What do you do when you have numerous coaches in Singapore using different philosophies, methods and curriculum to develop bowlers and all sharing the aspiration of producing Singapore’s next bowling champion?

A more unified and systematic approach was required to build an effective pipeline to identify and produce top bowling talent for national representation. This led to SingaporeBowling (SBF) engaging a consultant, Mr. Sid Allen to design a 3-level curriculum to develop top bowling talent.

Next, coaches were identified, engaged and trained by SBF to conduct classes as part of the Centre of Excellence (COE) programme. At the end of each year, an Annual Skills Assessment (ASA) was conducted to determine if athletes could be promoted to the next level. In addition, after the ASA, trainees in the highest COE level participated in a roll-off and the cream of the crop were invited to join the National Development Squad (NDS) to be further developed into international bowling champions.