Lane & Pindeck Information

Information of the Pin Deck see diagram below From the directionall arrows to the pin deck is 45ft. From the foul line to the front pin ( 1 pin ) is 60ft long the width of the lanes are 42" which consists of 39 boards the 20th board is the center of the lane 15ft from the foul line is a set of 7 target arrows, you use these arrows to help your aiming ( direction of line) Note that the target arrows ( which are 5 boards apart ) are not on the same boards as the centers of the pins, with the exception of the 1 and the 5 pins The Approach is 15ft long with 3 sets of markers on the lanes. The 1st set at the back of the lanes, the 2nd set 3ft from the 1st set and the 3rd set on the foul line 12ft from the 2nd set.

This diagram shows what is known as the perfect strike the perfect strike starts when the ball rolls in on to the 1 pin on the 17 board, ( known as the Pocket to a right-handed bowler ) the 1 pin knocks down the 2 pin, the 2 pin knocks down the 4 pin, and the 4 pin knocks down the 7 pin, the ball then drives through and hits the 3 pin and deflects on to the 5 pin, the 3 pin hits the 6 pin, which then hits the 10 pin down. the ball then deflects off the 5 pin and hits the 9 pin down and the 5 pin hits down the 8 pin. so as a result of a perfect strike the bowling ball should only hit 4 pins = 1 - 3 - 5 - 9 pins a left-handed bowler's perfect strike should hit only the  1 - 2 - 5 - 8 pins But as we all know there are a lot of lucky strikes so if you get one TAKE IT.

The Pins are 15" in height and 4 3/4" in diameter at the widest point 2" at the base and the center of gravity of a pin is about 5 3/4" up from the base and the weight of a bowling pin must be between 3lb 6oz and 3lb 10oz. A set of pins is the total number of pins in use by one machine ( usually 20 ) so a 20 pin set of 3lb 8oz pins must weigh within 4 oz  of 70lbs The distance between adjacent pins is 12 inches. As seen in the diagram the pindeck layout is composed of 9 equilateral triangles. each with sides 12 inches long. this means the distance between the 1 - 7, 1 - 10 and 7 - 10 pins is 36 inches, = another equilateral triangle. There are 3 pairs of pins where the distance between them are 20 3/4 inches,  the 1 - 5, 2 - 8 and 3 - 9. The layout of the pins, and their numbering, is standard throughout the world. left-handed bowlers number the pins in the same sequence as right-handed bowlers. wherever you are in the world, the left-hand pin on the back row is ALWAYS the 7 pin, and the right-hand pin on the back row is ALWAYS the 10 pin, and so on.