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- Hi, I'm Ms. Penny and these are the KidVision kids
and we're here today to find out about bowling.
- That's awesome, let me introduce myself.
My name is Darren Franks, I'm the general manager here
at Striker's Family Sports Center.
It's nice to meet you, you guys excited
to learn about bowling today?
- Yeah!
- That's awesome, did you know bowling is a family sport
that you can do from the little age of three
all the way up to the age of 100.
- And I see we have shoes, I think shoes
are the first thing we get when we go bowling
- [Darren] That is correct, Penny.
Bowling shoes are a very important part of our sport.
The reason for the bowling shoes is
because of the sole of the shoe itself.
It gives you a surface that makes you slide
instead of sticking.
If you would stick, you would hurt your knee,
possibly fall down and get hurt.
It's very important to wear the proper bowling shoes
while you are bowling.
- [Ms. Penny] We can get those shoes when we come
to a bowling alley, correct?
- [Darren] That is correct.
Once you come to the center, you come up
to the front desk and you ask for what size you are.
And as you see, every shoe here has a number
on the back of the shoe.
That indicates your shoe size.
What size are you?
- 13.
- Oh, great, I already have the 13.
And what about you?
- Two.
- Okay, there you go.
And what about you, sir?
- 12.
- A 12, awesome, I'll get those for you.
And how about you?
- Seven and a half.
- He wears the same size as I do.
- (laughing) Here you go, sir.
- [Ms. Penny] There you go.
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- Let's go over the bowling ball.
They range in weights from six pounds all the way
up to 16 pounds, so depending on your weight,
determines the weight of your bowling ball.
It's typically 10% of your body weight
will consider the weight of your bowling ball.
How we fit the bowling ball to our hand
to make sure we have the proper fit.
This is called the smart ball system.
What it's doing is telling us what size fingers
and thumbs we should be using at this time.
Let's try yours, what you're going to do is you're going
to insert your two fingers here, into the holes,
and then slide in your thumb, like that.
Can you get out of it okay?
Perfect, you're an XX small.
- [Ms. Penny] I like the sizes written on there.
- [Darren] What about you, ma'am?
- [Ms. Penny] Oh, that looks good.
- You're an X small.
- Extra small.
- [Darren] Does that fit okay?
Can you come out of it okay, no problem?
- [Ms. Penny] Oh, he does.
- And for you?
- I think he needs a medium.
- Right, can you come out of it okay?
Your thumb clears it?
Great, as you can see our balls here
at Striker's Family Sports Center has the word
on it what finger holes you are.
That one is yours.
- Is that heavy?
- [Darren] Good, now this is a six pound ball.
If you look on the side of the ball, it'll tell you
the weight of the bowling ball.
- Oh, that's where it is.
Normally the kids use the six pound weight
because they'd be about 60 pounds.
We have shoes, now let's get our ball,
and then we'll go to the lane.
I know there's safety rules in all games.
Could you tell us some safety rules
or the safety rules for bowling.
- I'll be glad to tell you and show you.
There's a foul line at the beginning of the lane
and it's very important that you don't go
across that foul line, due to the fact there's oil
on the lane and if you go across that and slip
and fall, you can get hurt and we don't want
to see anybody get hurt, is that right?
- Right.
- Perfect, another safety feature is the ball return.
The ball return is where the ball returns
from the back so you can go again.
You don't want to put your hands in there,
your feet, your head, or anything
because you'll get hurt by the ball.
Does everybody understand that rule?
- Yes.
- Picking up the bowling ball from the rack
is very important as well so you don't smash your fingers.
What you're going to do is grab the bowling ball
with both hands, you're going to take it closer
to your body, not out here, but closer to your body,
you're going to insert your fingers first,
and then your thumb, and then you're
in the starting position, ready to bowl.
Everybody understand?
- Yes.
- Awesome, the next step is to put our names
in the bowling system so we can start bowling.
- Yes!
- Let's get started.
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- How do we actually bowl?
What is our body form?
- Body form is very important, it's the balance
that you do at the line to make sure
that you don't tip over.
The body form is with your left foot forward,
your right foot behind you, and you follow through
with a swinging motion.
- What is the object of the game?
- [Darren] The object of the game is to knock down
as many pins as possible.
- And how many pins are set up for us?
- There's 10 of them.
- [Ms. Penny] Bowling pins are set up in a triangle shape.
A bowling game has 10 pins and 10 frames.
You have two chances to knock down
all 10 pins for each frame.
The scoreboard automatically adds and subtracts our scores.
- Who's going down?
- Oh no, we're winning, the girls against the boys.
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Thank you, Strikers Family Sports Center,
for making our day a real strike!