RACK (PDF): Place where balls remain after their return from the pit (also called ball rack). PERFECT GAME: Twelve consecutive strikes with a resulting score of 300. OPEN BOWLING: Non-league bowling for fun or practice. MISTER AVERAGE: Term used for an absent bowler whose average is used (Miss Average for ladies). MISS: A spare that is missed (also known as a blow, cherry, error or open). MATCH PLAY: One-on-one competition between individual players. MAPLES: Refers to bowling pins or the point the player intends to use as a target. LOFTING (PDF): Throwing the ball far out onto the lane. LEAVE: The pins that are not knocked down with the first ball (spare). KINGPIN: Refers to either the head pin or 5 pin depending on local usage. KINDLING WOOD: Pins that fall easily during a game (light pins). KEGLER: A term of German origin for "bowler". JERSEY SIDE: To the right of the head pin for left handed players and to the left for right handers. HOOK (PDF): A ball that curves into the pins as it approaches them. HAMBONE: A term used to denote four consecutive strikes.
GUTTER BALL: A ball that rolls into the gutter before hitting a target. Below are some commonly used terms and their definitions in reference to scoring, positions, and play.ĪDDRESS: A player's stance or start position.ĪNCHOR: The last player to bowl (most likely, the best player).ĪPPROACH: That part of the lane which stretches from the back of the lane to the foul line.īACKUP BALL: A ball that curves left to right or right to left depending upon whether the player is left or right handed.īLOCKED LANE: A lane condition which promotes high scoring through the use of oil or finish in lane maintenance.īROOKLYN: When a ball crosses to the opposite side of the headpin from which it was thrown (when a right handed bowler bowls a ball that hits the left pocket and vice versa for left handed bowlers).ĬHERRY: To knock down the front pin or pins.ĬHRISTMAS TREE: For a right handed player, its a 3-7-10 split or a 2-7-10 split for a left handed player.ĬLEAN SHEET: When a player makes all of his /her spares in a game.ĭEADWOOD: Pins that remain in the lane or the gutter after being knocked over.ĭOUBLE: A player makes two strikes in a row.Ģ00 (PDF): A game in which alternate strikes and scores are used resulting in a 200 score.įILL: Refers to the number of pins knocked down following a spare or two strikes.įOUL: Putting one's foot on or going over the foul line upon delivery.įRAME: Refers to the squares which indicate one tenth of a game. USBC's primary aim is the promotion and development of the sport in the interest of all bowlers.īowling terminology has developed as the sport has evolved. National organizations began to see a decline in membership after the late 1970's and in 2004 merged to form one cohesive organization – the United States Bowling Congress (USBC). Although highly popular, it was not until women entered the sport and gained more influence that ten-pin bowling became a more respectable pastime. Regulatory groups began the process of standardizing all aspects of the sport in the late 1800's but it still retained its reputation for being a "low life" activity. In the early nineteenth century, ten-pin bowling evolved as a means of circumventing a public ban of nine-pin bowling in Connecticut. Governing agencies, however, attempted to ban indoor bowling as it became more and more associated with drinking and gambling. European colonists brought the game to North America as both an indoor and outdoor sport.
Much later, in Germany, the trend to bowl with nine pins became popular and spread throughout Europe. The exact origin of bowling is unknown but archeologists have traced its beginnings at least back to ancient Egypt.
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