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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• Negative side weight
  Imbalance in a ball that effectively makes the left side of the ball heavier for right handed release players, and the right side of the ball heavier for left handed release players.

• Negative weight
  Imbalance which causes thumb, negative side or bottom weight.

• Nothing ball
  See dead ball.