Friday, June 04, 1999
Bowling teaches kids discipline
BY JAYLYNN LESLIE GRAY
Enquirer Contributor
NORWOOD — More than 140 children from 10 area schools recently commandeered Stone Bowling Lanes in Norwood for the seventh annual In-School Bowling Tournament.
The In-School Bowling Program, promoting not only bowling, but discipline and respect, is one of the top programs of its kind, according to the American Bowling Congress. The rating is based on the number of people who participate in the national program every year.
More than 49,000 children, kindergarten through eighth grade, have been involved with the In-School Bowling Program in Greater Cincinnati since its inception in 1990. This year, more than 2,000 children participated.
The local coordinator, George Riley of Madisonville, is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Bowling Association (GCBA) and enjoys working with the kids.
He teaches family values, discipline and respect while showing them the love for game.
They apply valuable math skills as they learn how to add and keep track of bowling scores, practice bowling etiquette and encourage each other as they play.
“We also talk about street safety and about staying away from drugs,” said Mr. Riley, who locates participating bowling lanes and writes area business for sponsorship to pay bowling fees and such.
Portable bowling kits that have four sets of carpeted mats, bowling balls, pins and an instructional video, are sent to the schools in rotation so that the children can practice in their gym classes. Then they take off for area bowling lanes during the school year to unleash their skills.
“I'm having fun,” Hoffman Elementary sixth-grader Alex McCoy, 12, said during last month's tournament. “I bowled and knocked down eight pins then I made my spare. It felt great!”
“The In-School Bowling is an excellent program,” said Otto Liske, Hoffman physical education teacher.
Mr. Liske of Anderson Township has taught physical education at Hoffman for 22 years. ""Kids are using the bowling terminology and they want to learn math so they can get the scoring down.”
To donate to the In-School Bowling Program, contact the Greater Cincinnati Bowling Association, 520 W. Wyoming Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45215. Call 761-3338.
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