"The younger players can take on the adults if they want to go on. There's no disadvantage when they take on the older players, it isn't a physical thing, it's more mental."
Watt said students from the two schools she visited bought into the sport which is how they made big developments down the line.
To highlight their progress, they had 90 teams from the region compete at the 2017 AIMS Games in indoor bowls compared with none six years ago.
She said NIB wanting to increase participation is the first step.
"Northland want to have a surge which is great. After seeing how we developed things in Taranaki, Northland wanted us to come up and help the game here.
"There was a lot of buy-in. Indoor bowls isn't a contact sport and anyone can play it. You don't have to be a particular physique to play.
"That gives it a huge spectrum to schools to promote to their students.
"From what I've seen, the Northland organising unit are incredibly motivated and that's a great thing."
Bartleet said a big step will be getting players along to club nights which will rely on the clubs promoting the game alongside NIB.
"We want to try to get kids along to club nights. The clubs definitely see the benefits of having more players," he said.
"There aren't any major costs involved which is also another benefit. There are very few barriers to entry for the sport."
