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
Ten-pin bowling influence lane conditions and scoring. Establishing a Bowling Ball Specifications Task Force—comprising research engineers and volunteers from ball manufacturing companies—the USBC sought to better understand the motion of bowling balls using scientific research and data analysis. Test equipment included, but was not limited to, a robotic ball-thrower, a Computer Aided Tracking System ("Super C.A.T.S."), 59 reactive resin and particle bowling balls from various manufacturers, and eight lanes in a climate-controlled facility. The driving force behind the study was summed up by USBC Technical Director Neil Stremmel: "USBC is concerned that technology has overtaken player skill [as the primary factor] in