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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• Pick
  See chop.

• Pie
  See blocked.

• Pin
  A small round colored pin in a bowling ball that signifies the top of the core/weight block. Usually colored the same as the engraving paint.

• Pin action
  The manner in which the pins react to the impact of the bowling ball.

• Pin shift
  The process of creating reaction in a bowling ball by displacing the pin from the axis of rotation or the PAP.

• Pitch
  The angle at which a hole is drilled into a bowling ball in relationship to the center of the ball.

• Pivot point
  Point on the ball’s surface where all track lines intersect.

• Positive axis point (PAP)
  Point on the surface of the ball that signifies the bowlers axis of rotation, on the positive side of the ball.

• Positive side weight
  Imbalance that effectively makes the right side of the bowling ball from the center of grip heavier than the left for right handed release players, and left side of the ball heavier than the right for left handed release players.

• Positive weight
  Imbalance which causes finger, positive side or top weight.