Draft:Outline of bowling

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to bowling:

Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term bowling usually refers to pin bowling, most commonly ten-pin bowling, though in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, bowling may also refer to target bowling, such as lawn bowls. Bowling is played by 120 million people in more than 90 countries, including 70 million people in the United States alone.

What type of thing is bowling?

Bowling can be described as all of the following:

• Game – structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more concerned with the expression of ideas. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional sports).
  • Ball game – game played with a ball.
• Sport – form of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants.
  • Competitive sport – sport in which one or more participants or teams compete against one another. The one that is the most successful in achieving the objective of the game or sport event is the winner.
  • Individual sport – sport in which participants compete as individuals.
  • Recreational sport – sport engaged in as a leisure time activity.
  • Spectator sport – sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. Spectator sports are a form of entertainment.
  • Professional sport – sport in which the athletes receive payment for their performance.
  • Target sport –

Types of bowling games

Pin bowling

• Ten-pin bowling - Most common variant, uses 10 pins and large finger-holed ball
• Nine-pin bowling - Uses 9 pins and small ball without finger holes
• Candlepin bowling - Uses tall, thin pins and small handheld ball
• Duckpin bowling - Uses short, squat pins and small handheld ball
• Five-pin bowling - Uses 5 pins with rubber girdle, small handheld ball, popular in Canada

Target bowling

• Lawn bowls - Outdoor bowling on grass or artificial surface
• Bocce - Italian lawn bowling game
• Carpet bowls - Indoor variant played on a carpet
• Pétanque - French outdoor bowling game
• Boules - General term for games involving throwing balls toward a target
• Curling - Ice bowling sport using stones

Other variants

• Skittles - Historical game, forerunner of modern pin bowling

Terminology of bowling

• Glossary of bowling

History of bowling

• History of bowling

Bowling events

• Bowling at the 1978 Asian Games
• Bowling at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games
• Bowling at the 1986 Asian Games
• Bowling at the 1987 Southeast Asian Games
• Bowling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Bowling at the 1991 Pan American Games
• Bowling at the 1994 Asian Games
• Bowling at the 1995 Pan American Games
• Bowling at the 1998 Asian Games
• Bowling at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's doubles
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's masters
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's singles
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's team
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's trios
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's doubles
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's masters
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's singles
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's team
• Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's trios
• Bowling at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Bowling at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
• Bowling at the 2005 West Asian Games
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's all-events
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's doubles
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's masters
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's singles
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's team
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's trios
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's all-events
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's doubles
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's masters
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's singles
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's team
• Bowling at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's trios
• Bowling at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Bowling at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games
• Bowling at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Bowling at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
• Bowling at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games
• Bowling at the 2009 Asian Youth Games
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's all-events
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's doubles
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's masters
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's singles
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's team
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's trios
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's all-events
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's doubles
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's masters
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's singles
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's team
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's trios
• Bowling at the 2010 Asian Para Games
• Bowling at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Bowling at the 2010 South American Games
• Bowling at the 2010 South American Games – Men's all events singles
• Bowling at the 2010 South American Games – Men's all events teams
• Bowling at the 2010 South American Games – Men's doubles
• Bowling at the 2010 South American Games – Men's four players team
• Bowling at the 2010 South American Games – Men's singles
• Bowling at the 2010 South American Games – Men's trios
• Bowling at the 2010 South American Games – Mixed doubles
• Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games
• Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's individual
• Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's pairs
• Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification
• Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's individual
• Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's pairs
• Bowling at the 2011 Pan Arab Games
• Bowling at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games
• Bowling at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
• Bowling at the 2013 Bolivarian Games
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's all-events
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's doubles
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's masters
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's singles
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's team
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's trios
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's all-events
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's doubles
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's masters
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's singles
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's team
• Bowling at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's trios
• Bowling at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Bowling at the 2014 South American Games
• Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's doubles
• Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's singles
• Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification
• Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's doubles
• Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's singles
• Bowling at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
• Bowling at the Asian Games
• Bowling at the Pan American Games
• Bowling at the Summer Olympics
• Bowling at the World Games

General bowling concepts

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• Automatic scorer
• Bowling Alone (2000) argues the decline in league bowling exemplifies a decline in social participation
• Bowling alley
• Bowling ball
• Frames per stop
• Glossary of bowling
• International Bowling Federation, the world governing body of bowling
• Irish road bowling, along country roads, without a target
• New Zealand Indoor Bowls
• Open bowling
• Pinsetter

See also

• Outline of sports

External links

• The basics of the game from tenpinbowling.org
• Five tips on selecting a bowling ball, from perfectbowling.com
• Bowling Tips to Improve Bowling Skills, from helpwithbowling.com
• Bowling tutorials
• Bowl.com
• International Bowling Museum