myself post-production using Avid, and eventually switched over the Final Cut Pro when I became a Mac-head in 2008. Plus, from 1997 thru 2002, I worked as the lead play-by-play voice for PGA TOUR Radio (before it moved to Sirius/XM in the late '00's). Couple that with my background as a PBA member in the late '70s/early '80s and a USBC Silver Certified Coach, who also happens to have amassed one of the largest bowling video collections in the country (my other channel, BowlingOldies, has been a favorite of bowlers for many years), it all kinda adds up to a "perfect storm" of qualifications to create this series. What I couldn't possibly have anticipated, however, is just how warmly the series has been embraced by good people like you. Now the series has built quite a little following, and I can't even imagine not doing the show every week I possibly can. If it weren't for the fact that I work from home and have the time (and the inclination) to invest the amount of time something like this requires, it would never have happened. But now, it's such a kick each week to put a new product out there and sit back and watch the comments roll in, I just keep trying to figure out ways to surprise our viewers each week. With some of our best bowlers at Pepsi finals this Saturday, we may have another off-beat show this weekend.
Wow. Yes. It sounds like there really is no one else that could have done this, or would have the passion and inclination to either. I appreciate the reply, and the backstory as well. I know that Prodigy will continue to grow and amass a larger and larger following. If you ever get to a point where you need any assistance with post, especially audio and music, please don't hesitate to contact me. (Dkeys88@icloud.com) I have a state of the art studio in the Midwest and I would be honored to help anyway I can. (Not at ALL about $$$). I love what you are doing , and I want to help if you ever find yourself in a situation where you need it. Until then, I will continue to watch the episodes and enjoy the great young bowlers. Blessings.
Dkeys88 -- Yeah, I, too, have a state of the art studio here at home. My "day job" is as a voiceover talent. If you're ever in need of a voice, you can check out my "real" work at RandyBrownVO.com.
Awesome. I will check it out. We do a lot of documentaries out of our video department and are always looking for a specific type of voice for each project.
Cool. Where in the midwest are you? I grew up in Kansas City.
I'm proud of all the bowlers!! Great job! Congrats to the winners! Thank you to parents, the hosting Lanes and of course to the awesome Coach Randy! Go Prodigy!!!
David, as always, your kind remarks are much appreciated. Thanks for being so supportive.
Randy, you are so encouraging to all the bowlers who participate. Your "Coaches Clicker" speaks truth for bowling and for life. Keep up the good work!
You gotta believe in yourself. Brandon (and perhaps Savannah) questioned whether they could hang with a bowler from an older age group, without ever considering the fact that they'd ALREADY BEAT THEM in qualifying! Yet, when faced with a head-to-head match-up, they questioned whether they belonged. (They certainly DID belong. They EARNED their way there!) I'm actually meeting Brandon at the bowl here in a little while and we're going to have a little talk about this. For a while now, he's bowled great in qualifying, but then when he's faced with a match against Charlie or here with Zion, all he sees is a kid who he thinks is better than he is. You gotta make up your mind that this is YOURS TO WIN, and just go out and take it. If you believe you're in over your head, then you are. But if you're like Hunter and just go play your game without caring much about whether the people you're bowling with are older or better than you are, then at least you don't beat yourself before ever throwing the first ball.
Randy, I have to commend you for all you're doing to elevate junior bowlers and junior bowling by getting the PBT up and running. I'm about the same age as you are and haven't bowled in 30 years, but I still remember how much I loved getting up Saturday mornings and going to bowl in our local junior league. I found this channel by accident a couple of months ago, and am now a total fan of the broadcast. Keep up the excellent work! And, of course, a special shout-out to the young bowlers who work so hard and make the show so great to watch! I won't name names, but I think a couple of you have PBA written all over you!
The work that some of our youth bowlers put in on their game would really impress you if you could see them at it. And they couldn't do it without super supportive parents.
I always love watching every week. Another fun episode! I find myself learning a lot just from watching the kids bowl.
This show doesn't get enough love
That was awesome to watch. So glad you all took the field trip- not only does it show the dedication but it also grows the audience. Loved listening to all the love from the crowd. It was so fun to watch.
