Diandra Asbaty
Diandra developed a passion for coaching because of all the amazing coaches she has had in her life. (From the youth bowling coaches back in Dyer, Indiana, to her University of Nebraska coaches, and on to her Team USA coaches). She now has developed the ability to pass that knowledge onto bowlers of all ages, levels, and styles. Her best feelings come not from winning tournaments, but from seeing others grow from the knowledge they gain from her experiences and expertise. She is a USBC Silver Level coach, a Team USA member for 13 years, and owns over 60 international medals.

 

 

 

Ron Hoppe
Next to the definition of Renaissance Man is a picture of Ron Hoppe. He has continually renewed and reinvigorated the bowling industry for the last forty years as an internationally renowned bowling coach. Ron has been the head bowling coach for six countries. He owned several extremely successful pro shops and led the way to a cultural shift in the recognition of pro shop operators as skilled professionals. Ron is a founder of  International Bowling Pro Shop Instructor Association (IBPSIA). He was its first president and recipient of the Light House and President Awards. Eleven years ago Ron was one of the first USBC Gold Coaches to be certified.

Jason Belmonte
Jason started traveling around the world since the age of 16 and has met many great bowlers, friends, and coaches along the way. He won his first tournament when he was 4 and considers his bowling style to be ‘normal’. He has represented Australia since 2001 and has won over 25 medals for his country. Winning in his 10th PBA event, Belmo is now an exempt PBA member and finished 6th in the world rankings as of the 2009/10 season. Jason is a USBC Silver Level coach, and despite popular belief, can coach a one-handed bowler. His greatest achievements include tricking his wife, Kimberly, into marrying him, and his daughter Aria.


In the event that Diandra, Jason or Ron are unable to attend an IAB Bowler’s Bootcamp, the International Art of Bowling will make every effort to find a suitable replacement from our IAB Coaching Staff listed below.

IAB Support Coaches

We are honored to have such a talented group of coaches in IAB’s corner. Please click on the individual tabs to learn more about each coaches’ life and career.

Lynda Barnes

PROFESSIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

PWBA standard titles (1): 1999 – Track TKO, Las Vegas, NV (doubles with Kim Terrell-Kearney)

Major titles (2) : 1998 WIBC Queens, Quad Cities, Iowa/Ill., 2008 USBC Queens Champion Detroit, MI, 2008 Clash of Champions

  • 5th Place at 2010 U.S. Women’s Open in TX
  • Semifinalist at 2007 U.S. Women’s Open in NV
  • Semifinalist at 1999 U.S. Women’s Open in CT
  • 1991 5TH WIBC Queens in IA
  • 1997 LPBT Fort Worth Regional Mixed Doubles Champion

2009-2010 WOMEN”S SERIES

  • 2nd Place Viper in Detroit
  • 2nd Place E.A. Dublin Bowl

TEAM USA

  • Gold medal in Trios and Team Event at 2009 PABCON – Puerto Rico
  • Silver medal in Team Event at 2009 World Championships – Puerto Rico
  • Bronze medal in Singles, Silver in Trios, and Gold in Team at 2008 PABCON
  • Two silver medals (team, trios) and one bronze (doubles) at 2007 Women’s World Championships
  • 2005 Qubica AMF World Cup champion
  • Two silver medals (team and all-events) and two bronze (Masters and doubles) at 2005 Women’s World Championships
  • Three gold medals (team, all-events and doubles), one silver (singles) and one bronze (Masters) at 2005 American Zone Championships
  • Two gold medals (team, masters) and one bronze (trios) at 1997 American Zone Championships
  • Silver medal at 1996 World Tenpin Team Cup
  • Five gold medals (singles, doubles, team, all-events, national all-events) at 1996 Tournament of the Americas
  • Two gold medals and one silver at 1989 World Youth Championships
  • Gold (team), silver (masters) and two bronze medals (doubles, trios) at 1989 American Zone Championships
  • Silver (singles) and bronze medal (trios) at 1991 World Championships

OTHER

  • 2010 Australian Masters Champion
  • 2008 The Clash Champion – beat Sean Rash on National Television
  • 1995, 2005, 2007 Amateur champion
  • 1998 and 2004 WIBC Tournament Doubles champion (set record score – 1498 in 2004 with Carolyn Dorin-Ballard)
  • 2005, 2009 USBC Women’s Open Championships Team Division Champion (set record of 3350 in 2005)
  • 2007 and 2003 Texas Women’s Bowling Association Bluebonnet Queens Champion
  • 1997 British open Champion
  • 1997 Champion at the Smokefree Invitational in New Zealand
  • Gold medal at 1997 United Arab Emirates Invitational
  • Gold Medal at 1997 Africa Cup
  • 1989 Association of College Unions International champion
  • Member of 1987 and 1988 National Collegiate Bowling Championships women’s national runner-up (San Jose State University)
  • 14 Time Northern California All Star Team
  • Multiple medalist at Olympic Festivals in Oklahoma, Los Angeles and Minnesota

