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Ten-pin bowling
(or more commonly, just "bowling") is a competitive sport in which a player (the
“bowler”) rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic (polyurethane) lane
with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.
The 41.5-inch (105 cm) wide, 60-foot (18 m) lane is bordered along its length by
"gutters”—semicircular channels designed to collect errant balls which also pose
an obstacle to advanced bowlers, because a straight ball cannot be rolled on a
regulation lane at the angle required to consistently carry (knock down) all ten
pins for a strike. |
