The main goal of bowling is to knock out the maximum number of pins by throwing a special ball and score a large number of points. In order to play bowling correctly, you should study the technique of throwing the ball and the rules of the game.
- Before the start of the game, a ball of the required mass is selected. As a rule, the mass of the ball should be 1/10 of the player's weight. It should be noted that the heavier the ball, the easier it is to control it during the throw.
- A regular ball has three holes, which should be taken with the ring, middle and thumb. The thumb goes completely into the hole, and the ring and middle finger only up to the second phalanx. The index finger and little finger are positioned freely on the surface of the ball.
- To make a good throw, you need to take the ball in your right hand, while supporting it with your other hand and lower it down to a level between your chest and waist. The elbow of the right hand should be pressed against the thigh.
- The game includes ten rounds. In each round, the player makes two throws of the ball, except for the tenth round, which may include three throws: an additional throw is made after knocking out a strike (pins knocked down on the first try) or spa (pins knocked down in two throws) in the tenth round and is counted only for the results of the tenth round.
- If the player was unable to knock down all the pins within two tosses of the ball in one round, then the stage remains open.
- The points scored at each stage are counted as the sum of the pins hit and the bonuses. In a round in which all pins have not been knocked out, the number of points is equal to the number of pins knocked out. The player is awarded bonus points if he knocks out a strike or a spa. For one strike, ten points and bonuses equal to the number of pins knocked out by a player in two throws are awarded. For one spa, ten points are awarded and bonuses in the form of the number of pins hit by the player in the next throw of the ball.
- The maximum number of points scored in one round is thirty (if the player hits three strikes in a row), and in the whole game - 300 (twelve strikes knocked out in a row). In fact, bowling with high scores (over 200 points) is possible only in case of several strikes knocked out in a row, which is an indicator of high skill.
- The scoring is carried out using an automatic system that shows the result of each shot, the final result and other calculations on the monitor screen, which is located above the track.
