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Jim King's unique experience of testing most every ball reviewed by Bowling This Month magazine over the last six years and his knowledge of lane conditions, ball dynamics and ball drilling make him uniquely qualified to present the first website of its kind - www.buildanarsenal.com.

Jim was born in 1948 and in 1960, at the age of 12, became the youngest certified coach in America. Jim has been coaching now for over forty years and is still active, supervising BTM's Super School and giving private lessons all over the United States. He is currently employed as editor and ball tester for Bowling This Month and is the tournament director for the South Central region of the Senior All Star Bowling Association.

He is an accomplished bowler, with 39 sanctioned 300 games and 29 800 series. He has won 13 SASBA titles and is in the SASBA Hall of Fame. In addition, Jim has two Senior FIQ medals and is a syndicated bowling columnist as well as a writer for BTM.