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A split is a situation in ten pin bowling in which the first ball of a frame knocks down the headpin ("number 1 bowling pin ") but leaves standing two or more non-adjacent groups of one or more pins. Scoring a spare in this situation is often referred to as a "killer shot". [citation needed]
Term is often preceded by the number (s) of the pins involved (example: "3–6–10 conversion"). Core: A dense structure inside a ball that can be shaped, located and oriented to strategically affect ball motion. Sometimes called a "weight block". See Bowling ball#Effect of coverstock, core and layout on ball motion.
Spare (bowling) A ten-pin bowling score sheet showing how a spare is scored. A spare is a term used in bowling to indicate that all of the pins have been knocked down during the second ball of a frame when not all the pins were knocked down in the first frame of that player's two turns. The symbol for a spare for most bowling sports is a ...
Five-pin bowling is a bowling variant which is played in Canada, where many bowling alleys offer it, either alone or in combination with ten-pin bowling. It was devised around 1909 by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto, Ontario, at his Toronto Bowling Club, in response to customers who complained that the ten-pin game was too strenuous.
Andy Varipapa. Andy Varipapa in 1934. Andy Varipapa (March 31, 1891 – August 25, 1984) was a professional bowler. He was famous around the world for his trick bowling shots and was the first to ever win back-to-back BPAA All-Star tournaments. [1]
Ten-pin bowling. Ball contacts the 1, 3, 5, and 9 pins (sequentially tinted red) to achieve a strike. Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The goal is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll of the ...
Presence. Country or region. New England, The Maritimes. Candlepin bowling is a variation of bowling that is played primarily in the Canadian Maritime provinces and the New England region of the United States. It is played with a handheld-sized ball and tall, narrow pins that resemble candles, hence the name.
a rink that runs parallel to the ditch along its length. ditch weight. to play a bowl with sufficient weight to reach the ditch at the other end of the rink, or the ditch nearest the head in Crown Green bowls. division. in pennant games, associations may create tiered competition made up of separate divisions of teams.
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