Bowling For Beginners

By: bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 5/8/16, Updated: 2/26/21

Bowling for beginners is a wonderful recreational and competitive pastime.

Not everyone is able to continue playing games or sports. Most everyone, however, can bowl.

There are some folks who are unable for certain reasons to play softball, football, soccer, basketball, wrestling, as examples, so bowling becomes a popular alternative.

Bowling is still the No. 1 participatory sport in the world and has been for many years.

Because bowling can be played as both a social and recreational game, it attracts more than 100 million people who engage in bowling at least one time per year worldwide.

As a recreation, bowling can be enjoyed with family and friends.

As a form of competition, weekly leagues are the staple of bowling centers across America and the world.

Leagues are for bowlers of any age. Leagues are predominantly handicap formats allowing for bowlers of various average game scores to compete on a level playing field.

League bowling is relatively an inexpensive weekly activity offering prizes for teams and for individuals.

As bowlers become more experienced, some will opt for competing in tournaments.

Tournaments are fun and provide good competition.

Tournaments provide immediate payoffs in most cases for those who earn top finishing positions upon completion of the competitions.

Like bowling leagues, tournaments are both handicap and scratch events so anyone at virtually any skill level can participate.



If you are getting started in the game, consider using the services of a qualified bowling instructor to help you learn the fundamentals of the game and easily get you on a path to a lifelong entertainment experience.

There is nothing more fun than engaging in an enjoyable game in a climate controlled bowling center with friends and family or when competing for prizes against fellow bowlers.