Bowling Guidance
Learn to bowl well.
Tom Reid has spent over four decades helping people learn how to bowl well.
Tom has seen equipment, lane conditions, and styles of play evolve over time. What hasn’t changed is the work that makes bowling hold up: sound fundamentals, clear priorities, and habits you can rely on when the moment matters.
As a bowler, Tom has rolled honor scores with every major era of bowling equipment, from rubber and plastic to urethane and reactive. He was inducted into the Elyria (Ohio) USBC Hall of Fame for his performance and again for youth coaching, and it is as a coach and teacher that his work has had the greatest reach.
Tom built youth and collegiate programs from the ground up as a young bowling center manager, and for 25 years, he was consistently rated among the top instructors at Oberlin College, where he taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced bowling courses.
Tom’s students have ranged from first-timers to elite competitors, including PBA, international, and NCAA national champions. Just as importantly to him, however, many of his students are lifelong league bowlers and people who simply want to improve, enjoy the game more, and understand why things work when they do.
Tom is known as a developmental coach.
He excels at helping bowlers:
Build sound fundamentals.
Make sense of inconsistency.
Understand cause and effect.
Develop habits that hold up under pressure.
