Bowling Balls
Fitness
Rules
Terminology
Obscure Bowling
100
the material on the outer surface of the ball, and is very important in determining how your ball will react to the lane conditions
What is cover stock?
100
The ability to maintain strength contractions over a period of time
What is strength endurance?
100
the number of frames a game is made up of
What is ten frames?
100
playing surface, made of maple, pine or urethane boards; urethane lanes are becoming more popular than wood
What is an alley?
100
The largest and heaviest pins, and bowled with a large ball with three finger holes, and the most popular size in North America.
What is ten pin bowling?
200
Your ball should be approximately _____ of your body weight, up to the maximum 16 pounds
What is 10%?
200
Being __________reduces fatigue and enables the bowler to stay fresh during long periods of play
What is being aerobically fit?
200
The number of times the player is allowed to roll the ball in each turn
What is rolling twice?
200
A spare leave in which the headpin is down.
What is a split?
200
The tallest pins, thin with matching ends, and bowled with the smallest and lightest (at 1.1 kg) handheld ball of any bowling sport.
What is candlepin bowling?
300
Name at least 2 types of cover stock.
What is urethane, reactive, resin, or particles?
300
measurements of body size and shape, skinfold level
What is anthropometry?
300
The letter a strike is indicated with
What is the letter x?
300
The arc of the arm use to deliver the ball.
What is armswing?
300
short, squat, and bowled with a handheld ball.
What is duckpin bowling?
400
_____ cover stocks are the way to go if you normally throw the ball straight and want to continue to do so
What is plastic?
400
A bowler needs good __________ to be able to carry and deliver weighted ball maybe hundreds of times in a session.
What is grip strength?
400
The area of the approach
What is 15 feet long.
400
Three strikes in a row
What is a turkey?
400
tall, between duckpins and candlepins in diameter with a rubber girdle, bowled with a handheld ball, mostly found in Canada.
What is five-pin bowling?
500
______ cover stocks are essentially a hybrid of urethane and reactive resin. They have the consistent grip of urethane and the massive backend of reactive resin.
What is particle cover stocks?
500
They need to be _____ enough to perform the range of movement required to perform the skill.
What is flexible?
500
Bowling in ordinary ______ isn't permitted, because it can damage the lanes
What are shoes?
500
Expression used to describe a single pin that is left standing after what seemed to be a shot where the bowler expected to strike.
What is tap?
500
is an Irish sport in which competitors attempt to take the fewest throws to propel a metal ball along a predetermined course of country roads
What is Irish road bowling?
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