AWARDS

  • 2008 BWAA Bowler of the Year
  • 2007-2008 Bowlers Journal All American Team and Captain
  • 2008 April and May Kegel Bowler of the Month
  • Inducted into the World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame in January 2007
  • 2005 World Bowling Writers Female Player of the Year
  • 1991, 1998 and 2005 Bowling Writers Association of America Amateur of the Year
  • 1997, and 2005 Bowlers Journal International Amateur of the Year
  • 2004-05 and 2005-06 Bowlers Journal International All America Team
  • 1997 WIBC All-American team (first amateur to be selected in history)
  • 1990 California Star of Tomorrow
  • 1998 USOC Athlete of the Year for Bowling
  • 1989-90 National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Most Valuable Player
  • 1988-89 and 1989-90 BWAA Collegiate Player of the Year First Team All American
  • 1989 Alberta E. Crowe Star of Tomorrow
  • 1989 National Collegiate Bowling championships All-Tournament team (San Jose State University)
  • 1986-87 and 1987-88 National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association All-America second team
  • 1986-87  National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Rookie of the Year
  • Inducted into the Diablo Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame

OTHER

  • Member of the USTBF Bronze Level Certified Instructor Program (1991-1996)
  • Member of ADIA Temporary Advisory Council (1992)
  • Member of Board of Trustees and Athletes Advisory Committee for USA Bowling (1993-1996)
  • Member of Joint Olympic Task Force Committee (1996)
  • Professional Bowling Camps Instructor
  • Instructor at Wichita State Shocker Camp (2007)
  • Coach at Olympic Festival, San Antonio
  • Member of the Professional Women’s Bowling Association (1993, 1998-2000)
  • Representative at the Women’s Sports Foundation Banquet (1991, 1992, 2005)
  • Representative at the Olympics in Barcelona and Atlanta for the Women’s International Bowling Congress
  • USBC Board Member 2008, 2009, 2010
  • JDRF Board Member 2009, 2010
  • Member of the Athletes Advisory Board 2010
  • Executive Director of The Strike Out Diabetes Charity Event

Parker Bohn III

Parker Bohn III has been a member of Professional Bowlers Association since 1984.  He owns 32 career Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour Titles, which ranks him fifth all-time.  Recently named the 10th greatest bowler in the 50 year history of the organization and has been named Player of the Year twice in his career 1999 and 2001-02.  He currently holds the record for the most 300 games on the PBA Tour with 85.  ALL of his PBA titles and PBA 300 games have been rolled with a Brunswick bowling ball.

He is highly active in promoting youth bowling and has hosted the Parker Bohn III Youth Scholarship Tournament for the past 11 years.
www.ParkerBohn.com

Titles:
32 PBA National Tour Titles
18 PBA Regional Titles

Awards:
PBA Player of the Year (1999, 2001-02)
Harry Smith Point Leader Award (1999, 2001-02)
George Young High Average Award (1999, 2001-02)
Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award (1990, ’91, ’92, ’93)
PBA Hall of Fame (2000)
ESPY Award Winner (2000)
USBC Hall of Fame (2008).

Staffs:
Brunswick since 1989
Vise Grips

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard

Personal Information:
Married to Del Ballard, Jr.
Has 1 daugher – Alyssa Ballard – 7
Has been bowling since age 6, where her mom and dad got her started in the Junior League
Bowled for Linden High School

College Bowling Career:
Bowled at West Texas State University (now Texas A&M) – 2 National Collegiate Championships, 3-Time All-American. Member of the Dean’s Round Table
She has a BA in Communications, Radio, TV, Film with a Minor in Public Relations

Industry staffs:
Roto Grip / Turbo 2-N-1 Grips / USBC

Current position:
USBC Director of Coaching

Coaching experience:
Carolyn has been coaching for over 15 years.   She has coached all levels of the sport and has run numerous clinics, seminars and Tip of the Month’s at all the centers in which we have a pro shop.   She continues to travel the country and the world, coaching, giving seminars and promoting the game of bowling.

Professional Career Highlights:

  • 20 PWBA Titles – including three Major Championships:  2001 WIBC Queens,  1996/2001 Brunswick World Open
  • 2 USBC/PBA Women’s Series Titles
  • 5 WIBC/USBC Championships – 3 Team Titles, 1 Doubles (hold the record), 1 All-Events
  • 2001-2003 Bowler of the Year
  • 2001 – Player of the Year – Broke or tied 11 records that season
  • Member TEAM USA 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Numerous International medals – highlight 2009 Silver Medal World Team Championships
  • 2009 Malaysia Cup Champion, 2011 Runner-up Euro Challenge
  • USBC Hall of Fame – 2008
  • Bowler of the Decade – 2000’s
  • Fort Worth, Texas Hall of Fame – 1999
  • Texas State Hall of Fame – 2010

