Process

My process is bowling...

First step to bowling is to find a bowling alley. Some times they have special times that cost less or when the lanes are full with people playing league play; that is a specific group of people who get together weekly and play against each other.

After you arrive you pay for how many games you want to play, they tell you which lane to play on and then hand you shoes.

The shoes are special because you can't use regular shoes on the floors they use to make the lanes.

Next you find a ball that your fingers will fit in and isn't too heavy or too light, then take it to the lane where your going to be playing.

Enter the names of players so the computer can keep track of the score and whose turn is next.

First person rolls the ball down the lane toward the bowling pins at the end of the lane. You get 2 chances to try and knock over all the pins. 

When you roll it down to the end of the lane the bar comes down so no more balls can be thrown and then a machine picks up the pins that are still standing and sweeps away the ones that have been knocked over. It counts the ones knocked over and marks the score accordingly. 

The ball is returned to you through a machine under the floor.

There is one instance where you would only get 1 turn to throw the ball, that would be if you knock over all the pins with your first ball. That is called a strike. If you get all the pins knocked down but it takes you both balls to do it then it is called a spare.

After you throw your second ball it is the next person's turn. Play goes on alternating between players until everyone has had 10 turns, each turn is called a frame. On the 10th turn it is possible to get to throw 3 balls in one turn. If you get a strike or a spare in that 10th turn, then you get to throw 1 more ball so that the scoring can be completed. If you are playing more then 1 game then play continues in this fashion until you have finished all the games for which you have paid.

9th step, put your own shoes back on and take the borrowed ones back up to the desk and put the ball back on the rack.

All the shoes are sprayed after each time they have been used. 

A mom letting her little guy pick out a ball.

 

This little guy was ecstatic with his role. Didn't matter that he didn't knock them all down, just that he hit some and made them fall.

The balls come in all sorts of colors and with different kinds of swirls and sparkles to them. Some are even glow in the dark for when playing special games under black lights.

Walk out the door cuz it's time to go home!!