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
Nine-pin bowling order that maximizes their success. Typical nine-pin league bowling teams have both male and female bowlers with ages that span from teenagers up to 80- and 90-year-old great-grandparents. It is not unheard of for an 80-something grandmother to be on a bowling team because “she can hit the left side every time”. Nine-pin bowling also uses human “pin-setters” who have the responsibility of returning the bowling ball, shoving the fallen pins into the pit, and resetting the “Full House” as necessary. While this may be a throwback to a forgotten age, there are many civic leaders in the Guadalupe-Comal-Bexar counties