This channel needs more subscribers! I am 13 and have an average of 180 and started on my 12th birthday, I live far away but I wish I could bowl with you guys!
Mark me down in favor of more subscribers.
Great episode Randy! I don't think it will be long before PBT will be taking over the whole house! Both the show and the kids have grown leaps and bounds. Thanks for getting a new location. This may be a sign of things to come...
Well, this was a one-off, although I certainly wouldn't rule out the idea of us returning to Austell. They were great hosts, and I think it's fair to say they viewed it as a rip-roarin' success at their end. I suspect they'll be talking about it in their league when they meet up to bowl again next week.
Just another amazing show randy!
Randy, you're doing such a good job with these videos.
Thank you, brotha!
One of these days I'll make it to one of the PBT's. Lol thank you so much for doing all that you do for the sport Randy.
Would love to see you and meet you one of these days, Jake.
I wish I was a kid again! This looks like so much fun! We used to bowl for the coveted McDonald's french fry coupon on the score sheet to simulate competition.
It would nice also Coach Randy by getting kids from several Atlanta metro houses. It is getting there. I wish we had something like this back in my YABA days.
Hunter is improving so much from when I first saw him. Great job!
Well, when he made his first appearance on PRODIGY back on the 2/18 show ("Sudden Elimination Challenge"), he was still throwing his plastic ball. He now has a couple of reactive resin balls, so he's able to get 'em to flip over and go into a roll at the end. As he gets bigger, he's going to be one to keep our eyes on. I've not seen a kid so completely consumed with bowling quite like Hunter since......well.....since *I* was his age. :-)
GREAT WORK as usual coach Randy. I maybe incorrect but it looked like brandon was missing a 9 pin in his rack on 9th frame.
I just love how the PBT is growing.
thanks again for the entertainment, just awesome
Yeah, I noticed that watching the video. Obviously, nobody caught it while the games were in progress.
yeah it happens, cost me a 300 game during league play, rack was missing a 9 pin had to shoot frame over and guess what ? end up leaving a nine pin lol. just another lesson on bowling. check the rack first lol
great work as usual Coach Randy, just love watching the competetion
Just bowled my highest game ever, today. Final night of winter league. Rolled 10 strikes in a row, pulled the 11th pretty bad (nerves) and only knocked down the 4-7-8, and cleaned it up for a 283. Even if I got a 300, not sure if it would have been sanctioned because even though it was the last night of league night, the winners from the first and second half were bowling for first place, while the rest of us just paid to bowl for fun, but it was technically a league night, although no monies went towards the league tonight. I don't know though. Some said it would've counted because it was technically the final night of league. It was actually the high game for the league, but again, didn't count. Someone else got the money for high game earlier in the season. I'm still happy. My previous high was a 264 shot some 10 years ago or so.
Great video as always. I really enjoy these. Keep 'em up!
Kevbo Kev when I read this I read 283 as 233
I was like no way you shoot 10 out and only get 233 lol
I just noticed there's a graphics error in Savannah's scoring. In the 7th frame, she's credited with X7 on her first ball. That would be a good trick to get both a strike AND a 7 count in one ball. Obviously, it should show as S7 (split, 7 count). Doesn't affect the scoring, but it's just a type-o. I wish I had a dollar for every little mistake I've made in producing these shows.
I was so glad to see Hunter win his match. I can tell he really enjoys bowling he is only going to get better. And congrats to Kara for winning her match.
your announcing reminds me of the way hawk harrelson announces baseball!!
Hi Randy! Love the videos. Just a tip that you can make out some of the kids' full names on the champions pin around 41:25 through 41:30. Just a heads-up.
elninostorm - Yeah I know.
Randy last year I was second in the state of Pa in the u15. In July I'm going to Ohio for the junior championships.
Mason Buck - Awesome! Good luck!
Mason Buck do you live in ohio
No
Great video, as always! I don't think there is a 9-pin in the rack at 6:35.
