Bowling - The Basics (The Game)
Bowling is a fairly simple game. There are 10 pins and you knock them down on two balls per frame. Here is some basic information about how the game. The Game So what comprises a game you ask? 10 Frames (actually 12, but we will cover that later) So what is a frame you ask? One or two balls, depending on what happens on your first shot, except the 10th when you may throw three balls. OK, so 10 frames of 1 or 2 shots, this should be easy right? Nowadays with the electronic scorekeepers it is, but it wasn't always that way. I actually used to keep score manually for tournaments bowlers, and get paid to do it! Frames There are 10 frames in a game of bowling, with one caveat. If you get a strike or a spare in the 10th frame, you get another shot. So, up to 3 shots can be thrown in the 10th frame of a game. At the risk of making this more confusing, if you get a spare, you get one extra shot (you have already thrown the ball twice this frame), but if you get a strike, you...