Bowling Academy

The Leisure Isle Bowling Club has an established Bowling Academy that provides individual and group coaching and training services to all their new member players, beginners, competitive players and social players too.

These programmes are based on the specific wants and needs of all lawn bowlers who are either new to the game or at various stages of self-development and striving for betterment.

The Leisure Isle Bowling Club further recognises and supports the Bowls South Africa (BSA) main transformation focus that lawn bowls is no longer a retirees-sport only. It is a “SPORT for All AGES, A SPORT for EVERYONE” to play, enjoy and have fun.

The Bowling Academy’s coaching and training programmes have therefore been developed with this progressive shift in mind for all bowler categories.

Players New to the Game

Getting started is very easy. All you need to do is just contact us:

Our contact number is: 082 859 2418

Send us a message: leisurebowls@gmail.com

Enquire on our website:

Or visit our Club to discuss your specific needs with no obligation to sign-up.

We will be delighted to assist and discuss how you too can learn how to play, and improve your bowls!

• The Lessons are Free

• Initial Training Equipment provided at no cost

• Through Our Accredited Coaches

No need to purchase anything! To start with, all you need is:

• Comfortable clothing (any colour)

• Flat shoes

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Your Questions, Answered

  • The Bowling Academy provides a standardised method of coaching to ensure that new members and beginners all receive the same message from their qualified team of experienced coaches who are also registered through the same programme.

    New Players (Beginners and New Members) will therefore benefit from being taught the same standardised method officially endorsed by Bowls South Africa (BSA) known as the Clinic Technique: Grip, Stance and Delivery.

    Within just a few lessons, you will be taught and shown this technique:

    • How to grip the bowl

    • How to have the correct stance

    • How to deliver the jack

    • How to deliver the bowl

    • Other basic aspects of the game

    So if the bug bites and you are you keen to play this great game, our coaches can assist you on the type of equipment, bowls models and sizes available. They can also provide you with a list of suppliers who will arrange a professional fitting for you at no fitment cost.

  • EVERYONE DOES! The expression that “every sport has a game plan and every sport needs a coach” is equally applicable in lawn bowls irrespective of your playing level.

    The Bowling Academy’s needs driven approach means that they can treat and align “different players coaching requirements differently’’ on an individualised personalised basis. Group demonstrations and coaching sessions are also offered to the following:

    • Beginners/Newbies and Novices (registered) new to the game

    • Intermediate, newly established or bona fide players

    • Established players who participate on a regular basis

    • Experienced players recognised for their significant competitive experience

    • Veterans. Seasoned highly skilled players who compete in specialised events

    • Players with disabilities

    • Promising Players who exhibit a rapid development and talent for the game

    • Club & bounce games

    • Club representative players

    • Youth & Schools programmes

    • Business & social league

    Our Advanced Elite/High Performance Players who represent our Club (National, Provincial & District Level) are readily available to coach and share their knowledge and expertise with you as well.

Coaching Existing Members

Our coaching offer also extends to both current members and future players considering joining the Leisure Isle Bowing Club and who need help to improve their bowling success on a “want to basis” using purposeful structured specific skills programmes,

Existing members can also attend clinics at the Club to assist in improving their delivery technique, shot variety, fixing faults, tactical expertise, mental approach and goal-oriented training.

Regardless of your age or playing level, you will certainly benefit from coaching because:

  • You will have access to the  Club’s most experienced member coaches

  • Improve your bowling performance and consistency

  • Fine-tune your own specific delivery technique

  • Picking up problems and fault fixing

  • At no in-house cost to you 

Coaching players with disabilities

The Bowling Academy also offers specialised coaching to players who have slight or serious impediments using the same standard Delivery Technique: Grip, Stance and Delivery which can be modified accordingly to suit your requirements.

Participating in Leisure Isle Bowling Club Events

Once new members have been coached, they will continue to derive the benefit of learning and the joy which this wonderful game of bowls offers by playing with more established members through active club participation on both a competitive and social basis.

About our bowling academy

The Leisure Isle Bowling Academy has a large team of qualified and experienced coaches, markers, umpires, safeguarding officers and visually impaired coaches who adhere to:

  • A standard core value system as adapted from World Bowls and Bowls South Africa (BSA).

A Coach’s Code of Conduct and Pledge to ensure that the responsibilities outlined in the Code of Conduct, the Coaches Purpose Statement and Coaching Policy are upheld as published by Bowls South Africa (BSA):

  • Who strive aspire to maintain a very high standard level of coaching at all times, and

  • Continuous self- improvement by upgrading their respective qualifications and skills