Midterm Flashcards
(23 cards)
What are the 4 bowling centers.
- Control Desk
- Concourse
- Bowling Area (Settee)
- Lanes
Spectators sit, food and drinks allowed in this area.
Concourse
Wait to bowl, no food and drinks in this area.
Bowling area (settee)
Average weight of bowling balls
8-16 pounds
Average size of bowling balls
27 inches in circumference and about 8 1/2 in diameter.
Amount of pins
10 down and 21 total
Area found toward the back of the lane where the bowlers take their steps and the lane where the bowlers take their steps and swing prior to the delivery of the ball.
The approach
In front of the approach and foul line where the ball rolls to encounter the pins.
Lane
How many boards make up a lane
39
Area of the lane where pins are set
Pin deck
7 large markings placed in a inverted V formation.
Target arrows
Place on the lane ewhere your balls land when you make a shot.
Lay-down point
3 types of grips?
- Conventional
- Fingertip
- Semi-fingertip
Most common grip, holes are drilled deeper so that your fingers and thumb enter up to the 2nd knuckle.
Conventional
Second most popular grip, your fingers fit up to the 1st knuckle.
Fingertip
More experienced bolwers, drilled so that your fingers fit up to midway between the 2nd and 1st knuckle.
Semi-finger tip
Refers to bowling balls finish
Porosity
3 parts of bowling ball?
- The shell
- The core
- Weight block
Most important part of the bowling approach
The pushaway
Movement of the ball away from the body
The pushaway
Most common and easiest approach to perfect.
4 step approach
Distance between finger holes on ball.
Bridge
The gutter
Channel
