How to Better Communicate with the Pro Shop

Scott Pohl here, with On Track Pro Shop, four-time team USA member and world champion. We're talking about communicating with your Pro Shop. Feel free to stop in, visit your Pro Shop Operator, just introduce yourself. It's not necessarily, you have to come in and make a purchase, just get comfortable with the person there. If you wanna go forward with that, you wanna make a purchase, possibly even have the Pro Shop Operator watch you bowl, get some feedback on what you like to do, things you like to see. Another great thing to come in, is have your grip checked. Get this checked regularly if you feel like something is off, your hand just doesn't feel right, come on in and get those things taken care of. Now, we're going to talk a little bit about shoes. An inexpensive pair of shoes, they're gonna work for right and left-handed, very simple, comfortable pair of shoes. You can see, they look like a tennis shoe, a lot better performance than just the house shoes you get from the front counter. Moving from there, there's a little bit of a performance shoe. Now, these are gonna be specifically made for right-handed or left-handed players. They are made with a leather material, typically more durable, more life expectancy, just a little more expensive. But one of the great features that it has, is there's a Velcro material on the shoe that you can actually replace with different soles. So, if you actually wear this sole out a little bit, or if you're playing at a few different times and places throughout the country, even in your bowling center, temperature change can affect having a different sole on the shoe. All right, once you get those things organized, a few simple items to also put in your bag: a cleaner for your bowling ball. This will help performance be very consistent all the time. Maybe even a little bit of a rosin bag. This is kind of equivalent to what you see a pitcher use out on the mound. Gives you a little bit better grip on the ball, keeps perspiration from happening on your hand. Another one is tape. If you're not sure on tape, come in and ask your Pro Shop Operator. He'll help you with tape. What this does, it gives you consistent feel in the bowling ball. Another thing to ask your Pro Shop about, hopefully they're gonna give you lessons. Stop in and ask them when you can come in and get an instruction. They're always willing to help. Greatest bowlers in the world even have a coach. All right? Stop in and ask them for that. Ways to communicate with the Pro Shop these days: social media, Facebook, Instagram. Great ways to reach out to your Pro Shop. A lot of them have those pages these days. Email, if you're not comfortable calling them on the phone, send a little friendly email out there and get a feel for your Pro Shop. Or, just the old fashioned way, give them a call on the phone, say, "Hey, this is what I'd like to do." Introduce yourself and see what we can do. I hope you're able to do this and reach out to your Pro Shop Operator.