Bowling ball random when impacting a full rack of pins on the first delivery of a frame, and sometimes when hitting downed "dead wood" pins on subsequent deliveries—the candlepin bowling sport is the only major one that allows fallen pins, provided no part of any fallen pin extends more than 24 inches (61 cm) forward of the head-pin spot, to remain on the lane's pindeck to be used in knocking down more pins with the next ball delivery in the same round—up to three balls are delivered, much as in duckpins, in each round of candlepins for one bowler. Bowling ball A
Bowling ball all down with a single roll. Five-pin bowling balls have no finger holes and are between in diameter. They weigh between . The smaller size and lighter weight of the balls allows bowlers to hold the ball in the palm of their hand when bowling. The ball used in candlepins has a maximum weight of , and has a maximum diameter of , making it the smallest bowling ball of any North American bowling sport. The nearly identical weight of the ball, when compared to that of just one candlepin, tends to cause rapidly delivered balls to sometimes bounce at