Coaching Style

Ron Clifton is a tenpin bowling coach from Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has been coaching at the professional level for over 20 years.  He has a special gift for teaching the physics of bowling in “easy-to-understand” terms and has a “unique eye” for spotting and correcting flaws. He knows that every bowler is different and that there is no one way to be a great bowler, so rather than take the "cookie cutter" approach, he gives personalized lessons that help each individual bowl better.

Ron is well known across the United States and internationally for his unique training techniques. These techniques enable bowlers to actually "perform" the things that they have learned. For example, a bowler may know they need to make a change in their release (perhaps they have been instructed to do so by another coach), but he or she is having difficultly actually performing the release that is desired. Ron knows how to teach the bowler to actually "perform" and repeat the release within their ability.

Many sessions with great coaches fail to produce long term results because the "old bad habits" return to the bowler a week after the lesson. Ron teaches the bowler how to retain the ability to perform newly learned skills after a lesson is but a distant memory.

Coaching Background

Ron has worked with many PBA national title holders (including PBA and USBC Hall of Famers), top professional men and women in the PBA regional programs, collegiate bowlers and Jr. Gold champions, but the majority of bowlers Ron has had the pleasure to help are average bowlers who are determined to improve their game.

Ron holds Advanced Bowler Training Clinics around the United States, and has been one of the "star cast of coaches" at BTM Super School.