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  2. Hook (bowling) - Wikipedia

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    There are two ways to produce a hook. The first method involves bowling technique. At the moment of throwing the bowling ball, the hand should be behind the ball and where the thumb (for a right-hander) is anywhere between 10-o'clock and 12-o'clock, and the two fingers are between 4-o'clock and 6-o'clock.

  3. Bowling form - Wikipedia

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    A conventional roll of the bowling ball will enter the 1-3 pocket, and continue to roll from right-to-left (right-hander.) The ball only contacts four pins (1, 3, 5 and 9 pins) to achieve a strike. This type of roll/hit applies to strokers, power strokers and crankers. A conventional bowling form is the most commonly used method in 10-pin bowling.

  4. Throwing sports - Wikipedia

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    The two primary forms are throwing for distance and throwing at a given target or range. The four most prominent throwing for distance sports are in track and field: shot put, discus, javelin, and the hammer throw. Target-based sports have two main genres: bowling and darts, each of which have a great number of variations.

  5. Glossary of bowling - Wikipedia

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    Shadow bowling: Bowling without pins, especially for practice or warm-up, promoting focus on technique or ball motion rather than scoring result. Shape (the ball): To cause the ball to hook more to arrive in the pocket, as distinguished from following a straighter path. Shine: See Lane shine.

  6. Irish road bowling - Wikipedia

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    to throw through the air. long bullets see bullets open the corner also get sight. to throw so deeply into the curve that the next throw is a straight shot out. score a match shot a throw sop a tuft of grass placed in the road at a spot where the bowl should first strike the surface. An experienced bowler can "split the sop".

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  8. Lofting (bowling) - Wikipedia

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    Lofting (by a bowler) in bowling is throwing a bowling ball a short or long distance down the lane. [1] This is usually done with the bounce-pass technique, but can also be done with a straight ball. Lofting is sometimes discouraged by the bowling community and bowling alley employees, because it can sometimes cause damage to the ball and lanes.

  9. List of international cricketers called for throwing - Wikipedia

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    Muttiah Muralitharan bowling in a One Day International against Australia in early 2006. Just over a decade earlier, also in Australia, he was called for throwing twice in ten days by two different umpires—Darrell Hair and Ross Emerson. In the sport of cricket, strict rules govern the method of bowling the ball. The rules relates to the ...