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