Bowling

Australian bowler Jason Belmonte became the first player to ever get a 300.

Each game of Bowling is made up of 10 frames, or sections. Each frame entitles the bowler up to two attempts to knock down all 10 pins. If the bowler knocks down all 10 in the first attempt, that is called a "strike" and his/her turn is over. If the bowler knocks down all the pins on their second attempt, the score is a spare and the frame is over. If the bowler scores a strike in the tenth frame, they get two "fill shots" or bonus balls. If the bowler scores a spare in the tenth frame, they get one fill shot.

Many people have bowled a 300 game. About 26,000 people a year. You can check the USBC website for a listing of sanctioned 300 game bowlers.

39 boards make up one lane
Generally There are 39.

In Bowling, it's a ball that is pitched so that it travels down the gutter instead of down the lane.

If you did it in one try it's a strike. If you did it in two it's a spare.

The top bowlers on the PBA tour usually hold an average in the 220s. The top 100 bowlers usually average 200 or better for a complete season on the tour.

3 strikes in a row is called a "Turkey"

4 in a row is called a "Hambone"

5 in a row in called a "Lamb Shank"

6 in a row is called a "Fillet Mignon"

7 in a row is called a "Lobster Tail"

The USBC has already done all the work for you. If you check out their site, they have formats for every combination. Just select the number of weeks that you need. See link below for more information.

a bowling lane is 41-42 inches wide from gutter to gutter and 60 feet long from the foal line to the first pin.

Actually, 191 is the highest possible! 100 is the lowest if you get a zero on the first ball and convert on the second. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/X 19 38 57 76 95 114 133 152 171 191

In tenpin bowling from center of pin to center of pin, the distance must be 12 inches. This is to form an equilateral triangle on the pin deck. Each ray of the triage is 36 inches. Therefore the distance between the 1 & 7 pin, the distance between the 7 & 10 pin, and the distance between the 1 & 10 pin, should always equal 36 inches.

Brandie Reamy of Livonia, Michigan is the youngest female to bowl a sanctioned 300 game in the United States. Brandie accomplished the feat at the age of 12 years, 4 months, and 11 days on April 23, 2006.

Brandie's accomplishment broke the previous record that had stood for 11 years. The previous record was held by Nicole Long of Granite City, Illinois. Nicole had accomplished the feat at age 12 years, 5 months on May 27, 1995.

The closet anyone has come to breaking Brandie's record since is Ashley Dunn of Palmdale, California. Ashley bowled a sanctioned 288 game at the age of 12 years, 3 months, and 4 days on May 15, 2009, just 12 pins short of a new record age.

The straight ball.

it has to tilt 10 degrees

There are many differences between bowling balls. The most obvious is weight. Bowling balls typically range from 8 to 16 pounds.

The second difference is in the coverstock--the outside material of the bowling ball. They range from plastic at the low end, through hard rubber (far more popular in the past), to exotic reactive resin compounds.

Internally, the cheapest balls are made of a single, solid material, while more expensive balls have a dense core in various shapes.

All of these differences serve to provide a wide variety in the way bowling balls react to various bowling styles and lane conditions.

Depending on the coverstock of the bowling ball it will. It wont really affect a plastic ball, but if you have a reactive resin (which is designed deliberately to absorb oil) it may absorb SLIGHT amounts of water as well. Depending on the temperature, it may expand or contract as well. No real DAMAGE will be done though. In fact, one method for deep cleaning your equipment is to let it soak in mildly warm soapy water for an hour or two.

Nagoya Grand Bowl is now the largest bowling alley in the world. It is comprised of 156 lanes (three floors with 52 lanes on each floor) One of floors is made of synthetic material and the other two are made of wood. At one time, Nagoya Grand Bowl consisted of 260 in two houses. However one of the houses was demolished and is now part of the Freeway Interchange System. See links section below for more information.

I read somewhere these lanes cost $88k but I also read something else that said over $500k- I have no proof but I like to think it's more in the $88 range.

It means that it is either a league or tournament event where two people are paired together and the score used to determine the winner of the match / game / event is the team with the highest score bowled (no handicap is added to the score).

In league bowling, the captains of the opposing teams officiate at the game level, and enforce such rules as bowling on the correct lane and not stepping across the foul line.

The league's officers are available to settle disputes; major changes to the rules require a majority (and during mid-season, unanimous consent) of all the league officers and team captains.

In a bowling tournament, the tournament director(s) officiate the games and enforce the rules.

All forms of bowling have a governing body, also known as a sanctioning body. For example, tenpin bowling in the United States is governed by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC).

Bowling alley proprietors in Connecticut invented ten-pin bowling. In 1841, there was a lot of crime at the nine-pin bowling centers that were popular then, and to end the problem the Connecticut legislature banned "bowling at Nine Pins." The proprietors added a tenth pin to get around the ban. For some reason the legislature didn't go back and ban "bowling at Ten Pins."

# For a Strike take 10 plus the total pins knocked down on the next two shots. # For a Spare take 10 plus the total pins knocked down on next shot. # For any other shot, the score is the actual number of pins knocked down.

The arrows are there to help with accuracy, as are the dots on the approach. if you vary where you stand, and always hit the same arrow, you have a much easier time getting higher scores. Also, it helps if you don't vary your style too much.