An Introduction to the Game of Bowling
Ten-pin bowling is very similar to the other forms, except The Game obviously uses ten pins which the player should attempt to knock down as many pins possible to score points. The Game has ten frames with each frame consisting two rolls for each competing player.
Another popular bowling variant is the Five-pin bowling which is often played in Canada. It is a recent modification of Ten-pin bowling but instead of two attempts, Five-pin has three attempts, and each attempt can be Thrown in quick succession. The Game employs smaller balls without fingerholes, making it difficult to attain a perfect score since splits are more frequent.
The outdoor type usually used for lawn, or a patch of gravel. The examples of which are Lawn Bowling, Bocce, and Petanque. Petanque is widely played in especially in France.
Tracing up bowling’s history, it is widely believed that the German culture was the cradle of this sport. Though there have been substantial evidences of bowling-like games in ancient Egypt, history clearly points that bowling really did occur in Germany since its dark ages. In those days, heathens and heretics abound the land and the usual practice for the German clergy was a simple test of knocking down clubs called Kegel by rolling a stone or a wooden ball. If the individual succeeds in knocking down the club, he is considered free of sin. This practice eventually made its way from the secular world to the common people and along the way got more refined until ultimately became an interesting sport that survive till this day.
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