Coach Slowinski prepared 10 Sukan Teras (National Sports Council of Malaysia Elite Youth Development) players for the Storm International Classic.  These players were 13, 14, 15 & 16 years-old.  The classic features 8 games of qualitying on long oil (44 feet), medium oil (38 feet) and short oil (34 feet) over 3 days, for a total of 24 games of qualifying.  Coach Slowinski prepared the 10 bowlers with an intensive 8-day training program (on-lane release work, lane play planning, mental skills building, fitness and team building).  

After dominating the qualifying in the youth division, in which 70% of the prepared bowlers made the final, Team Sukan Teras finished in positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 & 14th out of the 24 top regional youth qualifiers from Hong Kong, Philippines and Thailand as well as our team from Malaysia.  Here are our bowlers scores from the finals, 8 games on the long oil pattern.  57 bowlers from the region competed in the youth event.

Slowinski Prepares Team - Success at 2007 Singapore Sports School International U18

In May 2007, Coach Slowinski prepared 6 bowlers with an intensive 8-day training program (lane play, release, lane play planning, psychology, fitness).  The SSS U18 International is one of the most difficult tournaments in the world.  Specifically, 90 of the best U18 bowlers from 9 countries in Asia competed in this challenging events which included squads bowled on 4 different surfaces (water-based wood, urethane-based wood, AMF synthetics, Brunswick synthetics) at the Singapore Sports School specialized training system.  Many of these bowlers were on their national or junior national team and included a previous ABF (Asian Bowling Federation) Tour champion.

The bowlers, ages 14 - 17, finished 8th, 17th, 18th, 28th, 33rd and 40th.  For most, this was their first international competition.  Slowinski's elite preparation had prepard them for success.  3 bowlers qualified for the Masters finals after 18 games of qualifying, over 3 days.   The performance was equivalent to or better than the best national teams that were at the tournament.   These qualifiers bowled another 12 games in the Masters finals for a 4 day total of 30 games.  The consistent performance, from ALL 6 of those prepared, illustrates the quality of Slowinski's extensive elite training program.

At the end of 2006, the National Sports Council of Malaysia and the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Federation began implementing Slowinski's training program for U18 bowlers in the Sukan Teras Elite Youth Development Program.  This program includes 1750 bowlers, nationwide, who train 3 days per week, 2 hours per day, for a total of 6 hours of systematic instruction by certified coaches.  The Slowinski system includes a 40 week, week-by-week structured instructional program, skill building drill sequences and advanced lane play and release development.

As a measure of the quality of Slowinski's structured program, here are the improvements in the junior circuit qualifiers in 2007 as compared to 2006.  Specifically, here is an analysis of pre-Slowinski program and the beginning of the full implementation of the  Slowinski program nationwide.  Most of the circuit bowlers, more than 95%, train under the Slowinski system.

The U16 boys include the top 48 bowlers after 8 games of qualifying.  The U16 girls include the top 28 bowlers after 8 games of qualifying.  The Open Boys includes the Top 20 after 8 games of qualifying.  The Open Girls includes the Top 16 after 8 games of qualifying.  As the data reveals, in the first year of implementation, all categories of bowlers in the country had improved significantly.