Ten-pin bowling ramp in which a bowler will use two hands and push the ball down the ramp onto the lane. There are three widely recognized delivery styles used while the ball is released onto the lane. (See article: Bowling form.) These are the "stroker", "cranker" and "tweener" styles. Lesser used (and newer) styles include "no-thumb" and "two-handed". Strokers often keep their shoulders square to the foul line and their backswing generally does not go much above parallel to the ground. This type of delivery reduces the ball's rate of revolution, thus decreasing its hook potential and hitting power. Strokers rely on
Anne Bailey (ten-pin bowling) Anne Bailey (ten-pin bowling) Anne Mary Bailey (born 1 June 1951) is a British-born ten-pin bowling champion. She is best known for winning the Bronze medal in the 1972 AMF World Cup tournament, held in Hamburg, West Germany. Bailey was born in Kent, England, but relocated to Hong Kong, China as a child. A full-time secretary by trade, she became a local bowling phenomenon around the country, which was under British rule at the time. Along with her father Bill Bailey (born 1919—d. 1979), the "father-and-daughter" team were local celebrities throughout the Asian as well as English bowling community. Bailey's