Alternate bowling formats to mix it up and have fun!

Glow bowling
Many bowling centers offer glow bowling or cosmic bowling, which means the lights are dimmed and neon lights, fog and rock 'n' roll prevail.

9-pin no-tap
A strike is recorded when a bowler knocks down nine pins or 10 pins on the first delivery. For any other pin count, the bowler receives the actual pin count (anything less than nine pins knocked down) and a second ball is thrown.

3-6-9 game
In a 3-6-9 game, each bowler automatically receives a strike in the third, sixth and ninth frames.

Best ball
A combination of any two bowlers is allowed. Each bowler rolls one ball each frame. The better of the two balls is the score entered for the team. There are no spares recorded since the pins are reset after each ball thrown. The exception to this is the tenth frame where scoring is regulation for each bowler; i.e., if a strike is bowled on the first ball, the bowler would then roll two extra balls.

Baker system
A team consists of five bowlers. Each bowler rolls two frames per game. The play is fast-paced and each game takes only about ten minutes. All team members follow each other in regular order to bowl a single game. The lead bowler rolls the first complete frame followed by the No. 2 bowler rolling the second frame; the No. 3 bowler, the third frame; the No. 4 bowler, the fourth frame; and the No. 5 bowler, the fifth frame. The lead bowler then continues the game by bowling the sixth frame, and so on. The No. 5 bowler rolls all balls in the tenth frame.