Hello All,
Now that this years President Shield is over and done with I would like to point out a few things that I believe will help improve this competition for future generations. The President Shield at the moment is a competition that junior bowlers around the country dream to compete in, however for some juniors even when they have reached that plateau of gaining a place on their states President Shield team their dreams of helping their state to victory are somewhat shattered by things beyond their control, I believe that a certain rule should be implemented to help those such bowlers so that as a whole their President Shield experience is more enjoyable and that the competition itself is brought up to a much more fair standard.
After looking at some of the results this year I notice that two separate teams had players which had bowled less then three games each, when I discovered this I was outraged, now I’m not judging the coaches of theses teams as they probably had there reasons and I wish to avoid angry responses but why should a person who has paid as much money and put in as much effort in training, fundraising, etc be forced to become a bench warmer, what people seem to miss is that these people who are not given a fair opportunity often feel as though they are not needed or where unable to contribute, because of this there will to bowl or there desire can become fundamentally damaged, my point is that we have these competitions to help encourage young bowlers to become better as both a bowler and a person but in the end, as some teams showed, we just let them warm seats.
My suggestion; that a rule be implemented stating that each person must bowl atleast a certain amount of games, this rule would stop teams from playing there best bowlers every game and in doing so would create a much more competitive environment, but most importantly this rule would give every bowler the opportunity to contribute to their team.
Now I know that wouldn’t be the first person to suggest this rule but I think that it must be implemented, I don’t care if its not a popular decision because in the end it is the right decision and the TBA should take note of this as its there responsibility to help bowlers instead of letting them warm seats, I look forward to your responses, particular the responses of those bowlers who bowled in the President Shield as juniors and went on to represent there country.
Regards,
01kay
Now that this years President Shield is over and done with I would like to point out a few things that I believe will help improve this competition for future generations. The President Shield at the moment is a competition that junior bowlers around the country dream to compete in, however for some juniors even when they have reached that plateau of gaining a place on their states President Shield team their dreams of helping their state to victory are somewhat shattered by things beyond their control, I believe that a certain rule should be implemented to help those such bowlers so that as a whole their President Shield experience is more enjoyable and that the competition itself is brought up to a much more fair standard.
After looking at some of the results this year I notice that two separate teams had players which had bowled less then three games each, when I discovered this I was outraged, now I’m not judging the coaches of theses teams as they probably had there reasons and I wish to avoid angry responses but why should a person who has paid as much money and put in as much effort in training, fundraising, etc be forced to become a bench warmer, what people seem to miss is that these people who are not given a fair opportunity often feel as though they are not needed or where unable to contribute, because of this there will to bowl or there desire can become fundamentally damaged, my point is that we have these competitions to help encourage young bowlers to become better as both a bowler and a person but in the end, as some teams showed, we just let them warm seats.
My suggestion; that a rule be implemented stating that each person must bowl atleast a certain amount of games, this rule would stop teams from playing there best bowlers every game and in doing so would create a much more competitive environment, but most importantly this rule would give every bowler the opportunity to contribute to their team.
Now I know that wouldn’t be the first person to suggest this rule but I think that it must be implemented, I don’t care if its not a popular decision because in the end it is the right decision and the TBA should take note of this as its there responsibility to help bowlers instead of letting them warm seats, I look forward to your responses, particular the responses of those bowlers who bowled in the President Shield as juniors and went on to represent there country.
Regards,
01kay