Hooking: A minor penalty which occurs when a player attempts to impede the progress of another player by hooking any part of the opponent’s body with the blade of his stick; an illegal use of one’s stick.

 

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Hooking: A minor penalty which occurs when a player attempts to impede the progress of another player by hooking any part of the opponent’s body with the blade of his stick; an illegal use of one’s stick.

Pearlized: A type of ball surface that is not a solid color, but has a swirling, cloud-like appearance. As a general rule, all things being equal, a pearlized ball tends to go longer before hooking tha . . . View Full Definition

Kill Shot: A ball thrown with the intention of it hooking less; an alternate release to throw the ball straighter on spares.

Hold Spot: A portion of the lane that is more heavily conditioned so that the ball appears to stop its hooking action and hold its spot on line to the pocket.

Polyester: Substance (a plastic) that was very popular in ball surface in the 1970's (among top players), and, still very popular today as either a spare ball or ball of first choice for recreational p . . . View Full Definition

Hook Out (Hook And Set): A type of ball reaction on the lanes where the ball begins to hook and then stops its hooking action and turns into more of an end over end roll. Can be very effective (Amletto Monicelli com . . . View Full Definition

Shining: Adding a polish to a ball to retard its hooking action. See polishing a ball.

Spare Ball: A ball used by players primarily for covering single pin spares. Typically, a spare ball will be a low hooking polyester ball that the player can throw straight at the pin, hopefully taking . . . View Full Definition

Skid: What the ball does when it first hits the lane surface; all balls need to skid before hooking.

Skate: Skidding too much, too far before hooking.