Additional Scorekeeping Terms - Additional Terminology
Average Your average is the sum of all your games divided by the number of games played. You can use your average as a way of recording your improvement - set a goal of raising your average game, say 10 pins a season, until you reach the level of par bowlers. Clean Sheet If you make ALL your spares in the game it is called a clean sheet. Making your spares is the simplest way to raise your average on the way to becoming a scratch/par bowler. Dutch 200 Scoring spare-strike-spare strike for the entire game results in a score of 200 exactly. Foul The foul line is drawn across the lane to separate the approach from the start of the lane. Putting your foot over the foul-line means you don't get the score for that delivery: on the first delivery you must re-rack the pins. It is marked on the scoresheet with an "F". Open Frame If you fail to make your spare , i.e. knock all pins down in two shots it is called an open frame Par Consistently making all y...