I noticed that as I was editing the video. I'm surprised that I didn't notice it (nobody noticed it) during competition. But hey, like the man says, it's "unofficial, informal and impromptu" competition. The operative words being "unofficial" and "informal." :-)
cant wait for next episode soon
100 subscribers with no videos - It's "in the oven." I hope to have it ready late tonight. Tomorrow at the latest.
ok, thank you for the reply
ive never clicked on a video faster
me and my friend bowl an adult league (the guy who helps us a lot is on our team so we wanted to bowl with him instead of youth leavue) and next monday is roll off for that league and our team made it! and that coaches advice you gave at the end is something I'm really gonna keep in mind when bowling said roll offs :)
Nerdy Cubing - Don't just assume that the other guys are better and you have to bowl over your heads to win. Just go out and bowl your game, and let the chips fall where they may. Be like that football player who, on 4th and 1 with the game hanging in the balance, says to the coach, "Give me the ball." Some players want all the pressure to fall to them to make the decisive shot at the end of the game. They relish being in that position. Other players are afraid of that pressure falling to them. Be the guy who wants the ball with the game on the line.
man you gotta do another road trip coach randy @brownswickbowling betcha you could do it in summertime
Oh, we will definitely do more road trips. This was entirely too much fun not to do it again. For sure I want to bring the show to Brunswick Zone Lilburn, where they have, by far, the biggest and most successful junior bowling program in the area. But I also wouldn't rule out taking the show to some other non-Brunswick, non-AMF houses, perhaps even on the other end of town. I have to tell you, when I showed up at Austell for this week's show, no sooner had I walked in the door and headed down to the end of the house where the junior bowlers were gathering and three of the little kids came up to me and said, "You're that guy on Prodigy Bowlers Tour, aren't you?" "Yes, I am," I said. "We watch your show every week, and we're big fans of..." and they proceeded to list some of their favorite players who are regulars on the show. "You know those guys are gonna be here today, right?" I said. And their eyes grew like saucers. Good lord, that just blew me away. If there's a house in the Atlanta area where there are fans of PRODIGY, I will see to it that we take the show there. The more, the merrier.
Best of luck on Saturday Randy! I am visiting ATL then, sorry I will miss the kids!
wow both Savanah and Kara have great form, balance and follow through.
It is nice to see Kara with a 200 game.
34:40 Savannah's 7th frame has a typo it said X71 (Strike, 7-1) like it was the 10th frame when it was supposed to be S71 (split 7)
Pino Mascetti - The scoring you see on screen is liable to have mistakes. I add it in post-production, and sometimes I make mistakes. The real miracle is that I don’t make MORE mistakes than I do. Doesn’t effect the scoring in the bowling center.
awesome bowling kids
My team placed 2nd in the tnba tournament this past weekend in Atlanta losing by 7 pins
The nine pin was missing at 6:33 , but that was a good game for Hunter.
Jose Carrillo -- Yeah I think somebody mentioned it here earlier. I'm surprised I didn't notice it when it happened. I usually spot problems with the rack. I must have been looking away at the time. Oh well. It goes in the books as a strike now.
Good show.
What's surprising to me at this center is that there is NO rake decals whatsoever at this alley and it is just left blank, especially when pretty much all other BZ's have them.
Rodj - I had't even noticed that, but you're night. Not only do they not display the BowlBrunswick.com website or the "Plan A Party" line, but they don't even say "Brunswick" on them. Like you say, they're just blank.
In California Pepsi state finals is usually always USBC White-2. I am guessing it might be the same?
Edward Estrada well they ended up changing it this year to blue 3. If you want some reference Charlie who usually averages about 210 bowled a 168 average. And was near the top
when and where will the next prodigy tour be at, and is there anything I need to do to bowl with you guys
Sent you a private note in response to your submission through the "Contact Us" page on the website.
If you want to skip to a group, here are the starting times for each group.
Little kids- 3:53 Girls- 23:25 Boys- 44:11
How many balls are the bowlers limited to for junior gold? Ive never been (and wont get to this lifetime) so just curious. I'm also a female bowler, and dont use a plastic ball for spares Ive been meaning to add one to my arsenal, but Im so used to shooting spares with my reactive balls, I havent made getting a spare ball a priority. I make a point to be able to shoot even a 10 pin spare with any ball in my bag.
