Bowling

Introduction

Bowling, also called tenpins, game in which a heavy ball is rolled

down a long, narrow lane toward a group of object known as pins, the aim

being to knock down more pins than the opponent, The game is quite

different from the sport of bowls, or lawn bowls, in which the aim is to bring

the ball to near a stationary ball called a jack.

There are many forms of bowling, but tenpins, the most widely played

variation, is the principal form in the United States, Australia, New Zealand,

and Latin America. Its many variations include duckpins, candlepins,

fivepins, skittles, and ninepins, with differences within the framework of each

of the games.

History of Bowling

Articles found in the tomb of an Egyptian child buried in about 3200

BC Include nine pieces of stone, to be set up as pins, at which a stone "ball'

was rolled, the ball having first to roll through an archway made of three

pieces of marble. The modern sport of the bowling at pins probably

originated in ancients Germany, not as a sport but as a religious ceremony.

As early as the 3rd or 4th century AD, in rites geld in the cloisters of churches,

parishioners may have placed their ever-present club, or Kegel (the

implement most Germans carried for sport and, certainly, self-protection), at

said to represent the Heide ("heathen"). A stone was rolled at the Heide,

and those successfully topping it were believed to have cleansed

themselves of sin. Although the presents' club evolved into pins, the

association remained called keglers.

Among other significant historical references to bowling are an

account of a great feast given the citizenry of Frankfurt in 1463, at which the

venison dinner was followed by bowling; notations from 1325 in which

"gambling on bowling" in Berlin and Cologne was limited to five shilling; and

the award of an ox the winner of a bowling competition in 1518, given by the

city of Breslau (now Wroclaw, Pol.).

In the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, the game spread into the Low

Countries and also into Austria and Switzerland. The Playing surfaces were

usually cinders or clay, specially treated and sun-baked to a hardness

resembling concrete. The roofing over of lanes, first done in London for lawn

bowls around 15455, was the beginning of bowling as an all-weather,

around-the-clock game. When the lanes were covered or put into sheds

(called Kegelbahns in Germany and Austria and usually attached to village

taverns or guest houses), the playing surfaces ranged from wood or

hardened clay to, in later years, and asphalt.

Disagreement over the rules continued, principally as an alignment of

New York bowlers against else. On Sept. 9, 1895, the American Bowling
Congress was organized in New York City. The Next big Advance was the

introduction of the automatic pin-setting machine in the early 1950s.

How to play Bowling

A game of tenpins consists of 10 frames. Two deliveries (rolls of the

ball) per frame are allowed, the ideal being to knock down all pins on the

first for a strike. If pins are left standing after the first delivery, the fallen or

“dead” wood is removed and a second delivery permitted. If all remaining

pins are knocked down, a spare is recorded. A split can occur on the first

ball when two or more pins are left standing, separated by at least one fallen

pin. Stepping over the foul line is a foul and results in loss of all pins

knocked down on that delivery. There are depressed troughs on each side

of the lane; a ball falling therein is a gutter ball and out of play, with resulting

loss of one delivery.

Both a strike and a spare count 10 pins plus additional pins scored

on the next two (after a strike) or one (after a spare) deliveries. If two strikes

in a row are recorded (a double), the player counts 20 pins in the first frame

plus the number of pins he knocks down on his first delivery in the third

frame. Should he score another strike, he will have 30 pins in his first frame.

A perfect game is 300 and consists of 12 strikes in a row, two additional

deliveries being permitted in the 10th, or final, frame (one additional

following a spare). Competition in league and tournament play includes

individuals, as well as teams of up to five players. Two teams are assigned

to a pair of lanes, the bowlers alternating lanes for each frame.

 Shoes

The main reason every bowling alley insists that you wear specially

made bowling shoes is for safety and performance.

 Ball

Most bowling alley provide balls to their patrons and are called house

balls.

 Wrist Guards

This added support for your wrist helps prevent the back of the hand

throwing the bowling ball from collapsing or tilting before the roll.

 Finger Tape

This friction resulting from releasing the ball from your fingers can

sometimes cause scars or injuries.

 Powder

This helps reduce the moisture players have in their hands improving

the surface grip of the ball.

 Elbow, Wrist, ankle band

Bowling is a game with many repetitive motions, which wear down

your joints over time.

 Microfiber cloth or towel

You may notice many veteran players wiping their balls after every

throw.
Rules of Bowling

TEAMS

Each team must consist of a minimum of Four 4 players and a maximum of

5 players, 21 years of age or older. Four or five bowlers will bowl during the

game, the four highest scores will be counted when determining the winner

of each game.

GAME LENGTH

Team will play 3 games each week. The average time per game is

45minutes to 1 hour.

RULES

Standard bowling rules apply, in addition to the bullet points below: A

maximum of five 5 bowlers can bowl per game only the top four 4 scores

per game may be counted for a team's total score.

SCORING

Standard bowling scoring will be used.

Teams will be play against another team or three games each night. Each

game of the night will be worth of 1 point to the winning team based on the

total team score. Scores will be (3-0, 2-1, 1-2, or 3-0).

FORFEITS

A team must have at least 3 bowlers at game time or it becomes a forfeit.

Teams that forfeit 3 weeks will automatically be removed from the league
with no refund. Teams are encouraged to contact the FXA office to inform

them 24 hours in advances about forfeiting.

Tiebreaker:

Wins/Losses

Head to Head Results

Game Differential

Questions

1. When did the sports Bowling spread into Austria and Switzerland?

2. Where does the modern sports of Bowling at Pins probably originated?

3. Give At least 4 Equipment in Bowling?

4. What is the minimum and maximum of players for each team can have?

5. Give at least 2 forms of bowling?

6. What is the definition of Powder in the equipment's of bowling?

Fill in the blanks

7-8. On Sept. 9, _____, the American Bowling Congress was organized in

________.

9-10. If the pins are left standing after the First delivery, the _____ or _____

wood is removed and a second delivery permitted.

Answer

1. 15th – 17th Century

2. Ancients Germany
3. -Shoes –Ball -

4. Minimum of 4 and maximum of 5 players

5. Tenpins, duckpins, candlepins, fivepins, skittles, and ninepins,

6. This helps reduce the moisture players have in their hands improving the

surface grip of the ball.

7-8. First line: 1895 /Second line: New York City

9-10. First line: Fallen /Second line: Dead

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