Other

  • Owner – 3 Pro Shops – Ballard’s Bowling Solutions
  • USBC Silver Certified Coach
  • ESPN Color Analyst for the NCAA Women’s Collegiate Bowling

Jeri Edwards

Coaching Experience

  • Team USA Head Coach – 2004-present
  • Junior Team USA Head Coach – 2002, 2003
  • Gold Certified USA Bowling Coach
  • Borden/Edwards School of Bowling

Publications

  • Editor – Bowling Digest (1993-1999)
  • Featured writer for US Bowler
  • Co-author – USA Junior Olympic Bowling Coach Level One text, Advanced Adjustments, Bowling: the Handbook of Bowling Psychology
  • Co-host – Bowling: The Family Sport video, The Master Plan to Great Bowling video, Bowling: For Women Only video, Learn the Curve video, Bowling: The Fun Sport video, Bowler’s Private Coach video series, Increase Your Average: Today’s Bowling Techniques, Bowling Rocks video
  • Principal in www.mybowlingcoach.com

Associations

  • Member of Legends Ball Manufacturer Pro Staff
  • Member of the National ABC Board of Directors – 2002-04 (only woman ever to serve as a board member)
  • President Akron Bowling Proprietors Association – 1998-2001
  • Co-tournament Director – 1996-98 ABC Senior Masters; 1998-2000 PBA Bayer/Brunswick Touring Players Championship

Awards

  • 2006 Summit County Hall of Fame Inductee
  • 2005 United States Olympic Committee Coach of the Year
  • 2004 Metropolitan Bowling Writers Special Service Award

Mike Fagan

  • Silver Certified Coach
  • 2-Time PBA Champion
  • 3-Time European Tour Champion
  • 2-Time Member Team USA
  • Ran “Fagan Bowling Clinic” on Long Island the past two summers. (First one with Diandra & Jason)
  • Taken part in coaching clinics with many PBA stars like Norm Duke, Parker Bohn, & Bill O’Neill

 

Tim Mack

  • Finished fifth in 2003 USBC Masters
  • Has spent most of his career bowling internationally
  • Has won 72 titles around the world
  • Three-time World Bowler of the Year
  • Won five medals (one gold, four silver) for Team USA in 2003 WTBA World Championships

Susie Minshew

  • USBC Gold Level Certified Coach
  • Two-time USOC Coach of the Year
  • Bowlers Journal Top 100 Coach since the awards’ inception
  • Received Bronze Certification in 1992, Silver in 1994, and Gold in 2000
  • Master Silver Instructor for USBC
  • Past president of IBPSIA
  • Past TEAM USA assistant coach
  • Susie chaired the BPAA Coaching Committee and also served on the Coaches Hall of Fame Committee.

Bill O’Neill

  • USBC Silver Level Certified Coach
  • 3-time Collegiate Bowler of the Year
  • 3 PBA titles (1 major, 2010 US Open)
  • 2005-2006 PBA Rookie of the Year
  • Team USA 2009-Present
  • Bill has done multiple clinics with Hammer, Turbo Grips, and USBC.

 

Del Warren

As Vice President of the Kegel Training and Tournament Center, Del Warren is well known throughout the bowling industry.  He is a Gold Level USBC certified coach as well as a recognized Bowlers Journal International Top 100 Coach.   He spent five years as a touring player on the PBA Tour where he earned two national titles as well as a third place finish in the prestigious 1986 Firestone Tournament of Champions.  Del also holds ten regional titles and was honored as the 1983 Southern Region Player of the Year.  He has 35 sanctioned 300 games and thirteen 800 series to his credit.

Del started working with AMF in 1993 as a tour rep where he coached many PBA stars including Dick Weber, John Mazza, Marianne DiRupo, and most notably Bob Learn Jr.  At the 1996 Flagship Open, in front of his hometown Erie, PA crowd, Learn defeated Johnny Petraglia 300-279 in the opening match earning him a $100,000 bonus and tying two other bowlers for the world record of 52 sanctioned perfect games.  While capturing this third PBA title, Learn also broke the existing four-game TV total by shooting an 1129 series with a staggering 282.25 average.  Del followed up this coaching success by helping Cara Honeychurch score a perfect game at the 1999 AMF Gold Cup which paid her $50,000 for her live TV performance.

Warren broadened his work for AMF by designing bowling balls including the Bull Whip, named by Bowling This Month as the 1996 Pearl Ball of the Year, and the Night Hawk, voted the People’s Choice Ball of the Year in 1997. He also worked with AMF Bowling Centers conducting teaching clinics for coaches and instructional classes for bowlers.  In 2001, Del went on to serve as President of Track International for four years where he continued to develop high performance products and a new coaching system called Pure Approach.

Del came to the Kegel Training Center in 2006 to take on the challenging role of professional coaching and pro shop development.  In 2009 he was voted IBPSIA President for a 2 year term while also serving on the WTBA Technical Board.  Del’s passion for bowling ensures Kegel’s leadership in promoting excellence and integrity in coaching and pro shop operations through innovation.