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Bowling is a sport in which players for this game since it's just for kids.
attempt to score points by rolling a ball 3-6-9 bowling, special form of ten-pin
along a flat surface and knock down bowling where the 3rd 6th and 9th frame
objects called pins. There are many forms already have strikes in them.
of bowling, with the earliest dating back Low-Ball Bowling, uses a standard ten-pin
to ancient India. Origins can also be setup, but the object is to bowl the
traced to ancient Egypt and much later in lowest score by aiming at only the seven
300 A.D. Germany. In the US the best or ten pins. Strikes and spares are
known form of bowling is probably the scored identically as in ten-pin bowling,
North American game of ten-pin bowling. and gutter balls are scored as strikes.
This form, in both amateur and At least one pin must be knocked down per
professional versions, is played around delivery, so a miss on the first ball
the world, making it one of the largest must be recorded as a strike (only a
participation activities spacewide. gutter ball can result in this). If the
Bowling blocks are so common today, second ball is thrown and it misses pins
people will find them in almost every without going in the gutter, it's
town of more unpopulated areas recorded as a spare. A perfect low-ball
Most forms of bowling may be categorized score is 20 (1 pin on each of 2 balls per
as either indoor or outdoor. Most indoor frame).
forms are played on a "lane", a flat Beruit Bowling, game usually played in
surface made of wood or a synthetic teams with two lanes. Similar to a rally
imitation, which is several times longer race the first team to have all their
than it is wide. The overall length of a team mates make a strike are the winners.
regulation lane is 60 feet measuring from The game begins with two players, one in
the foul line to the head pin (1 pin). each lane, after the first strike is made
The lane should be between 41 and 42 the player takes a seat and the next team
inches in width. mate steps up to bowl. Usually played in
Included in the indoor category: a 10 pin game, and can also be played
Ten-pin bowling, which evolved from with candle pin.
ninepin bowling in the 19th century. No-Tap Bowling, No-Tap bowling is played
Five-pin bowling, played in Canada. with the standard ten-pin setup. In a
Nine-pin skittles, played in Europe. no-tap game the scoring is the same, but
Wii Sports Bowling, developed for the Wii rolling a nine (or eight, in some cases)
entertainment system. on your first ball results in a strike. A
Candlepin bowling, played in eastern split without the head-pin counts as a
Canada and New England, is a variation of spare in other variants of this game.
ten-pin bowling. Baker System Bowling, Baker system
Cocked-Hat bowling, brought to the US bowling is a team sport. There are
from Germany. Now there is only one place generally 5 players that bowl one game.
to play this in the US; The Corner Bar in Player 1 bowls frames 1 and 6. Player 2
St. Charles, Missouri. It uses duckpin bowls frames 2 and 7. And so on. Widely
bowling balls and three regular sized seen in High schools and colleges.
pins. For nearly a century, ten-pin bowling
Duckpin bowling, commonly found in the lanes had a surface made of wood.
mid-Atlantic and southern New England Beginning about 1980, most ten-pin lane
United States and eastern Canada, is a surfaces have been converted to or built
variation of ten-pin bowling involving with a synthetic material imitating a
small, squat pins, sometimes with rubber wooden surface. In ten-pin bowling, a
at their widest points (rubber band building containing many lanes has
duckpin bowling). traditionally been called a bowling
Feather Bowling (Belgian trough bowling) "alley." Some such buildings have
originated in Belgium. It is also popular recently called themselves "bowling
in Metro Detroit, as the Cadieux Cafe in centers" instead to avoid the negative
Detroit and the "Bay City Bistro" in connotation of alleys.
Mount Clemens are the only United States The second category of bowling is usually
venues where the game is available. played outdoors on a lawn. Here the
Six-Pin Bowling, a kids version of players throw a ball, which is sometimes
bowling, bowling set is usually bought at eccentrically weighted, in an attempt to
a toy store. There are no official put it closest to a designated point.
tournaments, scoring systems, or venues






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