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English: A ten-pin bowling rack with a bowling ball impacting the head pin while the ball is centered on "board 17.5", which is believed to be the impact point providing the greatest likelihood of striking. Diagram demonstrates that, contrary to common belief, the ideal "pocket" is not "between" the 1 and 3 pins.

Diagram also demonstrates how pins other than pins 1 and 5 are not set on boards that are multiples of 5.

Beginning with Version 3, diagram also shows entry angles of 0°, 2°, 4° and 6°.

  • Technical note: Object sizes and distances are intended to be to scale, though there is some tiny round-off error due to Microsoft Powerpoint's accepting only two digits to the right of the decimal point.
  • NOTE RE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS: Bowling ball is shifted from middle of Board 17 (Version 1) to the boundary between Boards 17 and 18 (Version 2) -- a half-board move to the left. Reason: there was ambiguity as to what "Board 17.5" means, so I uploaded versions for each interpretation. The 2009 USBC Pin Carry Study indicated peak strike likelihood at "2.5 inches offset", which indicates a point 2.5 inches right of center of the head pin (to the right of the center of board 20), which would imply that "Board 17.5" is actually the boundary between boards 17 and 18--as shown in the second version of this image. The strings on the lane in the picture on page 7 of the 2009 USBC Pin Carry Study PDF confirm that the second- and subsequently-uploaded versions are correct.
Changes arriving at the third, fourth, etc. versions are relatively minute.
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Corresponding images for w:Ten-pin bowling, w:Duckpin bowling, and w:Candlepin bowling were made using Powerpoint.

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current16:03, 2 May 2021Thumbnail for version as of 16:03, 2 May 20211,766 × 2,251 (202 KB)RCraig09Version 7: reduced file size at tinypng.com
05:07, 25 June 2019Thumbnail for version as of 05:07, 25 June 20191,766 × 2,251 (445 KB)RCraig09D'oh! I made the legend larger.
05:03, 25 June 2019Thumbnail for version as of 05:03, 25 June 20191,766 × 2,251 (444 KB)RCraig09Adding text legend at top of image "Ten-pin bowling" to distinguish from similar images uploaded for Duckpins and Candlepins.
03:26, 23 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 03:26, 23 January 20191,766 × 2,251 (439 KB)RCraig09In Powerpoint: removing red "Line" (that is, the outline) of pins that added inaccuracy to their thickness. This FOURTH version is believed to be the most accurate. Incidental changes: removed fringe from layers of bowling ball, and added subtle shadows to give dimensionality.
17:20, 13 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 17:20, 13 January 20191,766 × 2,251 (380 KB)RCraig09• Added ball paths for 0° and 2° and 4° and 6° angles of entry. • Moved ball forward minutely, to account for slight overlap in real life of pin and ball, since ball strikes pin below the pin's "waist" (widest point) and slightly above ball's equator. • Enlarged font of pin numbers.
01:18, 31 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 01:18, 31 December 20182,366 × 2,953 (552 KB)RCraig09Bowling ball is shifted from being centered from middle of Board 17, to the boundary between Boards 17 and 18 -- a half-inch move. There is ambiguity as to what "Board 17.5" means, so I'm uploading versions for each interpretation.
21:10, 30 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 21:10, 30 December 20182,366 × 2,958 (552 KB)RCraig09User created page with UploadWizard

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