Bowling history and techniques

Bowling can be considered one of the world's oldest sports. There is evidence that bowling exists for thousands of years, the beginnings go back to about 5200B.C. to Egypt.
Today only in United States, this sport is practiced by nearly eighty-two million people. As bowling has developed, several national organizations have been developed around. Some of them are the American Bowling Congress, Women's International Bowling Congress, the American Junior Bowling Congress, the National Bowling Congress.
This game seems quite simple, but you can notice different techniques and styles. This sport is divided into four segments:the approach, the lane, the pin deck, the pit area. The lane measures approximately seventy-eight feet from the front edge of the approach to the back of the pin deck.
Concerning equipment, two basic equipments are necessary to practice:properly fitted bowling ball and proper bowling shoes.
The proper pair of bowling shoes are in need, because they are allowed the bowling player to start and stop properly. All bowling establishments have rental shoes.
Right-handed bowlers have shoes with a soft leather sole and a rubber heel on the left shoe(for sliding). There is a rubber sole and heel with a leather tip on the right shoe(for starting). On a left-handed bowler's shoes, this is the opposite.
Coming to ball weight, there is a choice between a dozens of balls. They weight from ten to sixteen pounds. Women players prefer twelve to fourteen pound balls, men play with fourteen-sixteen pound balls. The majority of balls have three holes, some balls have two finger holes. Some holes are small, others are large. Some holes are close together, whilst other holes are far apart.
All of these will affect your grip. You should play with a ball, that you can throw(deliver)without effort! The general rule is, the heavier is better.
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