onefrombills
12-31-2008, 03:30 AM
Find out more about your favorite PBA Superstars! See PBA Exempt Star Billy Oatman’s responses below and be on the lookout for more PBA players in the future.
Billy Oatman
10 frames with PBA Superstars
1.) When did you realize that you wanted to become a professional bowler?
When I was a junior bowler
2.) What was the biggest obstacle you overcame to become a professional bowler?
The PBA Tour Trials
3.) What is your favorite childhood bowling memory?
Going to Mike Aulby’s bowling camp in Sheboygan Wis.
4.) Finish the sentence: “Growing up, the bowling center was my...”
Home away from home
5.) Did you have a bowling role model as a kid and if so why that person?
Mike Aulby and Steve Cook because both were lefties and were smooth as silk, but mainly because they had the heart of a lion.
6.) What is your biggest strength?
My approach and my armswing
7.) What is your biggest weakness?
Reading and understanding my ball motions and dealing with transitioning of the lanes
8.) How old were you when you received your first bowling ball and how did it make you feel to have your very own?
I was 7 and it made me feel great because I was the first one on my team with my own ball.
9.) What is your favorite bowling ball of all time?
I have two - the Blue Hammer and the Black Knight
10.) What advice would you give to someone who aspires to become a professional bowler?
Don’t give up on your dreams, and as Prince says "sometimes it takes a lifetime to become an overnight success."
Billy Oatman
10 frames with PBA Superstars
1.) When did you realize that you wanted to become a professional bowler?
When I was a junior bowler
2.) What was the biggest obstacle you overcame to become a professional bowler?
The PBA Tour Trials
3.) What is your favorite childhood bowling memory?
Going to Mike Aulby’s bowling camp in Sheboygan Wis.
4.) Finish the sentence: “Growing up, the bowling center was my...”
Home away from home
5.) Did you have a bowling role model as a kid and if so why that person?
Mike Aulby and Steve Cook because both were lefties and were smooth as silk, but mainly because they had the heart of a lion.
6.) What is your biggest strength?
My approach and my armswing
7.) What is your biggest weakness?
Reading and understanding my ball motions and dealing with transitioning of the lanes
8.) How old were you when you received your first bowling ball and how did it make you feel to have your very own?
I was 7 and it made me feel great because I was the first one on my team with my own ball.
9.) What is your favorite bowling ball of all time?
I have two - the Blue Hammer and the Black Knight
10.) What advice would you give to someone who aspires to become a professional bowler?
Don’t give up on your dreams, and as Prince says "sometimes it takes a lifetime to become an overnight success."