Coloring Book Bowling

Bowling is a popular amusement game in which players try to knock down bowling pins set on a lane using a special ball. The game of bowling is played on specially prepared lanes and is popular all over the world.

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1. History: Bowling has a long history, dating back to ancient times. Originally, the game was popular in various cultures, such as ancient Greece and Egypt, where pebbles were used to knock down wooden skittles.
2. Track construction: A modern bowling lane is a rectangular surface covered with special plastic or wood. The lane has seven or ten bowling pins arranged in the form of a triangle, which players try to knock down.
3. Bowling: The traditional game of bowling uses ten bowling pins. They are made of wood or other materials, usually in the shape of cylinders, except for the central bowling pin, which is larger and acts as the "father bowling pin."
4. Bullet: A special ball, called a "bowling ball," is used to play bowling. Balls can be made of various materials, such as wood, rubber composite or plastic.
5. Purpose of the game: The goal of the bowling game is to knock down as many pins as possible with one or more throws of the ball. Players try to achieve the maximum score, and during subsequent throws the pins are rearranged depending on how many have been knocked down.
6. Points: Points are awarded for each bowling pin knocked down, usually from 1 to 10 depending on the bowling number. There are also "spares" (knocking down all the pins in two throws) and "strikes" (knocking down all the pins in one throw), which award bonus points.
7. Variants: There are different variants of bowling, such as nine-pin bowling, nine-pin bowling and children's versions. There are also local rule variations in some countries.
8. Professional leagues: Bowling is popular both as a recreational game and in the form of professional competition. There are international leagues and tournaments in which players compete at the highest level.
9. Bowling alleys: Bowling alleys are places where bowling games take place. They are special facilities equipped with lanes, balls and other necessary elements for the game.
10. Recreation and competition: Bowling is both a form of recreation for friends and families and a sporting competition for different skill levels.

trivia

1. First bowling in Europe: The first known bowling in Europe appeared in Germany, in the Lower Saxony region. Many of them are dated to the 13th century.
2. Relationship to religion: In the Middle Ages, bowling was sometimes associated with religious practices. For example, in Switzerland in the 13th century, bowling was thrown at a statue of the devil.
3. The golden age of bowling: The period of the 17th and 18th centuries is considered the "golden age" of bowling. Many monarchs and aristocrats had their own personal bowling lanes.
4. Bowling in the United States: In the United States, bowling games were extremely popular in the 1950s, when many bowling alleys were established across the country.
5. Bowling on the golf course: In some places around the world, there are bowling alleys on golf courses. While playing on a particular hole, players can also try to knock down bowling pins.
6. Bowling in space: In 1973, astronauts on the Skylab space station conducted an experiment in which they tried bowling in a weightless state.
7. Bowling and Paralympic sports: Many people with disabilities also practice bowling as a Paralympic sport.
8. World records: The highest recorded bowling score (in the ten-bowling version) is 300 points, a perfect "strike" in all rounds.
9. The oldest bowling alley in the United States: "Holler House" in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is believed to be the oldest continuously operating bowling alley in the United States, in existence since 1908.
10. Bowling and health: Playing bowling has a beneficial effect on physical and mental health. It helps strengthen muscles, improve motor coordination and reduce stress.
11. Bowling in the movies: The game of bowling appears in many films, sometimes being part of the plot, as in the case of the movie "Our movie is filming" (The Big Lebowski).
12. Bowling and the community: Many players play in bowling leagues, creating communities with a passion for the game.