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Bowling: Curing Boredom!

Bowling Tips Everybody gets bored from time to time, and there is an often overlooked sport that can be used to cure anyone's case of boredom: Bowling. Bowling has been around for a very long time, and has been gaining popularity exponentially for the past few decades. The sport appeals to both men and women of all ages, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and for good reason. It's relatively cheap, is as competitive as a player wants it to be, and it's an easy game for anyone to pick up. What does a person need to know to bowl? Well, the simplest answer is: not much. Bowling is a game that is scored by throwing a ball down a wooden or composite lane at a set of ten pins. The more pins a person knocks down, the higher the score they receive. There is a bit more to the scoring system, however. A spare is when a person knocks down all pins in two throws in a frame, and a strike is when a person knocks down all pins in the first throw of a frame. The scoring is modif...