Facts about Bowling
The World Tenpin Bowling Association is an international organization that oversees the rules, qualifications, and rankings of professional, semi-professional, and distinguished amateur bowling championships and federations.
Fouls may occur in bowling when a player crosses the foul line at the base of the lane as they release the ball.
Bowling is a sporting activity in which players attempt to score points by rolling a ball to knock down target objects.
Bowling with handicaps is a strategy to determine how a player bowls versus his average game, rather than by gross score.
The British Tenpin Bowling Association is the United Kingdom governing organization on ten-pin bowling.
The commercial market for bowling took off in the United States in the late 1940s, with the growth of the American Machine Foundry (AMF, Inc.), which developed the first automatic pinsetters.
Other forms, such as ninepin, candlepin, and lawn bowling, are still popular games around the world.
The most popular form in North America, and globally, is Ten-Pin Bowling, the type of bowling associated with the World Tenpin Bowling Association, an internationally recognized professional sports federation.
The United States Bowling Congress is an amateur bowling organization formed in 2005, by the merger of many previously existing bowling organizations in North America.
A perfect game in bowling is a score of 300, consisting of 12 consecutive strikes.
Bowling was, undoubtedly, one of the more popular games brought to the British colonies in America, where it transformed from the more traditional game of ninepins into the modern-day tenpins format.
The International Bowling Museum suggests that bowling might date as far back to 3200 B.C.E.
Bowling has been popular for hundreds of years, with different variations taking hold in Europe and North America.
Scoring was done largely by hand until the 1970s, when automated scoring systems were put into place at many commercial bowling alleys.
In bowling leagues, players are generally awarded a handicap, which is a number of points automatically designated to a player based on his or her scoring average.
Other forms, such as ninepin, candlepin, and lawn bowling, are still popular games around the world.
The European Bowling Tour (EBT) is similar to the PBA and, along with the Asian Bowling Federation, competes internationally for the World Tenpin Bowling Association’s World Ranking Masters championship.
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation is a governing organization on ten-pin bowling in Europe and runs the European Bowling Association tour.
Professional leagues and televised matches took off from this point, helping propel bowling into the popular competitive and social activity it is today.
The Professional Bowlers Association, otherwise known as the PBA, is a competitive bowling league for professionals.
All the players throw from the same distance or tossing area, and the target is continually replaced about the playing surface (often called a "bowling green") until a final determined score is reached.
Outdoor bowling, of which the most popular form are Bowls (or Boules) and Bocce, typically takes place on a wide, flat patch of open grass, although it is sometimes played on dirt or gravel.