
You will get 10 points along with the total number of pins you have toppled with the next ball, so in total, you will be getting a maximum score of 20 points for a spare. If you can knock down all the ten pins in the pocket with the first two ball rolls in a frame, then it is termed as a spare. Now, let’s talk about the spares of duckpin bowling. So after the first strike with the next two ball rolls, you can get a maximum score of 30 in a single frame. The highest you can get in a frame is 30 points. You will receive 10 points (because of knocking down 10 pins). If you can manage to strike down all the pins into the pocket on your first roll in a single frame, then it will be considered a strike. All you need to do is pick up the ball and roll it on the lane while aiming to knock down the pins. The playing procedure is not complicated at all.

As the duckpin balls are lighter, the player (despite their ages) don’t have to wear any special gear like wrist or finger support. They get three chances to roll the balls in a single frame. After the duckpins are set at the end of the lane, the bowlers stand behind the foul line and deliver the duckpin balls. is holding the record of that since 1992. The highest score in duckpin bowling is 279 and Pete Signore Jr. It is extremely difficult to score more than 180 (on average) in Duckpin bowling. The target is to knock down the ten pins in to pockets in the least number of rolls per frame. Unlike the traditional bowling, in duckpin bowling a bowler can roll their ball three times in a frame. The scoring system is as same as ten-pin bowling. As the ball is lighter and smaller, you cannot knock down all the pins in a single shot, of course, except for some cases. This is simply because it is almost impossible to score a strike with the ball. This may sound very interesting, but no one has ever scored 300 in duckpin bowling in history. Similar to the usual ten-pin bowling, for Duckpin, your goal is to knock down the pins at the end of the lane with the duckpin ball. Unlike ten-pins, Duckpins are 9” in length and the bottom part is noticeably wider. Since the balls are significantly smaller and not as heavy as regular bowling balls, Duckpin balls don’t have any finger holes for gripping purposes. The weight of a Duckpin ball varies between 1.5 kg to 1.7 kg. The diameter of Duckpin balls 12 cm to 12.7 cm whereas a standard bowling ball is 21.83 cm in diameter. If you take a good look at the Duckpin bowling pins, you’ll notice they are also quite squattier that regular bowling pins.

So it is difficult to knock down pin Unlike the traditional bowling. It is because Duckpin Bowling’s bowling ball is much lighter and the pins are comparatively shorter. But it is more challenging than 10 Pin Bowling.

Duckpin Bowling is the updated version of 10 pin bowling. From the name, I assume, you can already tell it is a type of bowling game.
