Basic Bowling Rules

• The goal is to knock down all ten pins
• Each frame consists of throwing the ball twice to knock down all the pins
• If you knock down all the pins with the first ball, it is called a "strike"
• If you knock down all the pins with the second ball, it is called a "spare"
• Each games consists of ten frames. If you bowl a strike in the tenth frame, you get two more balls. If you throw a spare, you get one more ball.
• Open frames are frames without a strike or spare
• Scoring is based on the number of pins you knock down. However, if you bowl a spare, you get to add the number of pins in your next ball to that frame. For strikes, you get the next two balls. For more information on bowling, click here.
• An average of three games are played during tournaments

Lane Etiquette

• Don't bowl in street shoes
• Bowl on your own lane
• Don't bowl at the same time as someone else on any lane next to you
• Keep an eye out for the foul line

Scoring

• Spare marked as slash "/" and strikes are marked as "x"
• The maximum score is 300 (when all frames are strikes)
• All pins must be knocked down in order to get a spare or a strike

In November, 2008, Assets On-The-Spot News Team took a trip to Leeward Bowl. Kimo and Jazelle provided us a great tour and even let us bowl a game for free! For more information on Leeward Bowl, click here.

Below are videos from the experience. Click on the image to watch the video.

(Above) Matt, from On-The-Spot News Team, inteviews Jazelle about the history of bowling in Hawaii.

(Above) Ever wonder what happens when you hit the pins? Kimo talks about the anatomy of a pinsetter.