Consequently, as you swing around to hit the pins, the flexing and stretching provides adequate exercise for your tendons, joints, ligaments, and muscles in the arms. 2. Fat burning As your muscles flex, turn, and twist in every swinging motion that you make while playing bowling, these moves can actually promote the burning of some accumulated body fat. The repetition of the delivery of the ball can help in hitting the right target and executing the right movements. Here are some tips for a better delivery of the ball: 1. Having a relaxed grip of the ball is very important in making the arm flow freely when swinging. This will help in overcoming the fear of dropping the ball. This will enable the player's arms to be properly toned so that it can handle the weight and strain of the bowling ball. 4. Breathe out During warm up exercises, it is important to do some deep breathing. It is best to hold your breath for about 6 counts in between deep breaths in order to condition the lungs. In the event of a spare, indicate a slash (/) in the small box after all the pins have been knocked down on the second attempt. Then wait for the number of pins to fall on the next frame's first attempt and add this to the 10 points from the spare. Write this number in the totals area of the frame where the spare was made. It's not a bad idea to set a budget before doing some serious shopping. Very inexpensive balls can roll in at about $50, but professional grade ones will cost in the hundreds or more. It is possible to find good buys on all types of balls by shopping around and even considering used or form lane balls, but many prefer to have their very own, brand new ball. For practical purposes I want to concentrate on bowling ball basics and not on lane characteristics. What you as a beginner need to know about bowling balls. There are several variations of bowling played through out the world. But for the most part these variations are forms of either five-pin bowling or ten-pin bowling.