| It's gained a reputation of being a game for | | | | interrupted by two people trying to bowl |
| the those without class and manners, but the | | | | simultaneously. * Use common courtesy. |
| truth is bowling is a an ancient sport that | | | | Bowling is a game that many people take very |
| carries with it quite a few rules about | | | | seriously. Keep common courtesy and |
| proper behavior. These rules are taken very | | | | politeness in the front of your mind. Don'ts |
| seriously by those who frequent the alleys, | | | | * Interrupt bowlers. It is considered a |
| so it's a very good idea for beginners to | | | | serious breach of bowling lane etiquette to |
| learn a bit about the sport and its expected | | | | talk to bowlers when they are trying to make |
| bowling lane etiquette. Bowling itself dates | | | | a shot. Let the person who has the lane |
| back thousands of years into the history of | | | | concentrate. * Heckle. While it might be fun |
| man. It is believed that bowling pre-dates | | | | to pick on a friend who has bowled a bad |
| written history. As the years marched | | | | frame, it is considered very rude to do so, |
| forward, so did the game and along with it | | | | especially in league play. Remember common |
| the rules of the road. From ancient man and | | | | courtesy and this bowling lane rule will make |
| the courts of English kings to local alleys | | | | perfect sense. * Cheat. This is a serious |
| in cities all over the world, bowling alley | | | | breach of bowling lane etiquette and |
| etiquette has evolved into what players of | | | | something that just shouldn't be done. Keep |
| today expect. Learning how to behave on the | | | | the game clean and fun and let the pins and |
| lanes is as much an important part of the | | | | the score fall where they may. While it is |
| game as figuring out how to score correctly. | | | | nearly impossible to cheat with computerized |
| There are some major dos and don'ts when it | | | | scoring, some manual set ups still exist. * |
| comes to bowling lane etiquette. They | | | | Talk too loud or yell. Rowdy groups on the |
| include: Do's * Get the proper gear. It is | | | | lanes can cause problems for everyone in the |
| considered a major breach of bowling lane | | | | vicinity. Have fun, but try to keep the |
| etiquette to wear street shoes on the lanes. | | | | ruckus to a minimum. Bowling is an ancient |
| Make sure to have on the proper shoes. Get | | | | sport that has evolved through the years. |
| rentals if you don't have your own. Street | | | | From ancient man and stone objects to modern |
| shoes can damage the lanes and disrupt the | | | | man and computerized scoring, the game might |
| oil pattern on them (not to mention the fact | | | | have changed a bit, but the basic rules of |
| many are not designed to handle the slick | | | | the road remain. The game is meant to be fun |
| surface). * Observe right of way. This is | | | | and it does carry with it a need for good |
| perhaps the number one rule of bowling lane | | | | sporting conduct. |
| etiquette. The general rule of play is to | | | | |
| allow the bowler to the right of your lane to | | | | Get all the latest in bowling know how from |
| go first if you both arrive at the same time. | | | | the one and only true source at Be sure to |
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