Ten Pin Bowling - A Beginner's Guide
The rules of ten pin bowling are nice and simple, leaving you plenty of brain-power to focus on your aim... and winning! Each player takes it in turn to roll bowling balls along the 'lane'. The aim is to knock down the skittle-like 'pins' that stand at the end, ideally in one go - called a 'strike.' A point is scored for each pin knocked down. Each player takes ten turns, called a 'frame', and (unless they score a strike) will roll twice in each frame. The balls come in various weights and sizes, all shown through their different colours and numbers. To pick them up, you place your two middle fingers and your thumb into the three holes and grip tightly. It's impossible for the ball to strike every pin at one go, because the pins are spaced out and the ball just inside wide enough, so the trick is to hit the pins sufficiently hard for them to knock the outer ones down as they fall. On either side of the lane are lowered channels, called ...