August 18, 2009
Bowling
By Max
At August 16th, I, my brother and my mom and dad went to play bowling at Shoushan bowling center. For the first time I play bowling in Shoushan bowling center, I learned a lot of things at bowling.
Bowling is a kind of ball sport, and tests your skill, and you need to do the right position to master it.
First, if you want to play bowling, you need to pay 50 dollars for each game. Ex: We play 4 games first, so we pay 200 dollars. Also, the people will tell you which lane you can play.
Then, because you need to wear bowling shoes to play, so you need to know your foot size, and someone will give you that size of shoes. Then you can play! I know that Dexter shoes are the best because they can slide and it’s beautiful! Forget about the old rental shoes.
You need to pick the right ball for bowling. If the ball is too heavy, it can hurt you. The bowling balls are 8-16 pounds heavy. This time, I get the 8 pound ball (about 3.6 kg).
I grip the ball with the thumb, index finger and middle finger. But I think my bowling ball grip is wrong, after I noticed that guy at the video grips his ball with the thumb, middle finger and ring finger. I also know the grip for a spinning ball is with the middle finger and the ring finger, but not the THUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At the bowling lane, you can see 7 arrows and 10 dots. I also know that one arrow equals 5 boards, so it goes 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 for right-handers, and the opposite for left-handers. For right-handers, you aim the bowling ball to the second arrow from the right, and you need to hit the 1 and 3 pin to get a strike. Left-handers aim the second arrow from the left, and hit the 1 pin and 2 pin to get a strike.
I also know how to score for bowling. Here’s the scoring.
l If you didn’t hit all ten pins after two balls, you get depending with how many pins you hit. Ex: If you hit 8 pins, you score 8 points.
If you get a spare (means hit all ten pins after two balls), you get 11+how many pins you hit after the first ball. Ex: If you hit 7 pins at the first ball, you get 18 points when you get a spare.
l If you get a strike, you get 30 points.
l There are 3 balls at the tenth round, but only you get a strike at the first ball. If you didn’t get a strike, you can only throw 2 balls.
l The highest point in bowling is 300 points, but only you get twelve strikes at a row.
I think bowling is fun, because it only takes 20-30 minutes to play, and I am happy to see the pins being hit. So I wish to play again.
