Bowling

📖 In short

Bowling is a game where a player rolls a heavy ball down a long, smooth wooden lane to knock down ten bottle-shaped pins set in a triangle at the end. It's a fun game played in indoor halls with family and friends.

🤩 Did you know?

The ten pins are set in a triangle about 91 centimeters on each side.
Each pin's center is about 30 centimeters from the next.
The highest score in a full game of bowling is 300.
Bowling is popular in America, Canada and Japan.

🔎 Find out more

🌟 The perfect throw

If a player knocks down all ten pins with the first ball, it's called a “strike”, the best throw. If they knock them all down with two balls, it's a “spare”.

🔍 The heavy ball

A bowling ball has three holes, for the thumb and the two middle fingers. Each player chooses a ball that suits their weight and hand size, and children use light balls.

💡 An old toy

People have played games like bowling for thousands of years: a ball and pieces like bowling pins were found in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child!