Title: Bowling
1Bowling
2What is needed to bowl?
- You need to go to a bowling alley
- Next you need a special pair of shoes
- Can rent these from the bowling alley
- Could buy your own
- You need to select a ball
- Again you can use the bowling alleys
- Could buy your own
3The ball
- The bowling ball comes in many different sizes
- Try to select a weight you can handle
- Try to select a ball that has finger holes that
fit your fingers - Otherwise your fingers will stick
- Proper fit
- Need to fit your thumb, and two middle fingers
4How to bowl
- Bowlers generally use a 3,4,or 5 step approach
- Cue words for the 3 step are
- Push the ball OUT
- SWING the ball back
- BOWL the ball down the lane
- Bend at your knees
- Bend at waist
- Slide on the foot opposite of the hand you hold
the bowling ball - The 4 or 5 step approach is simply one or two
extra steps followed by the 3 step
5Aim
- Right handed bowlers aim for 1 3 pocket
- Left handed bowlers aim for 1 2 pocket
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6Bowling Terms
- Alley The surface on which the ball is rolled
- Brooklyn (also known as a crossover) refers to a
ball that crosses over to the other side of the
headpin opposite the side it was thrown - Channel (also known as the gutter) the grooves
or drop-off area on each side of the bowling
surface - Perfect game To roll 12 strikes in a row. Also
known as a 300 game - Double To roll 2 strikes in a row
- Turkey To roll 3 strikes in a row
- Four Bagger To roll 4 strikes in a row
- Dutch 200 To alternate strikes and spares or
spares and strikes throughout the game. Is
scored as a 200 game.
7More terms
- Delivery The rolling of the ball
- Curve ball a ball thrown with spin that follows
a wide arc toward the pins. - Head Pin The number one pin
- King Pin The number 5 pin. It is a key pin to
produce a strike - Leave Pins left standing after the first ball
has been rolled. - Lofting Throwing the ball too high above the
lane bed. - Mixer A ball that creates a lot of pin action.
8Scoring Terms
- Strike Knocking down all 10 pins with the first
ball - Spare Knocking down all 10 pins using 2 balls
- Open Failing to knock down all 10 pins using 2
balls
9Scoring Symbols
Strike
Spare
8
6
3
Open
9
10Other Scoring Terms
- Gutter Ball To roll the ball into the channel
resulting in zero pins being knocked down - Split To roll the ball in such a way as to
leave pins standing with space for other pins
between them - Miss Failure to knock down any pins with the
ball - Foul Touching the line or going beyond the line
in any way when delivering the ball
11Scoring Symbols
Gutter ball
4
G
Split
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2
9
9
F
Miss
Foul
9
9
12Bowling Math
- Open merely add the total pins knocked down.
- Spare 10 plus a bonus consisting of the number
of pins knocked down on the next ball.
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1
5
2
8
1
8
15
24
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5
8
1
8
1
39
57
66
24
24 10 5
39 10 8
13Bowling Math
- Strike 10 plus a bonus consisting of the number
of pins knocked down on the next two balls.
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1
8
1
5
8
1
8
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85
114
132
141
94
66 10 8 1
94 10 5 5
8
1
7
8
1
66
96
143
161
170
123
66 10 10 10
123 10 7 3
96 10 10 7
1410 Frame Math
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7
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1
If an open occurs the bowler is finished. Merely
add the total pins knocked down. If a spare
occurs the bowler is entitled to roll one more
ball. Add 10 plus the bonus of the pins on the
next ball. If a strike occurs the bowler is
entitled to roll two more balls. Add 10 plus the
bonus of the pins on the next two balls.
141
150
1 more ball
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7
1
6
141
157
141 10 6
2 more balls
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1
6
3
141
160
141 10 6 3
15As in any sport or game, BOWLING has some special
terminology. Certain groups of pins that are
left standing after the first ball are described
by the following
16Washout
or
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17Bucket
or
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3
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1
18Granny Teeth
or
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3
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1
19Picket Fence or Clothes Line
or
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3
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20Baby Split
or
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1
21Christmas Tree
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1
For a Left Hander
For a Right Hander
22Sleeper
or
or
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23Bed Posts or Goal Posts
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24Big Four
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25Practice scoring this game!
Blacked out pins are still standing! Score this
on your Bowling Scoring Skill sheet
26Frame 1
27Frame 2
28Frame 3
29Frame 4
30Frame 5
31Frame 6
32Frame 7
33Frame 8
34Frame 9
35Frame 10
36Calculating Handicap
- Handicapping is a means of placing bowlers and
teams with varying degrees of skill on as
equitable a basis as possible for their
competition against each other.
37Calculating Handicap
- KEY
- SCORE Equals your actual score for the
games you bowl -
- TOTAL PINS Equals your score for the day
plus all prior scores -
- AVERAGE Equals your total pins divided by
the number of games you have played
Remember to carry the average to the tenth
and round it to the whole number -
- HANDICAP See the back side of the record
sheet to determine your handicap -
- SCORE WITH Equals your actual score for the game
plus your handicap pins - HANDICAP
38Example fill in your assignment!
GAME
SCORE
TOTAL PINS
AVERAGE
HANDICAP
SCORE W/HANDICAP
1
112
112
112
70
182
2
98
210
105
76
174
3
130
340
113
69
199
4
123
463
116
67
190
5
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