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Scale diagram of bowling pins and balls for several variants of the sport. The horizontal blue lines are 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart vertically. Bowling pins (historically also known as skittles or kegels) are upright elongated solids of rotation with a flat base for setting, usually made of wood (esp. maple) standing between 9 and 16 inches (23 and 41cm) tall.
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Teams are made up of eight players and each player bowls eight hands of three balls. The pins (skittles) used in the League vary in size, but are between 9–10 in (230–250 mm) in height and 4–5 in (100–130 mm) in diameter at the widest (centre) point, and are either made of wood (traditionally sycamore or beech) or plastic.
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American nine-pin bowling uses the same ball (and pins) as in ten-pin bowling. [citation needed] European nine-pin bowling balls (such as those used in German kegel) are smaller, sized between ten-pin and duckpin balls, and have no holes. [citation needed] The ball is 16 cm (6.3 in) in diameter and weighs approximately 2.85 kg (6.3 lb).