Lawn bowls to those who 'lean over the fence' to watch a game going on, appears to be a simple game. It is quite clear the target is the small white ball on the grass, but the questions which follow are not so simple :
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Why are the larger black bowls travelling in a curve up to their target? How are those enthusiastic players, encouraging one another, keeping score? What do all those instructions of 'draw on your forehand', 'draw on your backhand', 'run through the head', 'chalk one up' and so on, actually mean? |
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If,
as thousands around the world do each year, you catch the 'bowling bug'
and become a player at your local bowling club, you will learn the time
honoured language of bowling terms.
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