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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• Weak tenpin
  The first ball leaves a solid ten and pin six is lying in the gutter right of pin ten. This is caused by a deflective ball without enough finish on the pins.

• Weight block
  Traditionally, the dense part of material found in the interior of a bowling ball designed to help create ball reaction.

• Weight hole
  See balance hole.