Bowling is an indoor sport that involves rolling a bowling ball down a wooden lane towards a set of pins or a bottle. The goal is to knock over as many pins or bottles as possible in one go. Played in countries around the world, bowling is popular for its competitive nature and social aspects. It also involves skill, strategy, and luck, making it an entertaining game for all ages.
Ten wooden bottles are placed at the end of the lane in a triangle and the participants take turns throwing the ball against the bottles after the foul line.
The score is calculated according to the number of bottles knocked down and the winner is the one with the most points.
Modern bowling has its roots in the ancient European 'Nine Pillars Game', which began in Germany, Holland, the United States, and England, and has since spread around the world.
In 1954, the first international bowling competition was held in Helsinki, Finland, and in 1992, the Barcelona Olympics made bowling an official competition.
Rules Of The Game
1. Bowling is played on a game-by-game basis and points are scored and decided by the number of bowls knocked down. A game is divided into 10 rounds and each round has two chances to bowl.
If all 10 bottles are knocked down on the first throw in a round, that is, if all of them are hit, there is no second throw.
The only difference is that in the 10th round, if the first throw is a full hit, you still have to go on to finish the last two balls; if it is a make-up hit, you have to go on to finish the last ball and end the inning.
It is worth emphasizing that if two pitches do not knock down all 10 bottles, then the third chance is automatically cancelled.
2. Matches are played by drawing lots to determine lane order. Each game is played on adjacent pairs of lanes, swapping lanes each round until the end of the set.
In the second game, the lanes are swapped, with the odd-numbered players moving to the left and the even-numbered players moving to the right.
Sometimes it is possible to move the lanes to the right in a uniform manner so that each player meets and has an equal chance. The order in which the balls are thrown is determined by the order in which A, B, and C are drawn.
Scoring Rules
The scoring is not difficult, each game has ten frames with two balls in each frame. If all the bottles are knocked down on the first ball, that is, "STRIKE", and an "X" appears on the screen, the frame is completed and the score is 10 points plus the next two balls.
If all the remaining bottles are knocked down, for example, "SPARE", and a "/" appears on the screen, the frame is completed and the score is 10 points plus the number of bottles knocked down in the next frame.
If the second ball does not knock down all the bottles, the score will be the first ball plus the number of bottles that the second ball knocked down, and the next frame will be played.
And so on until the tenth frame. If the first or second ball knocks down all the bottles in the tenth frame, a third ball may be added.
