Pin bowling

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Bowling is a sport in which a player, with focus and effort, rolls a bowling ball down a lane to hit a cluster of pins in order to acheive the maximum amount of pinfall.

Terminology

  • Frame: a single round, consisting of two attempts to knock all pins down, with an exception on frame 10.
  • Bowling ball: a ball typically made of urathane or some other composite plastic, with a specific weight and three holes drilled which are reserved usually for the thumb, middle, and ring fingers.
  • Pin: a white wooden construct that when knocked down counts as one point.
  • Lane: the entire distance between the pins and the throw line.
  • Strike: knocking down all 10 pins down in a single frame with one attempt.
  • Spare: knocking down all 10 pins down in a single frame within two attempts.
  • Approach: the method in which a bowler travels from a starting position to the throw line manipulating his or her body in conjunction with the bowling bowl to achieve the greatest possible attempt.
  • Turkey: scoring three strikes in a row.