Bowling

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    • High possible score: 300
    • Professional league: Professional Bowing Association or the PBA
    • Lane width: 41.5 inches
    • Lane length: 60 feet
    • Strike: Knocking down all pins with one shot
    • Spare: Knocking down all pins in two shots
    • Ball weight varies from six to sixteen pounds
    • There are leagues for players of every level
    • Oldest bowling equipment found is from 5200 B.C.
    • Turkey: Three strikes in a row
    • Hambone: Four strikes in a row
    • 292: The least commonly scored game, 11 strikes followed by 2 pins
  • In the sports most common form, bowling involves rolling a ball down a 60-foot lane with the intent to knock down ten targets, called "pins," that are aligned in a triangle. The sport can be dated back to ancient Egypt and has many forms, such as: candlepin bowling, duckpin bowling, five-pin bowling and nine-pin skittles.

    Bowling is one of the largest participation sports in the U.S., with more than 60 million people bowling at least once a year.


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  • Rules

    • Regulators: United States Bowling Congress and the British Tenpin Bowling Association
    • Bowling lanes are oiled in patterns that adjust scoring difficulty. Professional patterns are typically more difficult than amateur patterns.
    • Ball cannot weigh more than 16 pounds
    • Game consists of ten frames
    • Bowler has two chances to knock down ten pins in each frame
    • A perfect score of 300 consists of 12 straight strikes

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