About Bowling
Bowling is a sport or game by rolling or throwing a bowling ball using one hand with a 10-pointed targeted triangle (when viewed from above) at the end of the bowling lane. In bowling games every player (bowler) is given twice the chance to roll or toss a bowling ball. If on the first occasion the player using the bowling ball he wore successfully dropped all the pins, then the throw is called a strike. But if on the first throw the pin is left, then the player does a second throw and manages to drop all the remaining pins, then the throw is called spare. And if on the second throw fails to drop all the remaining pins then the throw is called open frame. Throw strike, spare and open frame will affect the calculation of scores obtained by players. The maximum score a player can gain in one game is 300 (if all strike).
The history of the sport of bowling began when Julius Cesar came to power in 1950 BC, in the Alpine region (Italy) many played a game called Bocce. As time passes many of the names that sprang up for the game include Bowl Skittles, Kegling, Ten pin, Dutch Pin and Quilles. In Germany the person playing the game is associated with a religious ceremony, called Kegle which means Satan. Someone is welcome to throw or roll a rock or a ball into the direction of the kegle (pin), if all the kegle falls then the person can be said to be holy in his life in the world.
Along with the development of the game of bowling began to be widely known to the public and not a few who began to enjoy bowling. WTBA (World Tenpin Bowling Association) is a bowling society around the world. WTBA was established in 1930. In the WTBA is divided into 3 zones in the world namely the American zone (PABCON), Asian zone (ABF) and European zone (ETBF). In Indonesia itself there is Indonesian Bowling Association (PBI), which was established on October 20, 1970.
