Nine-pin bowling, which was popular all over Europe, appeared in the United States on 1626 because Dutch immigrants crossed the Atlantic to come to the United States. Before and after the reunification, similar lawn bowling also spread to the United States, which was the best form of entertainment for American pioneers, especially nine-pin bowling, so this game quickly spread throughout the United States like an infectious disease. 1800 years later, it can be said that it is the first golden age of nine-pin bowling. Because it is infiltrated into the way of money gambling, the degree of people's madness has greatly increased. Therefore, this game was savagely attacked by Puritans. Finally, in 184 1 year, new york issued the same order in Digg, and then the States successively issued bans, so nine-pin bowling finally disappeared in the United States.
For those who regard nine-pin bowling as healthy entertainment, the above ban is quite regrettable. So these people racked their brains to increase the number of bottles by one, arranged in a regular triangle, and appeared in the posture of ten pins bowling. Because ten pins of bowling got overwhelming support from bowling enthusiasts, 1847, a bowling club was opened for the first time in a basement in Guglini town, new york. The following year, the National Bowling Association was established, which unified the distance of fairways of various specifications and the size of spheres and formulated the rules of the game. This is the birth of modern bowling. 1890, due to the establishment of American amateur bowling league. The affairs of the NBA have also moved to this league.
1895, ABC, which represents the modern bowling association, was established, and its rules were greatly improved and more accurate. In addition, ABC has decided to hold regular elimination matches every year. 190 1 year, the first competition was held in the bowling alley of Verubak Building in Chicago. Since then, bowling has flourished and become one of the elegant halls. Then it became popular in America, Europe and Asia.
19 16 Women's Bowling Association and Youth Bowling Association were established.
From 65438 to 0946, AMF developed a fully automatic bottle-making machine, which pushed bowling into a new era.
1952, the International Bowling Federation was established with its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. It advocates and promotes the development of this sport with the Olympic spirit as its purpose. And divide the world into three regions: America, Europe and Asia.
1954, the first international competition was held in Helsinki, with seven European countries participating.
The first world championship was held in 1963.
The first World Cup was held in 1964.
The 1st Asian Championship was held in 1968.
1974, 1978 and 1986 were listed as official events of the Asian Games.
1988, bowling was listed as a performance event in the 24th Seoul Olympic Games.
From 65438 to 0992, bowling was listed as an official event for the first time in the 25th Barcelona Olympic Games.
1996 At the Atlanta Olympic Games, bowling became a performance event and strived to become an official Olympic event.
The United States has made great efforts for the popularization and development of bowling, making it the second largest sport in the world after basketball. According to the statistics in the 1990s, * * * has 80 million to 90 million members, including 37% women, 35% men and 28% teenagers. There are more than 10000 bowling centers in China, and about 20 million people participate in this activity every week. On average, three out of every five people are amateur athletes, and bowling enthusiasts are better than baseball, football, golf and tennis. According to statistics, Americans spend 47 billion dollars on sports every year, of which 6.4 billion dollars are used for tickets to watch various sports competitions, accounting for about 14%, and 6.2 billion dollars are used for membership fees such as bowling and golf.
In Europe, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Britain, the former Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Romania, and in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan Province Province and Hong Kong, bowling is also very popular. Japan and South Korea have the highest bowling skills in Asia, and have established professional associations respectively, forming a complete promotion and training system. Bowling is listed as physical education class by 140 schools, and every city above the county level has its own team.
Bowling is entertaining, interesting, resistant to hitting and skillful, which gives people physical and mental exercise. Because it is an indoor activity, it is not affected by external conditions such as time and climate, nor is it limited by age. It is easy to learn and play, so it becomes a special sport suitable for men, women and children.