In bowling, a score of 300 is considered a perfect game-the highest possible score in a game. It is achieved by bowling 12 strikes in a row. A bowling game consist of 10 frames. So a perfect game has one strike each for the first nine frames and three more in the tenth frame. When a player gets a strike of his first ball in the tenth frame he gets two more extra shots.
Many great bowlers have yet to experience the thrill of rolling a perfect game. I myself has not rolled one. I got 11 strikes in a row for around nine times already but I always ended up short on the twelfth. Historically, a perfect game was dauntingly difficult to achieved. But with the advent of new technology starting in the 1970's it has become a slightly easier goal even for the advanced amateur or the semi-professional players. Such technology include the use of more active synthetic bowling pins, more favorable lane conditions and most importantly bowling balls with modern coverstocks that allow greater hooking action and consequently better strike carry on less-than-perfect hits. Indeed, there is a certain amount of luck involved to score that magic number of 300 but a bowler can improve his chances of rolling a perfect game with the right equipment and state of mind and maybe a favorable lane condition.
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