There are some basic facts in 4 main areas: bowling lanes, bowling pins, bowling balls, and key elements to bowling well.
1) Bowling Lane Dimension Facts
* Lane Dimensions: 62 ft 10 3/16 inches long by 41 1/2 inches (+/- inch)
* Distance from foul line to center of the head pin is 60 ft
* Number of total boards is 39
* Approach is 15 ft in length from the edge to the foul line
* Center dot is located on the 20th board
* All dots are located 5 boards from each other
* There are 7 dots in front of the foul line
* There are 7 targeting arrows coinciding with the dots on the foul line
2) Bowling Pin Facts
* Pin Dimensions: 4 3/4 inches (at the pin's widest point)
* Pin Height: 15 inches
* Pin Weight: 3 lbs. 10 oz
3) Bowling Ball Facts
* Bowling ball Dimensions: 8.50 to 8.595 inches in diameter
* Bowling ball is 27 inches in circumference
* Bowling ball weight is up to 16 lbs. maximum
* ABC requires that no ball used in competition shall have more than 1 oz variance from side-to-side and front-to-back or more than 3 oz top-to-bottom
* Ask for clarification on any of the above factors from Chris Warren
4) Four Key Elements Needed To Bowl Well
* Direction
* Momentum
* Leverage
* Balance
The Four Key Elements topic is covered in more detail under another entry.
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