Bowling guide

Equipment and track

The balls were originally made of wood, but are now primarily made of various plastic materials and are provided with (usually) three finger holes. They shall weigh a maximum of 7,257 kg with a maximum circumference of 68.6 cm and a maximum diameter of 21.8 cm.

The web has a lacquered wood or laminate cover. The length is 19.2 m from an abutment line to the pit behind the cones, 18.29 m to the center of the first cone. The width is 1.06 m, and on both sides of the course there are boom gutters that catch bullets coming out. Before the line of betting, the player can run up to 4.6 m.

The cones are of wood with plastic coating or of plastic only, 38.1 cm high with bottom diameter 5.7 cm and weight approx. 1.5 kg. They are arranged in an equilateral triangle with the point towards the player and with a center distance of 30.5 cm.

In bowling, the ball is the most important part of the equipment. Spend some time choosing a bullet of the right size, weight and a suitable finger grip 토토사이트.

Games and points calculation

Two players or two teams compete against each other. The game is divided into rounds, in each round both players have in turn up to two strokes to overturn all the cones. To get the right hit point, give the bullets a screw so they roll in a curved path. A throw is rejected if you step on or above the line of action. A series consists of 10 rounds, a competition of one series or a total of several series.

Each falling cone gives one point. Thus, if you roll all the cones in the first strike, you get 10 points, plus a bonus which is the sum of the next two kinds of points. If you both need to knock over all the cones, you get 10 points plus a bonus which is the next kind of point. In the last half of the series you get an extra hit if you manage to strike or save during the first two strokes, to determine the bonus. If cones are left after the two strokes, you get one point per cone and no bonus points. When there are cones left on each side of the track after the first roll, this is called splittingel. breakthrough. The highest achievable score in a series is 300.

In the so-called European style of play, the entire series is played on the same course. In American style, two courses are used side by side with the same ball ride. Players switch lanes for each round.

History

Modern bowling has its origins in many old forms of bowling. German and Dutch emigrants introduced a game of nine cones to the United States all in the 17th century. This gained great popularity, but was banned in the 1840's because of all the bets that arose during the game. To circumvent the ban, they increased the number of cones to ten and lined them in a triangle. This is how tenpin bowling was created. Its present form got the game when the American Bowling Congress was founded in the United States in 1895, but first with the bowling machines in the 1950's bowling became really popular. In the US, bowling is also played professionally, often with big cash prizes.

The international amateur association, the World Tenpin Bowling Association , belongs to the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ), which was founded in 1951 and organizes several types of cone games. It has hosted the 1954 World Cup, from 1963 every four years. Before the Second World War, a former federation also organized a few World Cup contests. It is also the 1962 European Championship, now every four years between two World Cups. Also individual European Cup and World Cup.

Bowling gained entry into Norway in the 1960's, and the first bowling alley was opened in Bergen in 1960, in Oslo in 1961. The Norwegian Bowling Association was founded in 1962. The association has approx. 5000 Members (2003). The NM is organized from 1963, where champions are individually selected, for doubles (doubles) and for club teams of both genders. Also open NM from 1981, as well as series competitions for club teams divided into four divisions. The finals are often decided as stage finals . With e.g. four players in a stage final first meet the players with the two worst results, the winner of this settlement then meets the player with the second best result, and the winner here finally meets the player with the best result in advance. Bowling is also a great business sport. Arne Svein Strømwas voted the world's best amateur bowler in 1981 and won, among other things. the 1977 and 1982 World Cups, Tore Torgersen won the 1994 World Cup and the 1999 World Cup together and Kim Asbjørn Haugen won the 2001 World Cup.