Jason was born just weeks before his family bowling business in Orange, New South Wales, Australia opened. From his early childhood he was taken to the bowl instead of day care. When he was 18 months old he got strong enough to push a bowling ball on his own and that’s when he began to bowl. In 1985, the lightest bowling ball they had was 10lbs, carrying this was almost impossible for a 1,5 year kid. So Jason started to bowl by pushing the ball down the lane with two hands, an approach he developed over the years. His style was quite rough and complicated, so many of the local bowlers and even national coaches would try and convert him to the 'normal’ way of bowling. Fortunately, he was stubborn enough and ignored them. His parents were not bowlers themselves, and their limited knowledge in coaching meant they didn’t want to try and change his style. Otherwise, who knows what he would be doing if he had listened!
So Jason kept on developing a two-handed style which he uses today, placing only two fingers and no thumb in the ball to produce more revolutions. His style is becoming more and more popular around the world. An army of two handed bowlers is hitting the lanes nowadays. Which is more - Jason helped the two handed style to become a legitimate style to the many critics around the world! Naturally, we have it in our game!
