Bowling ball to skid longer before reacting (hooking). Reactive cover stocks finishes include "matte" (aggressive reaction), "shiny" (longer skid distance than matte finish), "pearl" (greatest skid distance among reactive cover stocks), and "hybrid" (combination of skid distance and back end reaction). Duckpin balls weigh each, with up to three balls delivered per round (or "frame") of bowling for one bowler. The duckpin ball has a maximum diameter of , slightly larger than a candlepin ball but, like a candlepin ball, contains no finger holes. Duckpins are correspondingly shorter and lighter than their ten-pin equivalents and it is more difficult to knock them
Ten-pin bowling Track, DV8, Roto-Grip, Hammer, Circle Athletic, Columbia 300, Dyno-Thane, Fun Balls, Legends, MoRich, Robby, and Via Bowling. Specially designed shoe design and manufacture is also a significant enterprise that many companies have gotten involved in next to ball production. Some of the major shoe designers are Circle, Dexter, Etonic, and Linds. Individual stores that sell the merchandise made by these companies specifically for ten-pin bowlers are called pro shops. In the United States, bowling equipment sales totaled US$215 million in 1997 which is around the same figure as in 1996 when the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) released their reports.