Bowling

Bowling

Terms of or pertaining to a sport in which the object of the game is to knock over a set of pins by rolling a heavy ball across a defined boundary.

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floater

Sports; Bowling

A ball that has no lift or turn so it goes where the lane takes it.

outside

Sports; Bowling

A corner or near corner position on the playing lanes.

over

Sports; Bowling

Professional bowlers consider 200 per game about average or par. The number of pins above 200 is the number of pins that are "over". So a score of 230 is 30 over.

follow-through

Sports; Bowling

The bowlers motion after they release the ball.

When too much spin is put on the ball and not enough finger lift. The result is the ball does not have the proper action. When releasing a bowling ball the thumb should come out first, which will let ...