Sports > Bowling > Ten-Pin
Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or "synthetic lane" with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.
The 41.5-inch (105 cm) wide, 60-foot (18 m) lane is bordered along its length by "gutters" - semicircular channels designed to collect errant balls which also pose an obstacle to advanced bowlers, because a straight ball cannot be rolled on a regulation lane at the angle required to consistently "carry" (knock down) all ten pins for a strike. Most skillful bowlers will roll a more difficult-to-control "hook" ball to overcome this. There is a "foul line" at the end of the lane nearest to the bowler: if any part of a bowler`s body touches the lane side of this line after the ball is "delivered" (rolled), it is called a "foul" and no pins knocked over by that delivery are scored.
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Scientific principles applied to the sport of tenpin bowling.
http://www.topendsports.com/sport/tenpin/
News, clinic, tips, forums, and contacts.
http://members.cox.net/stevemainian/
Fully-illustrated tutorial shows how bowling pinsetters are able to pick up standing pins, clear the lane of any knocked-over pins and accurately reset the pins after every ball.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/pinsetter.htm
Instructional tips from many different bowling coaches.
http://members.tripod.com/Tips_4_Tenpin/
A community portal for the bowlers by the bowlers. View upcoming tournaments and tournament results, bowling balls and equipment reviews.
http://www.mybowler.com/
Articles and bowling related links from a British Tenpin Bowling Association Coach.
http://www.bowling.uklinux.net/
Instructional articles about all aspects of the game.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kennmelvin/TMain.Htm
General information and tutorials about bowling, plus clips and related links.
http://www.tenpinbowling.org/
Information for proprietors of Tenpin Bowling Centres in Australia and New Zealand
http://abpaltd.com