A simple google search said that the limit is 5
Really want to bowl with you guys. If only I didn't live in Louisiana :(
Where in Louisiana are you?
Just south of New Orleans actually.
Have you ever thought if putting the kids social medias in the videos? I would love to give them follows!
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We never identify the kids on PRODIGY by anything but first names. That would preclude us sharing their social media links. That said, some of them comment under their real names on this channel. But because they're minors, I only refer to them by first name (and last initial if we have multiple kids with the same first name).
BrownswickBowling Oh ok understandable but I love the show! Me being a high school 2handed bowler myself I look forward to the show every week! Love what you r doing with the kids, keep it up!
Great advice for the kids Randy. By the way, I wanted to ask you about future episodes of this happening after the kids' youth league finishes up. Are there any plans for the PBT to continue on in the summer?
John Gardner - "Plans" is a big word. There will be Prodigy episodes this Summer. But what form our junior league, and therefore Prodigy, takes is somewhat sketchy at this time. But I don't intend for the show to go on a Summer-long hiatus. Just don't know exactly who's bowling this Summer, so it's hard to know what the show will look like. Stay tuned.
Kara has a really nice release and good form.
I eventually want to get Kara's hand more behind the ball in the swing. She drops the ball to the inside of her hand as soon as it drops into the backswing. Could be a strength issue. But the good news is, she's getting in some work in the weight room and that should help some. She has so much potential. Best of all, she's just one of the sweetest kids I know.
What's odd is, I thought that was helping her add the rotation she had, assuming she was able to flick the fingers our of the ball. I've been bowling for quite some time, and I just have a hell of a time getting side-to-side rotation. I have more end-over-end, and so many people I talk to or practice with on my league tell me to try this and that, but I just can't do it. I don't know. Maybe it's the whole adage of "you can't teach an old dog new tricks." I'm only 34, so not literally old, but the fact that I have been bowling this way since high school, maybe that's my issue. I would love to know how people get the higher revs on their ball. And I know some people say, well, you bowl the way you do, so work with that and get better at that. But I have an issue with consistency, and I feel having higher revolutions will give me a slightly wider room for error. I may be wrong in that thinking, but regardless, I would just like to have more side-to-side rotation, if for anything, just to have more pin action.
Let me add by stating I have learned to slow down a LOT. The old timers I bowl with on league night were yelling at me for throwing 21-22 mph ball. Now I'm between 17-18. If I pull it, it may be in the high 18s
@KevboKev - Some of what you're talking about can be helped by the drilling. In other words, the pitches in the holes. Me personally, I have a tendency to get around the ball too much too early, so I go out of my way to try to stay behind the ball as long as I can, which gives me much better carry, and the ball is going to hook anyway because of the layout. That's what, I think, people need to realize. These modern balls are built to hook. All you have to do is ROLL IT off your hand. If your bal driller knows what he's (or she's) doing, then the ball will do what it's supposed to do. And I am a big believer that straighter is greater. I know of no professional bowler in the world who goes out of their way to hook the ball more than they need to. They mostly hook it as little as the lane conditions will allow. That gives them the most control. That doesn't mean they try to throw it straight. Quite to the contrary. It just means they don't go out of the way to hook it more than is needed. They let the conditions dictate how much the ball will hook. They throw it as straight as they can, given the lane conditions. That doesn't mean they try to straight it out. It just means they don't try to hook it any extra.
Throwing a slower ball gives the ball more time to read the lane...and therefore, get into a strong roll at the end. Throw it too hard and it never gets into a roll. Impossible to get maximum power that way. Christian has been fighting that tendency for some time. We've only recently gotten him to slow things down (although he reverted back this past Saturday in the PRODIGY qualifier, which is why he didn't appear on this show). Logan learned this in the past year -- that if you'll slow the ball down some, it will do more of the work for you.
what are your thoughts about the roto grip wreck-em im getting it tomorrow and i want to know what you think ive been bwoling for almost a year im 11 whith a 120 avrg
right now i have a strike king
Ben Dixon I use a wreck-em and i avrage about 200 with it, it's a great ball and it's quite strong
Bonkeman what tipe of layout would you recomend
Ben Dixon what do you mean by layout? Sorry english is not my first language
that is best to be decided by your shop. your style, speed and lanes you are bowling on will determine the layout. what works for me may not work good for someone else
i bowled on the ALLEN oil pattern at the PEPSI tournament in muskgon
Jacob ahejew I bowled on Allen during regionals and states
How heavy is quentin's ball?
