Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A straight head-on zero-angle splitting of the 4-5 gap would likely have sent the 4-pin sideways into the gutter without ever contacting the 7-pin. 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.
The game is played on grass, although other surfaces are sometimes used. Matches are held either until one player gets to a score, or when a number of ends are played. The game is mostly played on a bowling green, which can vary by the type of bowls being played. Whilst the game is often played outdoors, there are indoor bowling venues, and can ...
Frame: One of ten scoring units constituting a game, each including one or two rolls (two or three in 10th frame) depending on pinfall. Front _#_: A number, _#_, of consecutive strikes beginning with frame 1. Compare: back #_. Fry Frame: [Questionable] Variant of beer frame. Full Murray: A 5–7–10 leave.
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 forward slash mark ...
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.
Skittle Players outside an Inn by Jan Steen. Skittles is a historical lawn game and target sport of European origin, from which the modern sport of nine-pin bowling is descended. In regions of the United Kingdom and Ireland the game remains as a popular indoor pub game.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
: the biased ball used in the game of bowls. The side of the bowl that is biased can be identified by the smaller engraved concentric rings seen, compared to the outer (non biased) side of the bowl. bowling arm a device that enables players, who have an inability to bend as part of a standard delivery action, to bowl in an upright position.