The Game » Glossary

Here you can find a glossary of bowlingterms sorted by alphabet. You can choose a letter of the alphabet by clicking on one of the letters in the menu below. He and his should be read as 'he and his or she and her' throughout this glossary.

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• Label shift
  Displacement of the label from the center of the grip.

• Lateral pitches
  Right and left components of hole angle in any drilled bowling ball.

• Leverage position
  In bowling, it is the position at which the bowler is able to use his body to create rotation, speed and momentum on the bowling ball (balanced position).

• Leverage weight
  A drilling in which the center of the weight block is placed at a 45 degree angle to the axis of rotation of the bowler.

• Line
  Intended path of the ball down the lane.

• Loft
  Distance the ball travels before actually making contact with the lane surface after the bowler releases the bowling ball.

• Low track
  A track outside the finger holes and thumb hole, but more than two inches from either.