I have no idea.
man...8 - 10 pocket..ouch!! missed it at the bottom.
Where exactly is this bowling alley? Im heading down to Marietta, GA this summer and im a 16 yr old avid bowler averaging a 187 with a high game of 279.
the one they're at is *Brunswick Zone Austell*
You can look it up on google maps and it'll show you where
Joshua Green Thank you!
Sorry I missed what the pattern was?
Tanner Robinson it was a sports pattern. Basically..strikes are a little harder to come by and spares are much important...all the kids bowled awesome for bowling at a different but awesome bowling center.
David Talkington Thank you, I know how a sport shot works, I just didn't know if it was a specific sport shot, it kind of looked like Turnpike. Thanks though David!
Tanner Robinson - I requested, and they said they ran, USBC Blue #3. That's what the kids bowled on, and will bowl on, at the Pepsi Tournament. Some of the kids who bowled Pepsi, however, said it didn't play anything like the pattern at Pepsi. But it's a different lane machine; different synthetic surface.
BrownswickBowling Thanks so much, the kids did great! Really like what you are doing with all of the juniors! Keep it up.
BrownswickBowling can you recommend a ball type/surface specifically to use on this USBC Blue 3? thanks
On April 8th with an average of 130 I got a 140, a 198, and a 114
pls 1080p
There is actually a practical reason why the show is edited in 720p instead of 1080p. It will come as a surprise to some that the show is shot with a single camera. In this particular case, it's shot with an iPhone 7 Plus. I use the iPhone 7 Plus, and bought specifically, because it shoots in 4K. (Now with an iPhone, I realize it's not REAL 4K, but it does provide enough pixels that it can legitimately be considered 4K, even if the iPhone doesn't have quite the caliber of glass that an actual 4K video camcorder would.) The point is, all the zooms you see are nothing more than "virtual" camera moves. In other words, they're all done in post-production by zooming in on portions of the frame that was filmed. By editing in lower resolution (720), that gives me more latitude to zoom in tighter, on smaller portions of the screen, when making those virtual camera moves and still not having the image deterioriate, pixelate, and as we say in the television business, "fall apart." If I edited in 1080p, I wouldn't be able to zoom in as tightly and still have the image hold up. It's a trade-off, and I'd rather have the creative flexibility of being able to zoom in tighter than satisfy the desire for 1080p resolution, especially since so many viewers are watching on a cellphone or a tablet.
My son Tim how is 14 years old from Australia is hoping that in December holidays that Tim can come to Atlanta Georgia To bowl with Christion because he is a big fan of Christion and Tristian too.
When are you coming back to Bz Austell?
No way to know. I'd love to take it around to different centers this Summer.
what is the best tip you can give us during a bowling game?
Keep your eyes on your target. Thumb up coming through. Stay in the moment and care about nothing other than THIS SHOT whenever you're up. (That's three tips.)
Thanks!
GO HUNTER!!!! Q throws like my wife!! hahaha...she does ok for herself just like he does.
My whole family bowls. My sister was bragging to me about how she’s so much better than me and guess what my dad told me. She threw 3 gutters in a row in the maryvale tournament!!!!!!
Hey Randy, when did Hunter switch to the
Two-handed style? Was it 2017-18 or 2018-19?
I honestly did not remember, so I had to go back to look it up. I remembered that one time when I was up at the bowling alley, I spotted him experimenting with 2-handed. And if memory serves, he continued to go back and forth between 2-handed and 1-handed even after this was filmed. But it also marked, in my mind at least, the time when he started to switch over (it was a process). I couldn't tell you the exact date when he left 1-handed behind for good. But this was the date that I remember him starting to see that 2-handed might be a viable way for him to bowl. Filmed 4/7/2017. In other words, we weren't even out of the 2016-17 season yet. But it is noteworthy that as late as the Fall that year, he won his first PRODIGY title in October '17 bowling one-handed. So like I said, it was a process for him to completely switch over.
