Bowling

:For the use of this term in cricket, see Bowling (cricket).

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Bowling can refer to two distinctly different types of game. The first is played along an "alley", most commonly made of synthetic material imitating a wood surface. Historically, bowling lanes were made of wood; however, most centers around the United States have upgraded to the synthetic playing surfaces. Several sports involve a ball rolling towards a target (in the case of bowling, pins); the players attempt to score points by knocking the targets down. Included in this group are:

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• Ten-pin bowling, which evolved from ninepin bowling in the 19th Century.
• Five-pin bowling, played in Canada
• Nine-pin skittles
• Candlepin bowling, played in eastern Canada and New England, is a variation of ten-pin bowling, where the player gets to roll a small ball three times per frame instead of two, and the fallen pins are not removed between throws.
• Duckpin bowling, commonly found in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States and eastern Canada, is another variation of ten-pin bowling, where the player rolls three times per frame toward small, squat pins. A variant with pins encircled with rubber at their widest points, rubberband duckpin bowling, uses the same rules as ten-pin bowling.

The second group of bowling is played outdoors, usually on a lawn. Here the players throw a ball, which is sometimes eccentrically weighted, in an attempt to put it closest to a designated point. This group includes games such as Lawn bowls, Bocce, and P?tanque.

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Bowling (cricket): In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler....

Synthetic: Generally, synthetic means pertaining to synthesis, i.e., the putting-together of two or more parts into a coherent whole, whether by design or by natural processes....

Sport: A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. A sport has physical activity, side by side competition, and a scoring system. The differ...




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