Ten-pin bowling duckpin bowling (conceived in 1895), popular in the Northeast United States, as well as Canada's own sport of five-pin bowling, all three of which use smaller diameter, lighter weight bowling balls when compared to tenpin bowling, without the necessity for finger holes in them. The , lane is bordered along its length by semicylindrical channels called "gutters", which are designed to collect errant balls. The overall width of the lane including the channels is . The narrow lane prevents bowling a straight line at the angle required to consistently carry (knock down) all ten pins for a strike. Most skillful
Ten-pin bowling ten-pin magazines and news services are the international and world-renowned "Bowling Digital News", the international "Bowlers Journal Online" and the "International Bowling Industry". Specific American magazines of note are the "Bowling This Month" magazine and the "Bowling Digest". Additionally, other than books written by bowling instructors on the coaching and training of the sport, books on the humorous and historical side of ten-pin bowling have become extremely popular. Some of these include "A Funnier Approach", "The Funniest Approach", "Bowled Over", "The New Bowling Trivia Book", "Two For Stew" and "The Tour Would Be Great". Ten-pin bowling has been referenced in