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Fowling

Fowling is a football-bowling target game in which teams throw a football at opposing bowling pins. Fowling Warehouse/AFA rules and venue lane formats are documented; local house rules and booking models can vary.

LevelDiscipline FamilyPrecision Sport CategoryPrecision sport

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Classification

Category Precision sport

Family Precision Sport

Level Discipline

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Football throwing at bowling pins in a lane setup.

Geeignet für Suitable for groups, events and people who like target throwing with visible hit feedback.

Cost Venue admission or lane booking; owning a setup is unusual. Open play, group reservation or social-league fee. Fowling locations, AFA-adjacent offers or social-sports events. Clarify house rules, age/venue rules and fair-up rules first.

First progress First hits immediately; consistent pin clearing after a few rounds.

Fitness level low

Was du brauchst

fowling lane
football
bowling pins
throwing line
house or AFA rule

First steps

book a lane or use open play
clarify the throwing area
practise relaxed football spiral
aim at centre pins
understand fair-up rules

Fowling Warehouse, Fowling/AFA-adjacent venue, social-sports league, bar event or group reservation.

Throw only into the assigned lane and keep distance from other groups.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Football Bowling

Tags football throw, bowling pins, social sport, Footballwurf, Bowlingpins, Social Sport, fowling, football-bowling

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Clear the opposing pins with football throws before the other team does.

Teilnehmer

singles, doubles or teams depending on house rules.

Teamgröße

usually small teams on one lane.

Spielfeld

fowling lane with pin decks.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

pins, fair-ups, overtime and sudden death by the ruleset.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

football
bowling pins
lane
throwing line

Wichtige Regelpunkte

wrong throwing line
throwing out of order
tampering with pin reset
breaking lane safety rule

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Fowling Warehouse Fowling Warehouse · venue-official · medium
Official Rules of Fowling Fowling Warehouse / American Fowling Association · rulebook · high
Fowling Warehouse Kansas City Fowling Warehouse · venue-guide · medium
A New Game In Town... Fowling! Hey Michelle · experience-blog · low