Futaba (left), Nanami and Foong give thumbs-up to Megalanes Sarawak’s training facilities yesterday.
KUCHING: World Bowling Championship 2017 women’s gold medallist from Japan, Futaba Imai is back in town for a three-day training stint under ex-national coach Foong Tat Meng who is assisted by Sarawak bowling head coach Jackson Ting.
Futaba, who was here in 2016, is accompanied by another world champion Nanami Irie, the gold medallist in the 15th World Youth Bowling Championship 2018 in Detroit, US.
They are here on an exchange training programme with Amateur Bowling Association of Sarawak (Abas).
Elite athletes from Abas are expected to be on a reciprocal training programme in Japan soon.
During their training at the Megalanes Sarawak, Batu Kawa, the duo also had the opportunity to work out on the latest coaching digital equipment, the Specto and Torch by Kegel, installed at the Megalanes Sarawak.
Specto and Torch is a digital device that reads and detects with precision ball motion, revolutions, speed, angle of entry, target boards, break point and so on to improve on athletes’ skills on the lanes.
The Japanese bowlers will be flying to Kuala Lumpur where Futaba will continue her training at Sunway Megalanes for another week.