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| March 9, 2003 - Interview with Bowling Press Pro March 9th, 2003: BPP: The 1st year anniversary of Your Bowling Coach was last month. How is it going? ALETA: It's going great. It's gaining more and more momentum. Word-of-mouth is getting better and better and has been very good to us. That is a good sign. As with any new business, it needs momentum getting started. We keep letting people know that there is professional coaching available now, and they love it! MICHELLE: Really good. We have seen over 1,200 bowlers, and it seems the more bowlers we see, the more we learn what they really need. It's cool. We help them bowl better, and they continue to teach us how to become even better at coaching! It takes guts to take coaching and to feel different in order to bowl better. We respect that and know what it is like. We share that with bowlers, and we get to share what we have learned along the way in our trials and tribulations. And we get to meet so many cool people. BPP: Is coaching as rewarding as bowling has been for you? ALETA: Absolutely. It is fun to watch people get better and blossom after they take lessons. It is just fun watching the light go on during a lesson when you explain something and they see it on the video. They just seem to "get it" faster. MICHELLE: Like Aleta said, it is so neat to see bowlers blossom. I love coaching as much, actually more, than I love bowling myself. I have always loved helping bowlers because bowlers just love their sport. And when they do it better, they are just so happy. If we can help bring that kind of joy to people, it is so worth it. I believe what makes us different is that we break down what the bowler is doing to help him or her make a change that is easier and simpler. So many bowlers hear from their teammates and friends what they do wrong; we strive to clarify the real problem and help them fix it. It is an awesome challenge to identify the actual problem and fix it rather than just chase all the symptoms of the problem. I cherish the ability to fix the problem. When bowlers come in with "this and that" that they want to correct, we love helping them learn to bowl better by concentrating on the proper things. BPP: How are your students doing? ALETA: Very well. We have had a lot of success stories. In the last month alone, we've had a lot of bowlers, men and women, winning tournaments, shooting 300, shooting 800, even breaking records. We have fun with the Hall of Fame page, highlighting the wonderful feats of individual bowlers. It is a great feeling to help them get there. MICHELLE: Our bowlers make our day when they take the time to share their good news with us. When they call or leave an email so excited because of what they just did, it is the highlight of our day. What a great feeling. Like Aleta mentioned, I think of Markell Wells who won his first Mid States Master tournament, or Kathy Bakula and Kathy Hahn whose team won the Ann Arbor City Tournament. I think of David Goad, who averaged in the 120's and took a lesson package to now shoot in the 600's, for three games. I am taken by Vicki Jensen breaking a 23-year-old scoring record at her local bowling center. You cannot buy that kind of fun. And the sweetest of successes come from all skill levels and age levels. When bowlers achieve their personal bests, that is just an awesome feeling for us. We high five each other more than anyone realizes. BPP: I know you have to get going, but one other question. The U.S. Open is coming to Detroit this spring. Are you going to bowl? ALETA: I haven't made my mind up yet. People ask us all the time. To compete in such a grueling tournament, you cannot just pick up your ball a week before and think that you are going to beat the best in the world. These girls are practicing every day, because it is their job. They are much sharper because of that. So, I'd have to get out and really start practicing, and it's hard to find the time because of our coaching business. But is sure would be a shame not to, because it is so close. MICHELLE: I have to echo Aleta. When we get the chance to talk about the U.S. Open, we try to decide if we are bowling in it. It is so close to home that we would love to. As it draws nearer to getting here, I think the decision will be made for us. Until we get the time to practice, how can we possibly expect to compete at the level we need to? I am still finishing my book and that takes all extra time that I have, which is not much at all. Once we get off lanes from coaching all day, we work on scheduling when we will be back on lanes again! As for the U.S. Open, I would want us to have the opportunity to be prepared to bowl it, before we commit to bowling it. BPP: It has been over a year now. Are you happy with life after bowling on tour? ALETA: I watch bowling on T.V.; I watched Walter Ray win last week. And, (speaking of the U.S. Open), I was remembering winning the U.S. Open with Walter Ray, and I do miss bowling well, and winning. But, in the next breath, I cannot imagine going out there and competing to make a living. I enjoy what I am doing now. And, I have one more iron in the fire that I'll talk about next time. It is going to make my life more full, interesting and even more rewarding. MICHELLE: There is nothing I'd rather be doing than coaching.
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