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Ten-Pin Bowling

Ten Pin bowling is a sport that is played internationally an enjoy by many people. The people vary from age, skill level and whether they want to do it recreational or as a competitive sport. The game is based in a bowling alley which is has lanes which measures 60 feet long and roughly 42 inches wide with approaches about 15 feet long. The lanes are either made of wood or synthetic with the wood typically a sign of older age of the bowling alley. Then you take a bowling ball which can weigh from 6 pounds to 16 pounds at the most.

The objective is to hit as many pins as possible with the bowling ball on the first throw then try to hit the rest of the pins the second throw. The bowling pins weigh from 3 pounds 6 ounces to 3 pounds 10 ounces. If you get all the pin the first try it's called a strike and won't have to throw a second ball. If you don't get a strike the fist throw you have to throw a second ball to try and pick as many pins up and if you pick all of them up it's called a spare. Then if you don't get all the pins the on the second ball it's called an open frame. The game last ten frames with a max score of 300.

This shows how the house shot gets heavier toward the middle with a slow transition. The sport shot shows big blocks in the with the same shade showing the same amount of oil.

Oil Patterns

The difficulty of the sport comes from the oil patterns on the lanes. The oil on the lanes was first meant to be a protective lubricant layer to protected the lanes from the bowling balls. This was introduced in about the 70s where the game was just starting to get noticed. Then as the sport continued they realized that oil has an affect on the ball motion and making it easier or harder for the bowler to bowl good scored. This is where we come to oil patterns and how they differ from each other. The basic type of oil pattern is house shot which gives the bowlers a large margin for error. This typically consist of a great amount of oil in the middle part and very little amount toward the gutter giving the bowlers more miss room. The oil on these house shot patterns typically are 39-44 feet in length out of the 60 foot lane. The other types of oil patterns are called sport shot where it is a more difficult pattern. These are the type of patterns that you will see pro bowlers bowl on since these patterns are made to make you bowl bad. The pattern usually has about the same amount of oil in the middle and outside of the lane by the gutters making it more difficult for bowlers to score. This leads what players called a flat pattern since on the oil sheet there is just a more flat line showing how much the oil changes from the gutter to the middle of the lane. These patterns can be anywhere from 32 feet to 52 feet making the ball hook a lot on the short pattern smd hook less on longer patterns.

Equipment

In this photo you can see the core which can be made in weird shapes depending on what the manufacturers are trying to make the ball do.

There is plenty of equipment that needs to be used for this sport and some equipment that may not seem important but can make a huge difference for your game. The ball seems to be the one everyone sees as the important piece. The balls today can be made out of 3 different types of material starting with plastic being the oldest use one being one of the original materials for the ball, urethane being used later in about the 80s era then reactive resin that we are using today and been used since the 90s. The reactive resin has material in the cover of the ball which helps the ball read the oil and there is some covers that want to ignore the oil. These balls also have big cores in them ( which is visible in the photo to the side) These cores that you see make the ball do different shapes on the lane and helping the bowler to make the ball hook or curve on the lane. There is other of equipment like the shoes which helps the bowler slide or plant their foot to make them get to the foul line how they like it. these are the main equipment to get people started.