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- Sanctioned
Competition in accordance with American Bowling Congress or Womenıs
International Bowling Congress rules.
- Sandbagger
Bowler who keeps his average down purposely in order to receive
a higher handicap than he deserves.
- Sandwich game A 200 game scored by alternating strikes and spares.
(Dutch 200)
- Scenic route
Path taken by a big curve ball.
- Schleifer
Thin-hit strike where pins seem to fall one by one.
- Scratch
Without benefit of handicap; actual score.
- Semi-fingertip
A ball drilling that allows the ball to rest on the pads between
the second and third joints of the third and fourth fingers. More
powerful than a conventional grip, less powerful than a full fingertip
grip, it is generally not recommended.
- Semi-roller
A ball that rolls on a track just outside the thumb-hole. Also
called a semi-spinner. This type of ball is considered the most
powerful and has displaced the full-roller in professional bowling.
- Separation
The distance you allow between your standing position and where
you want the ball placed on the lane to hit the target.
- Set
Ball holding in the pocket.
- Shadow ball
A ball rolled in practice without the pins being set, usually
for five minutes or just one or two balls before competition play.
- Short pin
A pin rolling on the alley bed which just fails to reach and hit
a standing pin.
- Shotgun shot
Rolling the ball from the hip.
- Sidearming; sidewheeling
Allowing the arm to draw away from its proper position during
back and forward swing.
- Sideboards
Vertical division between lanes at the pit end. (kickbacks)
- Sixpack
Six strikes in a row.
- Sleeper
A pin directly behind another pin; respectively: 8-4, 5-1, 9-3.
(barmaid, bicycle, double wood, motherinlaw, oneinthedark,
tandem)
- Slick
Land condition highly polished; tends to hold back hook. Not the
same as oily.
- Slide
The last step of the delivery.
- Slot, slot alley
Lane on which strikes come easy caused by a track worn into the
lane.
- Slot grip
A grip on the bowling ball where the area between the third and
fourth fingers is drilled away, resulting in one large finger
hole.
- Small ball
Type of ball that doesnıt mix the pins; must hit pocket perfectly
for strikes.
- Snake eyes
The 7-10 split. (bedposts, fence posts, goal posts, mule ears)
- Snow plow
A ball that clears all the pins for a strike.
- Soft alley; soft lane
A lane on which strikes come easy.
- Sour apple
1) Weak ball which leaves the 5-7, 5-10 or 5-7-10 split; 2) specifically,
the 5-7-10 split.
- Span
Distance between thumb and finger holes.
- Spare
All pins down with two balls.
- Spare leave
Refers to pins standing after first ball is rolled.
- Spiller
A light-hit strike in which the pins seem to melt away, taking
a longer time than other strike hits.
- Splasher
A strike where the pins are downed quickly.
- Splice
Area of lane where maple and pine boards join. (break of the boards,
dovetails, piano keys)
- Split
A spare leave in which the headpin is down and the remaining combination
of pins have an intermediate pin down immediately ahead of or
between them. (hole, railroad)
- Spot bowling
Target on lane at which the bowler aims; could be a dot, a board,
or an arrow.
- Squeeze
The action of the second and third fingers against the thumb,
much like snapping the fingers, as they deliver the ball.
- Steal
To get more pins than you deserve on a strike hit.
- Stiff, stiff alley
A lane with a tendency to hold a hook ball back.
- Strap the ball
Get maximum lift.
- Strike
All ten pins down on the first ball. See also double, turkey,
four- and five-bagger, and sixpack. Seven, eight, nine, ten and
eleven strikes in a row are called seven-in-a-row, eight-in-a-row,
etc.
- Strike out
To get all three available strike in the tenth frame or, similarly,
finish the game from any point with strikes.
- Strike split
The 8-10 for right-handers and the 7-9 for lefties; ball looks
good but splits.
- String
Three or more consecutive strikes. Also, in some areas, one game
of bowling.
- Stroke
The arm and hand motion during the act of delivery over the foul
line.
- Sweeper
- 1) A wide-breaking hook which carries a strike as though the
pins were pushed with a broom; 2) a night of league bowling, previously
designated, where bowling fees go toward high-scoring individuals
or teams for that night.
- Sweepstakes
Bowling tournament
- Swing shot
Marshall Holmanıs favorite. Starts at third arrow, goes to second
and back to pocket; for bowlers with lots of hook. See 'line ball'
and 'point shot.'
- Swiss cheese ball
A ball used in pro shops to determine a bowler's finger size and
span for drilling.
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