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Why did Logan not bowl?
Logan was nursing an injury in one of his bowling fingers. Since he's bowling state finals at Pepsi next weekend, he and his family decided it would be best if he didn't bowl this week. I think it was the wise choice. He has a legitimate chance to win Pepsi next week...but only if he's healthy.
+BrownswickBowling Yea it seemed like a good choice not to bowl to where he would've risked of further injury.
Soon PBT will have better registration numbers than the PBA US Open lol 👍
Kara is 20?
Yrnick - No. She’s 16, which puts her in the U20 (under 20) age division for USBC tournaments like Junior Gold.
No she is 16
Cruz Orduno yea thanks i saw randys comment lol
Finally Kara Won! :)
I'd like to see Mikey bowl more
Does hunter have s reactive bowling ball?
Ghost 27 - Yes. He has two. The two you see him using in this video were donated to the junior program (I have a whole foyer full of them here at home), so I gave them to him. His old red, white and blue plastic ball that he'd had for the past year or two (which he used on our Sudden Elimination Challenge) cracked, so it's been retired.
BrownswickBowling It's awesome that you have merchandise! I will look in to that!
Cool!
it's great that the younger kids are getting up and bowling but man..
it's hard to watch poor Quentin's face when he's bowling bad, or any of the little kids faces for that matter lol
Nerdy Cubing I wondered about that....then deduced that rather than flustered (which he looked), under that, he seemed more exhausted and tired...and when tired like that, a person tends to make more sloppy shots. I figured he probably isnt used to throwing so many games back to back like this in a day.
I think @Kyah Rose hit the nail on the head. I spoke with Quentin's mom (she was in tears, hurting that her son seemed so frustrated). She told me that this was his sixth game of the day, and that for him, that's a lot of bowling in one day. So Kyah may be right. Quentin may have just been tired. I could tell by watching him that he was confused and didn't quite understand what went wrong, after he'd bowled so well the previous two games. But you know what? When you're 9 years old, many of the mysteries of this wonderful game have not yet been revealed to you. You learn as you go. This was a learning experience for the little guy, and I have a feeling that the next time he bowls, he'll do just fine.
i saw a dude shoot at a 3-6-10 today and only got the 6
That's what he gets for throwing a hook ball at the 3-6-10. Straighter is greater when shooting that spare.
i swear hunter looks smaller in this
A few weeks ago, we moved the camera up to a higher location. So the perspective may be a bit different since the last time he appeared on the show.
BrownswickBowling ok
man was quentin unlucky he seems like a good bowler
One thing u have to work on with brandon is to stop choking everytime.
That's why I added a tip at the end of this episode. Brandon bowls great when he's bowling with a crowd. But then when he goes head-to-head against a bowler that he perceives as "better" than he is, he gets intimidated. I see it in his game, as he appears more tense. When I watched him bowl the 277 in qualifying, he wasn't tense. He was freewheeling it. But he's just completing his second full season bowling league, so he's only going to keep getting better. But in these head-to-head matches, he needs to make up his mind that he's good enough to win and just go out and take it. He will, eventually.
THE YOUNGSTERS ARE SO CUTE
I luvs me some LITTLES. :-)
lol coach randy what's the average of Kara because this is my third year bowling and i think i'm around her average
173
if hunter could build up a little more muscle to get a better swing and more control he game would get so.much better
Kenny - He's 9. He will grow.
BrownswickBowling he's only 9? I always thought he was older like 11 lol. And I found this channel a month ago and love it bc I always dream about a chance to compete since I just started bowling a little over a year ago and I currently have a 154 average but have never gotten a chance to bowl on a sport pattern and would like to have a chance to
My best game is a 300 and my best series is 899
James Davis stfu pls
Jose Carrillo actually I didn’t like my own comment and this guy is obviously lying lol
I won the u12 junior gold championship
+Storm bowling - That would make you Brandon Bohn. Yes?
3rd
second
1st
My high score is 258 I'm 12 and I've only been bowling for 8 months
awesome bowling kids