Bowling

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Bowling

• PE 11-12

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What is needed to bowl?

• You need to go to a bowling alley
• Next you need a special pair of shoes
• Can rent these from the bowling alley
• Could buy your own
• You need to select a ball
• Again you can use the bowling alleys
• Could buy your own

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The ball

• The bowling ball comes in many different sizes
• Try to select a weight you can handle
• Try to select a ball that has finger holes that
  fit your fingers
• Otherwise your fingers will stick
• Proper fit
• Need to fit your thumb, and two middle fingers

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How to bowl

• Bowlers generally use a 3,4,or 5 step approach
• Cue words for the 3 step are
• Push the ball OUT
• SWING the ball back
• BOWL the ball down the lane
• Bend at your knees
• Bend at waist
• Slide on the foot opposite of the hand you hold
  the bowling ball
• The 4 or 5 step approach is simply one or two
  extra steps followed by the 3 step

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Aim

• Right handed bowlers aim for 1 3 pocket
• Left handed bowlers aim for 1 2 pocket

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8
9
10
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5
6
2
3
1
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Bowling Terms

• Alley The surface on which the ball is rolled
• Brooklyn (also known as a crossover) refers to a
  ball that crosses over to the other side of the
  headpin opposite the side it was thrown
• Channel (also known as the gutter) the grooves
  or drop-off area on each side of the bowling
  surface
• Perfect game To roll 12 strikes in a row. Also
  known as a 300 game
• Double To roll 2 strikes in a row
• Turkey To roll 3 strikes in a row
• Four Bagger To roll 4 strikes in a row
• Dutch 200 To alternate strikes and spares or
  spares and strikes throughout the game. Is
  scored as a 200 game.

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More terms

• Delivery The rolling of the ball
• Curve ball a ball thrown with spin that follows
  a wide arc toward the pins.
• Head Pin The number one pin
• King Pin The number 5 pin. It is a key pin to
  produce a strike
• Leave Pins left standing after the first ball
  has been rolled.
• Lofting Throwing the ball too high above the
  lane bed.
• Mixer A ball that creates a lot of pin action.

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Scoring Terms

• Strike Knocking down all 10 pins with the first
  ball
• Spare Knocking down all 10 pins using 2 balls
• Open Failing to knock down all 10 pins using 2
  balls

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Scoring Symbols

Strike
Spare
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6
3
Open
9
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Other Scoring Terms

• Gutter Ball To roll the ball into the channel
  resulting in zero pins being knocked down
• Split To roll the ball in such a way as to
  leave pins standing with space for other pins
  between them
• Miss Failure to knock down any pins with the
  ball
• Foul Touching the line or going beyond the line
  in any way when delivering the ball

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Scoring Symbols

Gutter ball
4
G
Split
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2
9
9
F
Miss
Foul
9
9
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Bowling Math

• Open merely add the total pins knocked down.
• Spare 10 plus a bonus consisting of the number
  of pins knocked down on the next ball.

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1
5
2
8
1
8
15
24
7
5
8
1
8
1
39
57
66
24
24 10 5
39 10 8
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Bowling Math

• Strike 10 plus a bonus consisting of the number
  of pins knocked down on the next two balls.

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1
8
1
5
8
1
8
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85
114
132
141
94
66 10 8 1
94 10 5 5
8
1
7
8
1
66
96
143
161
170
123
66 10 10 10
123 10 7 3
96 10 10 7
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10 Frame Math
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7
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If an open occurs the bowler is finished. Merely
add the total pins knocked down. If a spare
occurs the bowler is entitled to roll one more
ball. Add 10 plus the bonus of the pins on the
next ball. If a strike occurs the bowler is
entitled to roll two more balls. Add 10 plus the
bonus of the pins on the next two balls.
141
150
1 more ball
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7
1
6
141
157
141 10 6
2 more balls
8
1
6
3
141
160
141 10 6 3
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As in any sport or game, BOWLING has some special
terminology. Certain groups of pins that are
left standing after the first ball are described
by the following
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Washout
or
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8
9
10
7
8
9
10
4
5
6
4
5
6
2
3
2
3
1
1
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Bucket
or
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8
9
10
7
8
9
10
4
5
6
4
5
6
2
3
2
3
1
1
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Granny Teeth
or
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8
9
10
7
8
9
10
4
5
6
4
5
6
2
3
2
3
1
1
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Picket Fence or Clothes Line
or
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8
9
10
7
8
9
10
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5
6
4
5
6
2
3
2
3
1
1
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Baby Split
or
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8
9
10
7
8
9
10
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5
6
4
5
6
2
3
2
3
1
1
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Christmas Tree
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8
9
10
7
8
9
10
4
5
6
4
5
6
2
3
2
3
1
1
For a Left Hander
For a Right Hander
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Sleeper
or
or
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8
9
8
10
7
8
9
10
4
5
6
4
5
6
2
3
2
2
3
1
1
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Bed Posts or Goal Posts
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8
9
10
4
5
6
2
3
1
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Big Four
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8
9
10
4
5
6
2
3
1
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Practice scoring this game!
Blacked out pins are still standing! Score this
on your Bowling Scoring Skill sheet
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Frame 1
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Frame 2
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Frame 3
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Frame 4
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Frame 5
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Frame 6
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Frame 7
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Frame 8
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Frame 9
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Frame 10
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Calculating Handicap

• Handicapping is a means of placing bowlers and
  teams with varying degrees of skill on as
  equitable a basis as possible for their
  competition against each other.

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Calculating Handicap

• KEY
• SCORE Equals your actual score for the
  games you bowl
• TOTAL PINS Equals your score for the day
  plus all prior scores
• AVERAGE Equals your total pins divided by
  the number of games you have played
  Remember to carry the average to the tenth
  and round it to the whole number
• HANDICAP See the back side of the record
  sheet to determine your handicap
• SCORE WITH Equals your actual score for the game
  plus your handicap pins
• HANDICAP

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Example fill in your assignment!
GAME
SCORE
TOTAL PINS
AVERAGE
HANDICAP
SCORE W/HANDICAP
1
112
112
112
70
182
2
98
210
105
76
174
3
130
340
113
69
199
4
123
463
116
67
190
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Insert the game we scored together!