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For the use of this term in cricket, see Bowling (cricket).

The sports known as bowling may be divided into two distinct groups. The first group is played along an "alley", most commonly of wood. Here the players attempt to score points by throwing a ball to knock down pins. Included in this group are

• Ten-pin bowling
• Five-pin bowling, played in Canada
• Nine-pin skittles
• Candlepin bowling, played in eastern Canada and New England, is a variation of ten-pin bowling, where the player gets to roll a small ball three times per frame instead of two, and fallen pins are not removed between throws.
• Duckpin bowling , commonly found in the Baltimore, Maryland area, in central Connecticut, and in eastern Canada, is another variation of ten-pin bowling, where the player rolls three times per frame toward small, squat pins.

The second group is played on a lawn, usually outdoors. Here the players throw a ball (which may be eccentrically weighted) in an attempt to put it closest to a designated point. This group includes

• Lawn bowls
• Bocce
• PétanquePetanque is a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a jack (a small wooden ball called a cochonnet in French, which means piglet). The game is normally played on hard sand/gravel, but can also be played on grass or

1 See also

• Skittles — the sport from which "alley" based Bowling originated
• Skee ballSkee ball (also spelled skeeball or skee-ball is a common game found in arcades and one of the first redemption games. It is similar to bowling except it is played on an incline lane and the player is expected to get the ball to fall into a hole rather th — a game that plays similar to bowling

2 External link

• Bowling tips