Bowling Lane Boards

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The remaining 45 feet of the bowling lane, beyond the approach, are divided into 39 boards, each of which is 1 inch wide. The boards are numbered from 1 to 39, and the bowler aims for a specific board depending on the desired angle of entry into the pins.

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Approach & Header

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The first 15 feet of the bowling lane are called the approach, where the bowler stands and throws the ball. The next 15-20 feet are called the header, the first portion of the lane that is usually hard maple to absorb the impact of the thrown balls

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The Jerk

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The 1979 film "The Jerk" featured a memorable scene in which Steve Martin's character invents a device to ensure perfect strikes in bowling.

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United States Bowling Congress

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The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is a sports membership organization dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States. It was formed in 2005 by a merger of the American Bowling Congress—the original codifier of all tenpin bowling standards, rules and regulations from 1895 onwards; the Women's International Bowling Congress—founded…

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