Shattered Lanes

Bowling Terminologies

This part is a guide for those readers who are unfamiliar with bowling terminologies. This would help you to understand the details written in some parts of the story. Hope this will help!

Strike – Knocking down all the pins on the first throw.

Spare – Picking up a spare is knocking down all remaining pins on a bowler’s second throw.

Double – If you get two strikes in a row, you’ve just made yourself a double.

Turkey – Three strikes in a row is a turkey.

Badger – Once you’ve made a turkey, next up is a badger. A “four-badger” is four strikes in a row, a “five-badger” is five in a row, etc.

Perfect Game – 12 strikes in a row is a perfect game and totals 300 points.

Open Frame – An open frame is a turn with a score of zero points.

Pocket – The area just to the right of the head pin (for right-handed players) or the left of the head pin (for left-handed players). This is the sweet spot you generally want to aim for to minimize your chance of a split.

Split – When the remaining pins are left with a gap between them. Often, this is caused by hitting the head pin straight on instead of in the pocket.

The 7-10 Split – This is one of the toughest shots in bowling and occurs when only the leftmost and rightmost pins remain (i.e. the 7 and the 10 pin).