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Joe Jr

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USBC rules question
« on: November 20, 2008, 05:40:37 AM »
Few weeks ago my teammate was shooting at the 4-6-7 and the ball went in the gutter bounced out hit 7pin then bounced back out of the pit back onto the deck and 6pin. Now of course that didn't count because it it was in the ditch first, but what if it didn't go in the gutter. What if it hit the 7 then bounced back on the deck and hit the 6, would that have counted or is the ball dead once it's in the pit?
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ValentinoBowling

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Re: USBC rules question
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2008, 01:43:55 PM »
I've never seen a ball bounce back out of the pit.

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Re: USBC rules question
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2008, 01:50:50 PM »
I see balls bounce out of the pit all the time.......yes it's legal. I've seen the 7-10 converted a couple times......did it once my self. Drill the 10 pin hard..... head on....bounces out of the pit, rolls all the way across the lane and knocks over the 7 pin.
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Re: USBC rules question
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2008, 01:53:17 PM »
6b. Illegal Pinfall
 
When any of the following occur, the delivery counts but the resulting pinfall does not:
1.    A ball leaves the lane before reaching the pins.
2.    A ball rebounds from the rear cushion.
3.    A pin rebounds after coming in contact with the body, arms or legs of a human pinsetter.
4.    A pin is touched by mechanical pinsetting equipment.
5.    Any pin knocked down when dead wood is being removed.
6.    Any pin knocked down by a human pinsetter.
7.    The player commits a foul.
8.    A delivery is made with dead wood on the lane or in the gutter and the ball contacts such dead wood before leaving the lane surface.
9.    A delivery is made with dead wood on the lane or in the gutter, and a pin, after coming into contact with the dead wood, knocks down one or more pins.

 

If an illegal pinfall occurs and the player is entitled to additional deliveries in the frame, the pin(s) illegally knocked down must be respotted where it (they) originally stood before delivery of the ball.

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