Learning to Write Scores in Bowling

Many bowling alleys, and commercial bowling centers, have automatic systems for scoring, so that players can just go ahead and play and not have to worry about manually scoring their own games anymore.

This is very convenient, and it's a good thing that bowling centers offer automatic scoring, because not everyone has the patience to learn how to score games manually.

However, if you are a serious bowler, you definitely need to learn how the scoring system works in standard 10-pin bowling. Today's discussion will center on the standard scoring guidelines for 10-pin bowling.

You don't have to score yourself during a game, because the machines will take care of that for you. But again, it would be best to know the scoring system if you are serious about a playing a sport.

1. A single game of 10-pin bowling consists of a total of ten individual frames. Each frame allows a player to throw a bowling ball twice. So, for each frame you have two chances to add a strike score, which is equivalent of 10 to your final, or total score, for that frame.

2. A strike occurs when a bowler is able to knock down all ten pins in the pin deck.

A strike is equivalent to a score of 10. If you were able to produce a strike on your first throw for the current frame, your total score for that particular frame can only be computed after two more rolls. When someone throws a strike, the strike is denoted by a big cross or X mark on the score sheet.

Usually, we associate the X or cross mark with zero points. In standard 10-pin bowling, an X mark means the bowler was able to throw a ball that knocked down all of the pins on the pin deck. It literally means there are zero standing pins remaining in the pocket.

3. If a player throws a ball, and it doesn't knock down every pin, but he is able to knock down the remaining pins on the second throw, that is called a spare. A spare is marked by a slash or half a cross on the scoring sheet. The total score for a frame that has a spare depends on the score that you will get on the next roll. A spare is always comprised of two consecutive rolls.

4. Each frame consists of two rolls. If you get a strike on the first roll, your score for that particular frame will only emerge after you have made a total of three rolls. If you get a total of three strikes in a row, your total score will be 10 x 3 = 30.

If you get at least one strike, and you got a zero in the next two rolls, your lowest possible score for that frame will be 10, which is just the score of the single strike. What if you get 1 strike, a 5, and another 5 in the third roll? Just add the numbers: 10 + 5 + 5 = 20. So your score will be 20.

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