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| The ALLEY is the surface, or lane, a player rolls the ball down. |
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| The APPROACH is the area that players walk on as they "approach" the foul line of the lane. |
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| BACKSWING refers to the path of the arm behind the body before players release the ball. |
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| A bowler goes to BROOKLYN by hitting the opposite side of the pocket. |
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| Candlepin refers to bowling with small balls. |
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| The COUNT is the number of pins knocked down on the first ball. |
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| Only candlepin bowling has DEADWOOD. This refers to the pins that have been knocked down. |
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| DELIVERY refers to the way a player rolls the ball down the lane. |
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| A DOUBLE means a bowler got two strikes in a row! |
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| A FOUL happens when a player touches or goes beyond the foul line. |
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| A FRAME is 1/10 of a whole game. Each square on the score sheet is one FRAME. |
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| GUTTER refers to the two 'channels' on each side of the lane. |
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| A HOOK is a ball that breaks sharply toward the side (pocket). |
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| The LEAVE refers to the number of pins left after the first ball. |
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| MARK means to score a spare or a strike in a frame. |
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| An OPEN FRAME is a frame that doesn't have a spare or a strike in it. |
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| Bowlers love a PERFECT GAME! It refers to a 300 score OR a game of all strikes OR 12 in a row. |
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| The POCKET is the place between the 1 and 2 pins if the player is left-handed. If the player is right-handed, the POCKET is between the 1 and 3 pins. |
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| SCRATCH is the actual score a bowler gets without any adjustments to equalize the scores of the bowlers who are competing. |
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| A SLEEPER is tricky to see...it's two pins, one right behind the other. |
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| A SPARE means a player has knocked down all the pins with the second ball. |
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| A SPLIT happens when a bowler knocks down pins in a way that there is a space left between standing pins. |
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| A STRIKE means a player knocked down all the pins with the first ball. |
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| A STRIKE-OUT means a bowler got 3 strikes in the tenth frame. |
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| Players use the TARGET ARROWS do help them line up their roll. The TARGET ARROWS are embedded in the lane itself about 15' from the foul line. |
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| Ten-Pin bowling refers to "Big Balls" of 7-16 pounds each |
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| TRACK refers to the path of the pins that is created when many balls are rolled in the same area. |
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| A TURKEY means a bowler got three strikes in a row! |
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