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Series: Bowling
Teach Me How To Bowl
How
To Tally Bowling Scores
Tallying bowling scores may seem difficult
to many people, but score keeping is as simple as adding
up the number of pins each player knocks down. When bowling, each
player has a turn to knock down the ten pins, and each player
has two opportunities to knock them down. On the first attempt
a player will bowl their ball, and knock down as many pins
as possible. All of the pins that are knocked down on the first
attempt are counted and recorded. In a bowling alley, a pin
setter will remove the standing pins, clear the pins that are
knocked down, then return the remaining pins. Then the player
gets their second attempt, and any pins that are knocked down
will be counted and added to the first score. The score from
both attempts will be added together, then to any previous
scores.
Before taking score, each player name should be written in
the space provided on the score sheet. Recording a player’s
score requires locating the player’s name, then writing the
number of pins knocked down in the small space in the top left
corner of the box for a specific frame. The number of pins
knocked over on the second attempt should be recorded in the
small box next to the first recorded score. The two scores
from each attempt should be added together, and then recorded
in the large blank space at the bottom of the box. In the game
of bowling each set of ten pins is called a frame, and a complete
game of bowling will be ten frames. In bowling, the object
of the game is to knock over all ten pins in each frame; a
high score indicates how well a player has performed.
If a player knocks down six pins on the first attempt then
two pins on the second attempt, the player’s score is eight
for the first frame. In the second frame, if the same player
knocks down seven pins on the first attempt of the second frame,
and one pin on the second attempt, then the player will have
a total score of 16. There is also the possibility of bonus
scoring in the game of bowling. Bonus scoring occurs when a
bowler knocks down all ten pins in each frame. The bonus points
will depend on whether a player knocked down all ten pins on
the first ball roll or the second ball roll. Knocking down
all ten pins on the first ball roll is known as a strike. Recording
a strike requires marking an X for that frame; the player’s
score will be the ten pins that they knocked down plus any
other pins that are knocked down on the next two ball rolls.
When
scoring a strike, scorekeeper must record the ten points
plus the pins knocked down on the second attempt. The result
of these scores should be recorded in the totals area for the
frame that the strike was thrown in. After a strike, the next
frame should be scored as usual. If a player bowls another
strike, then ten points should be added for the first strike
along with ten for the second strike, and the number of pins
knocked over on the first attempt of the next frame. A player
that knocks down all ten pins on the second ball roll is noted
as rolling a spare.
A
spare should be recorded as a / for that frame, and a player’s
score will be the ten pins that were knocked over plus what
they knock over on the next roll. The scores in a bowling game
will continue to accumulate until each bowler plays all ten
frames. If one bowler rolls a strike or spare on the 10th frame,
then that bowler’s score will continue to rise as the bowler
throws rolls their bonus balls. Once each player has finished
the ten frames, all of their scores are added up to determine
the winner.
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