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A perfect game is the highest score possible in a game of bowling, achieved by scoring a strike with every throw. [1] In bowling games that use 10 pins, such as ten-pin bowling , candlepin bowling , and duckpin bowling , the highest possible score is 300, achieved by bowling 12 strikes in a row in a traditional single game: one strike in each ...
Handicap scoring: Though the second bowler's scratch score 183 is higher than the first bowler's scratch score 181, the first bowler's higher handicap (58 vs. 53) causes his total 239 to exceed the second bowler's total 236. Greek Church: A 4-6-7-9-10 or 4-6-7-8-10 split, resembling five spires of a Greek Orthodox church.
Bowlers using a high backswing (shown) are generally considered crankers. A cranker or power player is a bowler who strives to generate revolutions using a cupped wrist or excessive wrist action. They typically have revolution rates over 400 rpm. Crankers who rely on wrist action may have a high backswing and open their shoulders to generate ...
Michael Todd Fagan (born November 4, 1980) is an American former professional bowler on the PBA Tour. He has also participated in World Bowling Tour (WBT) and European Bowling Tour (EBT) events, and as a member of Team USA in international competitions. Known for his high backswing, he was given the nickname "King of Swing".
Poster for the first national bowling competition sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress. Highest per-game average scores: individual competition (216), doubles (200), five-man teams (181). [107] A protest was filed against the highest-scoring doubles team, alleging use of a ball that was a quarter-inch larger in circumference than permitted.
The 11 highest-earning bowlers of all time. ... The bowler, known for his mastery of the right-handed backswing, signed the endorsement deal with bowling ball manufacturer Ebonite International ...
A ten-pin bowling score sheet showing how a strike is scored The number of sanctioned perfect (300) games per league bowler has increased substantially since the 1990s. . Freeman and Hatfield posit that the increase in perfect games is due to factors such as the introduction of reactive resin coverstocks, asymmetric ball cores, synthetic lane surfaces, and precision lane oiling mach
A 900 series refers to three consecutive perfect games bowled by an individual bowler. A 300 is a perfect score in one game, thus a player's maximum possible score would be 900 in a series of three consecutive games (the typical number of games in a single league session). To achieve the feat, a bowler would have to bowl 36 consecutive strikes.