Bowling

Bowling

Terms of or pertaining to a sport in which the object of the game is to knock over a set of pins by rolling a heavy ball across a defined boundary.

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Semi-roller

Sports; Bowling

A ball that rolls on a track just outside the thumbhole. Used by most professional bowlers.

This is a beam of light that sets off an alarm if a bowler's foot crosses over the foul line. The penalty for having your foot cross over the foul line is loss of pins for that ball. The bowler will ...

Schleifer

Sports; Bowling

A strike where the pins slowly fall one by one. German

Automatic pinsetter

Sports; Bowling

A machine that resets the pins, if any are left standing, after the throw after first making sure any pins that have been knocked down are moved off the lane.

Angle

Sports; Bowling

This refers to the direction the ball is travelling when it enters into the 1-3 pocket or the 1-2 pocket for left handed bowlers.

Sanctioned

Sports; Bowling

A tournament that is run in accordance with the American Bowling Congress or Women's International Bowling Congress rules.

Approach

Sports; Bowling

1) The Approach is that part of the lane that starts by the ball return area and goes up to the foul line. Approaches are required by the ABC to be at least 15' while most are 16' long. 2) The ...