What's So Great About Bowling?

Well, a lot of things, almost anyone can do it, you can do it almost anytime, bowling isn't weather dependent, it's cheaper than most sports, it's a great way to make friends and best of all, it's fun! If you're a bowler, you're in very good company. Bowlers are among the most affluent and intelligent people on the planet.

Equipment

The basic requirements for bowling is a ball and shoes. If you are a competitive player, you may invest in your own equipment. A 10 pin bowling ball is big and has three finger holes (for 2 fingers and the thumb) on the side. Five pin bowling balls are small and have no finger holes. Shoes are the same for five and 10 pin bowling and come in many sizes, styles and colors. Some bowlers may find a bowling wristband helpful, to provide wrist support for lifting the heavier 10-pin-ball.

Language of Bowling

The main focus here is fun for the whole family and the friendly staff will help in any way to make your bowling experience both enjoyable and safe.

Maryam Bowling

Kish Island's only bowling center, a quality center, Maryam Bowling, opened March, 2005 and has entertained hundreds of bowling enthusiasts since that time. The bowling center is located on the entrance floor of the Maryam Bowling Center and features a state-of-the-art 16 lane bowling area, a supervised children's play center and convenient snack Bar to serve any need.

Maryam bowling Lanes sports the latest, most popular attractions available from famous Bowling. These include Frameworx seating and automatic scoring and Cosmic Bowling. All these features add up to a great time bowling!

Bowling Background

Bowling is one of the most popular participatory (and television) sports in North America. The game is a test of coordination and strength but is relaxing enough to be social as well. Bowling is a sport that can be played by people of all ages, regardless of sex or physical condition.

The object is to roll the bowling ball down a "lane" and knock down as many "pins" as possible. There are two types of bowling: five pin or 10 pin. Each bowler gets two tries in a "frame" in ten pin, and three balls per frame in five pin bowling. A game lasts for ten frames.

A "strike" occurs when a player knocks down all the pins in the first attempt. In 10 pin bowling, the bowler gets 10 points for a strike. In five pin, a strike counts for 15 points. A player getting a strike gets a bonus of the score from the next two balls in the next frame (these, in effect, count twice).

The "spare" is the second best way to score, by knocking over all the pins with the second ball. A 10 pin bowler gets 10 points for a spare plus the score from the next ball thrown. In five pin, the player scores 15 points for the spare plus the sum from the next ball thrown.

If not all the pins are knocked down, a player gets one point for each pin knocked down.

Bowling can be a noisy sport, with the noise of falling pins in several lanes at once. It is courtesy that if requested, to be quiet so a player in the next lane can concentrate. Like driving a car at a four way stop, yield to the lane to your right (though, the bowler shooting the second ball has priority over the one who is rolling a first ball).