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Bowling Facts
  • The average adult bowler burns 240 calories per hour
  • 3 games of bowling = 1 mile of walking
  • Bowlers use 134 muscles during the basic 4-step approach
  • An average bowler swings 864 pounds full circle in a 3 game series
  • Bowling is a weight bearing sport which helps build strong healthy bones
  • Bowling requires mental focus and helps develop discipline
  • Bowling provides an exercise option for those with physical limitations
Bowling Facts
  • Bowling is one of the world\'s oldest sports, invented 5,000 years ago and is now popular in over 100 countries
  • The youngest to bowl a perfect 300 was only 10 years old
  • The oldest to bowl a perct 300 was 87 years old
  • The rules are the same for young and old, male and female
Bowling Facts
  • 10 million kids celebrate their birthday in a bowling center each year, making bowling centers the #1 birthday party destination for kids 12 & under
  • Bowling is the decade\'s fastest - growing American high school sport up 6% in 2006-2007
  • For the first time in 2006-2007, more than 2,000 schools offered boys and girls bowling programs
  • 45 states have varsity or club-level bowling