Bowling ball Bowling ball A bowling ball is a piece of sporting equipment used to hit bowling pins in the sport of bowling. Balls used in ten-pin bowling are typically hard spheres with three holes drilled in them, one each for the ring and middle fingers, and one for the thumb. Regulating bodies such as the USBC maintain requirements for the properties of bowling balls, including size, hardness, and number of holes, as well as maintaining a list of bowling balls approved for competitive play. Other bowling balls, such as those used in five-pin bowling, candlepin bowling, and duckpin bowling are smaller,
Ten-pin bowling ten-pin magazines and news services are the international and world-renowned "Bowling Digital News", the international "Bowlers Journal Online" and the "International Bowling Industry". Specific American magazines of note are the "Bowling This Month" magazine and the "Bowling Digest". Additionally, other than books written by bowling instructors on the coaching and training of the sport, books on the humorous and historical side of ten-pin bowling have become extremely popular. Some of these include "A Funnier Approach", "The Funniest Approach", "Bowled Over", "The New Bowling Trivia Book", "Two For Stew" and "The Tour Would Be Great". Ten-pin bowling has been referenced in