Bowling and Ten Pins

Ms. Maghanoy
Bowling and Ten Pins

-traced back to the Stone Age.

The first evidence of the game was discovered by the British

Anthropologist Sir Flinders Petrie and his team of
archaeologists in Egypt in the 1930s.
William Pehle
• German historian, claimed that the game of bowling
originated in Germany around 300 AD.

• In Germany, the game had its origin as a religious ceremony

for determining absence of sin. This game, introduced by
the German monks to the masses, flourished as a customary
test of faith.
In England, bowling was started as early as the 1100s.

• several variations of bowling, such as half-

bowls, skittles and ninepins, existed during
the mid 1300s.
• King Edward III mentioned that the game was
made by year 1366.
• imposed a ban on playing this game among his
troops because it was distracting the troops
from archery practice.
• during the regime of King Henry VIII, the
game gained popularity and was played as a
symbol of nobility and social status.
In Germany the game of Kegal
(Kegelspiel) expanded.
• Kegal game grew in Germany and around other parts of
Europe with Keglars rolling balls at nine pins, or skittles.

To this day, bowlers in the United States and United

Kingdom are also referred to as "keglers."
• Ninepin bowling was introduced to America from Europe
during the colonial era, similar to the game of skittles.

• It became very popular and was called “Bowl on the Green.”

• In 1841 a law in Connecticut banned ninepin bowling lanes
due to associated gambling and crime, and people were said
to circumvent the letter of the prohibition by adding an
extra pin, resulting in the game of ten-pin bowling.
A painting which dates from around 1810, and has been on display
at the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Louis,
Missouri, shows British bowlers playing the sport outdoors, with a
triangular formation of ten pins, chronologically before it appeared
in the United States.

A photograph of this painting appeared in the pages of the US-

based "Bowler's Journal" magazine in 1988.
Top 10 Rules Of Bowling

• There are 10 frames in a game.

• Release the ball from behind the foul line.
• Cannot cross the foul line.
• The ball cannot come out of the gutter.
• The ball cannot be altered during the game.
• The maximum score is 300.
• Two balls per frame (Besides 10th frame)
• Proper attire is required.
 BEFORE THE GAME

• Wear only BOWLING SHOES

• Always wear proper bowling
when playing on the lanes.
attire: shirts, socks, pants, or
Bowling shoes are specifically
skirts. Sleeveless shirts or
designed to help you slide and
“sando” are not allowed in the
stop during proper delivery.
center.
Wearing other shoes may
either cause you to slip or trip.
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• Get only the balls that you • Try to avoid getting your
will need (2 max.) since the Bowling Shoes wet for it will
balls will return before your get tacky and may cause you
next shot. to trip. Have your shoes
• Do not put powder on the replaced at the SHOE
soles of your shoes. This COUNTER.
could build “dirt” on the • Do not leave your things
lanes making it either too unattended
slippery or too dry, which
may cause accidents to you
and other bowlers.
 DURING THE GAMES
• Make sure that your name is • In making a shot, you only
registered and highlighted have to roll the ball. Do not
on the screen before making throw or loft the ball
the shot (throwing the ball up beyond
1 meter).
• When 2 players approach
the lanes at the same time, • Do not release the ball until
let the bowler on your right the SWEEP BAR has gone up
go first and stay out of his and pins are properly set
field of vision. • Roll the ball past the FOUL
LINE.
ILLEGAL DELIVERY
• Observe and always stay
behind the foul line. Do not
cross the FOUL LINE for
the lanes are oiled. You may
slip and hurt yourself by
doing so.
• Leave the approach after
your ball hits the pins. Do
not stay at the foul line
more than necessary.
con..
• Refrain from unnecessary body movements, or
loud noise so as not to distract the other
bowlers.
• Stay on your playing lanes and do not cross the
other lanes after making the shot for you may
bump onto other players.
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• Should problems such as • Avoid making another shot

pins missing, balls not after the game. Doing so will

returning, or wrong scoring create extra frames and shall

occurs, call the attention of be charged accordingly.

the Lane Man for Moreover, your ball may not

assistance. return by doing so.

AFTER THE GAME

• Kindly return the balls to their respective racks

• Kindly return the bowling shoes to the Shoe

Counter
Terminologies
• Alley (also lane bed). Surface • Dead ball . A weak ball that has
on which the ball is rolled. lost its drive, rotation, or
• Approach (also runway). The forward thrust
space extending back from the • Double . Two consecutive
foul line used to make the strikes.
steps and delivery. • Foul . Touching the foul line or
• Blow . A miss or an error beyond in any way when
failing to covert a spare other delivering the ball.
than a split. • Game . A line on the score
• Deadwood . Pins that have been sheet consisting of 10 frames.
knocked down. (Same as Line.)
• Gutter ball (also channel ball). • Kegler . A bowler (German
An errant ball that enters the word).
gutter before reaching the pins.
• King pin . The number 5 pin.
• Head pin . The number one pin.
It is a key pin to produce a
• Hook . A ball that initially moves strike: a light pocket hit or
straight down the alley and deflected leaves this pin
curves towards the pin (from
right to left for a right-hander still standing.
or left to right for a left- • Open frame . A frame
hander) on the latter part of having neither a spare or
the lane. strike.
• Spare . To knock down with • Strike out . Making three
the second throw the pins strikes in the tenth frame.
standing left after the first • Triple (also turkey). Three
throw. consecutive strikes.
• Strike . Knocking down all • Turkey . Three consecutive
ten pins with the first strikes.
effort.
 • Leave: Those pins not
• Ball rack: 1) Where the ball
knocked down on the first
rests before it is rolled and
ball.
after it returns from the
pit; 2) the structure used to • 300 game: A perfect game

store house balls. consisting of 12 strikes in a

row.
Basic Approach used in Bowling

• Stationary starting position • Fourth step- Slide

• First step- Push away • Release the ball

• Second step- downswing • Follow through, or holding

• Third step- backswing your delivery position

DIY