Pinboy
05-23-2008, 10:25 PM
The bowlinglane
The bowling lane is normally divided into five different sections. These sections are the players area, the approach, the lane, the gutter and the pins.
The players area is the space where a player waits on his turn to bowl. To throw your ball you need to step onto the approach, this is the runway to the lane where you can pick up momentum for delivery of the bowling ball. You need special bowling shoes with slide soles before you can step onto the approach. On the approach you can find different points, called 'dots', which are orientation points for the player on the approach. At the end of the approach you see a thick black line, called the foul line, and it marks the separation between the approach and the lane. You are not allowed to cross this line, else the throw is discarded due to a foul and you will see an 'F' on the screen.
The lane is made out of wood or synthetics and consists out of 39 boards. The lane has a length of 60 feet (about 18 meters), measured from the foul line to the head-pin. It consists out of different sections, which differ in smoothness from each other, so you can create hook. You can create hook because of the dressing on the lane. This usually is a fine layer of mineral based oil, which is also used as protection of the lane against any damage. The dressing is brought onto the lane with the help of a so called lane conditioner, which first strips (cleans) old dressing of the lane and then sprays a new dressing onto the lane. If a lane has a lot of dressing on it, it is called a fast lane. if the lane has little dressing on it, the lane is called a dry lane.
You can find all kinds of orientation points on the lane, namely the 'dots' and the 'arrows'. The 'dots' are the points at the beginning of the lane and usually there are eight of them. The 'arrows' can be found at about 12 feet on the lane and there are seven of them. On both sides of the lane you see a gutter, in which the ball falls if you don't keep it on the lane. The gutter transports the ball to the back of the lane without hitting a pin and the ball will then be brought back to the ball return for the next turn.
But the idea of bowling is to keep the ball on the lane, so that you can hit some pins. In total there are ten pins standing at the end of the lane which are set up in the shape of a triangle. If a right-handed bowler hits the head-pin on the right side, you have thrown your ball in the 'pocket'. Else if the bowler has hit the left side of the head-pin, he has hit the 'brooklyn'. This is vice versa for a left-handed bowler. After you have thrown your ball the rack will come down and the fallen pins are cleaned up. Until the rack goes up again you need to wait before you can throw another ball.
The bowling lane is normally divided into five different sections. These sections are the players area, the approach, the lane, the gutter and the pins.
The players area is the space where a player waits on his turn to bowl. To throw your ball you need to step onto the approach, this is the runway to the lane where you can pick up momentum for delivery of the bowling ball. You need special bowling shoes with slide soles before you can step onto the approach. On the approach you can find different points, called 'dots', which are orientation points for the player on the approach. At the end of the approach you see a thick black line, called the foul line, and it marks the separation between the approach and the lane. You are not allowed to cross this line, else the throw is discarded due to a foul and you will see an 'F' on the screen.
The lane is made out of wood or synthetics and consists out of 39 boards. The lane has a length of 60 feet (about 18 meters), measured from the foul line to the head-pin. It consists out of different sections, which differ in smoothness from each other, so you can create hook. You can create hook because of the dressing on the lane. This usually is a fine layer of mineral based oil, which is also used as protection of the lane against any damage. The dressing is brought onto the lane with the help of a so called lane conditioner, which first strips (cleans) old dressing of the lane and then sprays a new dressing onto the lane. If a lane has a lot of dressing on it, it is called a fast lane. if the lane has little dressing on it, the lane is called a dry lane.
You can find all kinds of orientation points on the lane, namely the 'dots' and the 'arrows'. The 'dots' are the points at the beginning of the lane and usually there are eight of them. The 'arrows' can be found at about 12 feet on the lane and there are seven of them. On both sides of the lane you see a gutter, in which the ball falls if you don't keep it on the lane. The gutter transports the ball to the back of the lane without hitting a pin and the ball will then be brought back to the ball return for the next turn.
But the idea of bowling is to keep the ball on the lane, so that you can hit some pins. In total there are ten pins standing at the end of the lane which are set up in the shape of a triangle. If a right-handed bowler hits the head-pin on the right side, you have thrown your ball in the 'pocket'. Else if the bowler has hit the left side of the head-pin, he has hit the 'brooklyn'. This is vice versa for a left-handed bowler. After you have thrown your ball the rack will come down and the fallen pins are cleaned up. Until the rack goes up again you need to wait before you can throw another ball.