Intro:
Before you begin
Step 1:
Understand the score sheet
Step 2:
Bowl and add
Step 3:
Record a spare
Step 4:
Record a strike
Step 5:
Record a tenth-frame spare or strike

2torial #0732:
Learn2 Score a Bowling Game (continued)

Record a strike

A strike is when you knock down all ten pins on the first ball of a frame. After a strike, you do not get a second ball. Mark an "X" in the small, left-hand square and leave the larger box for that frame blank until you determine your score for the next frame.

You'll then wait until you've bowled both your balls in the next frame before you determine your score. Add ten to whatever you earn in the next frame, and mark that under the "X" for the previous frame. For instance, you bowl a strike in frame five, and then a "6" and a "1" in the next frame. You've earned 17 pins in frame five. Add this to the 43 you already have, and mark "60" in the box for frame five. Adding the seven pins you just knocked down, you'd mark a "67" in the large box under frame six.

Note: Both a spare and a strike are worth ten pins. The difference in how each is scored depends on what you roll in the next frame. With a spare, you add ten to the number of pins knocked down with the next ball. With a strike, you add ten to the number of pins knocked down with the next two balls.