Bowling The History of Bowling Bowling is one

Bowling

The History of Bowling • Bowling is one of the oldest and most widely played of the world's games. Its history has been traced back to the Stone Age, to the Egyptians, Romans, and right up to today's modern bowling centers.

The History of Bowling • The form of bowling we play today, bowling at pins, began in London, England, 1200. Bowling was strictly an outdoor game. • The first indoor bowling also took place in London in 1455. It was a popular game reserved mainly for the nobility.

Bowling Ball & Pins & Shoes • BOWLING BALL: a round sphere, 27 inches diameter, weighing between 6 and 16 pounds. • Has three finger holes: – Two fingers holes- ring finger and middle finger – One thumb hole • PINS – There are ten bowling pins per lane. – Made from wood and covered in plastic. – 15 inches tall & weighs about 3 pounds. • SHOES: • Bowling shoes allow for a smooth glide on the wood floor. Other shoes: street shoes & sneakers can damage bowling lanes.

The Bowling Lane • dots to help you line up correctly. • arrows to help you line up the ball with the bowling pins. • Foul line – the black line. • 60 Ft Long- from foul line to the center of the head pin. • Width: 42 inches

Turns and Frames • Each frame you get two rolls. Unless you knock all the pins down on your first roll. That is called a Strike. Spare: knock down all ten pins on 2 nd roll. Gutter Ball-any ball that rolls into the “gutter”. • There are 10 frames per game. • On the tenth frame if you: -roll a strike you get two extra rolls. -roll a spare you get one extra roll.

How to score a Game • • • The highest possible game is 300 over the course of 10 frames. Now, one might think that with only 10 pins to knock down each frame, scoring more than 100 would be impossible. Well, that's the wonderful thing about the game of bowling. It gives you a bonus for making either a strike or a spare. For example: If the player doesn't bowl a strike or spare, his score for a frame is the number of pins he knocks down; this is called an open frame. If you get a spare, which is knocking down all 10 pins with two shots, your bonus is whatever you knock down on your next shot-frame added to that spare (10 pts). So let's say you get a spare in the first frame. You don't compute your score yet. You wait until you roll your first ball of the second frame. Let's say you knock down 8 pins. What you do is add the 8 pins you knocked down to the 10 pins you knocked down in the frame before and place that total in the first frame. So your score through one frame is actually 18 instead of 10. This is where the bonus comes in.

Score a Game • With a strike: The bonus is whatever you roll on your next two shots. So let's say that you get a strike in your first frame, which is knocking down all the pins with one shot and in the second frame you get 7 pins with your first ball and 2 pins with your second ball. You would add the 7+2 to the 10 pins you knocked down in the first frame because the bonus is two shots. That would give you a total of 19 in your first frame. To compute the score of your second frame you simply add the 9 pins you knocked down in that frame to your score of the first frame. That gives you a total of 19+9 or 28. • Final frame. If a player bowls a strike in the tenth frame, he gets two additional roll; for a spare, he gets one additional roll.

Bowling Etiquette • Wear only bowling shoes on the lanes. • Allow the bowler in an adjacent lane to play first if you both approach the runway at the same time. Especially defer to a bowler in the lane on your right. Otherwise, the player who arrives first goes first. • Wait for the pin-setting machine to finish its cycle before bowling. • Observe the foul line, even in casual play. Play fair. • Bowl the ball down YOUR lane. Do not throw or toss the ball; it may damage the lane. Be ready when it is your turn. • Avoid using someone else's ball without permission. • • • Avoid distracting other players while they bowl. NO goofing off or bad language. Keep accurate score. Technical innovations have automated scorekeeping at most alleys.

The Ready Stance & 3 step Approach • • • Start at the foul line (black line) turn around & walk back 3 steps & turn around. To begin the roll hold the ball on your side at waist level with fingers facing up. Use arrows to help line up the ballbetween the head pin (#1 pin) & (#3 pin) to it’s right. • • The Three Step Approach If you are Right Handed: Left foot- right foot- left foot • • If you are Left Handed: Right foot-Left foot- right foot

The Release • Take your three steps. • Swing the ball behind you as you walk forward towards the pins. • Thumbs facing the pins. • Palm facing up when you roll/release the ball. • Release the ball at the foul line. Do not cross the line. • Follow through with your arm up.

For WHS PE Class • Small groups • Rotation: Bowler– 2 Pins setter--End of the line. • Roll the ball. DO NOT BOUNCE/THROW THE BALL. • DO NOT let the ball hit the wall. • Sit down and wait your turn.