Bowling is a recreational activity where the goal is to knock down pins with a ball rolled down a lane. There are two main types - pin bowling, where pins are arranged at the end of an alley, and target bowling, where the aim is to get the ball close to a target. In pin bowling, a strike is knocking down all pins on the first roll and a spare is knocking them all down with two rolls. Common pin bowling variations include ten-pin, candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin, and five-pin bowling. Bowling is played by over 120 million people globally.
Bowling is a recreational activity where the goal is to knock down pins with a ball rolled down a lane. There are two main types - pin bowling, where pins are arranged at the end of an alley, and target bowling, where the aim is to get the ball close to a target. In pin bowling, a strike is knocking down all pins on the first roll and a spare is knocking them all down with two rolls. Common pin bowling variations include ten-pin, candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin, and five-pin bowling. Bowling is played by over 120 million people globally.
Bowling is a recreational activity where the goal is to knock down pins with a ball rolled down a lane. There are two main types - pin bowling, where pins are arranged at the end of an alley, and target bowling, where the aim is to get the ball close to a target. In pin bowling, a strike is knocking down all pins on the first roll and a spare is knocking them all down with two rolls. Common pin bowling variations include ten-pin, candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin, and five-pin bowling. Bowling is played by over 120 million people globally.
Bowling is a recreational activity where the goal is to knock down pins with a ball rolled down a lane. There are two main types - pin bowling, where pins are arranged at the end of an alley, and target bowling, where the aim is to get the ball close to a target. In pin bowling, a strike is knocking down all pins on the first roll and a spare is knocking them all down with two rolls. Common pin bowling variations include ten-pin, candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin, and five-pin bowling. Bowling is played by over 120 million people globally.
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Bowling
is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin
bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term bowling usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, bowling could also refer to target bowling, such as lawn bowls. In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins on a long playing surface known as a lane. Lanes have a wood or synthetic surface onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that affect ball motion. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved if all the pins are knocked over on a second roll. Common types of pin bowling include ten-pin, candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin, and five-pin. The historical game skittles is the forerunner of modern pin bowling. In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic.[1] Lawn bowls, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties. Curling is also related to bowls. Bowling is played by 120 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States alone).[2]
Pin bowling[edit]
Candlepin balls are the smallest, but candlepins are tallest and thinnest.
Duckpins are the shortest, and duckpin balls are barely larger than candlepin balls.
Ten-pin balls and pins are the heaviest.
Five main variations are found in North America, with ten-pin being the most common but others being practiced in the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada:[3]
Ten-pin bowling: largest and heaviest pins, and bowled with a large ball with two or three finger holes. Nine-pin bowling: uses a small ball without finger holes. Candlepin bowling: tallest pins (at 40 cm or 16 in), thin with matching ends, bowled with the smallest and lightest (at 1.1 kg or 2.4 lb) handheld ball of any bowling sport, and the only form with no fallen pins removed during a frame. Duckpin bowling: short, squat, and bowled with a handheld ball. Five-pin bowling: tall, between duckpins and candlepins in diameter with a rubber girdle, bowled with a handheld ball, mostly found in Canada.
