If you thought bowling was not a physically demanding game, you would be better advised to have a rethink! In reality, bowling can be as exhausting as any other game where players are expected to keep performing for anywhere between 180 minutes to 240 minutes without any break. Boy that can be tiring! Consider also that during an average game, players usually walk anywhere between two to three miles! That's a lot of walking! As a result the players are susceptible to back and knee injuries.
Lawn bowling is a game played on green grass called the bowling green but in some of the dry countries they use artificial greens. In countries like Canada that experience harsh winters there are several indoor bowling centres where the game is played on synthetic greens.
The game has players delivering their bowls up the green where due to the bias of the ball the ball takes a curve and turns around. Their objective is to try and finish as close as possible to a small white ball. This white ball is called the “Jack.”
Lawn bowls come in many different sizes from 115mm to 130 mm, these are the mid sized mms bowls. The material used is hard plastic and this is the reason the bowls can bear all the friction. The weight of the bowls is also pre fixed and cannot exceed that particular weight. Now with changed rules lawn bowls are available in various colours from pink to green. The lawn bowls are not spherical like say, a cricket ball or a tennis ball. They are biased towards one side to allow them to follow a curved track around the “Jack.” The bowls carry a mark to indicate the side to which they are biased.
According to the Scottish Bowling Association, the normally square shaped bowling green should not be less than 34 metres, and in any case never greater than 40 metres in the direction of play. A bowling green is usually surrounded by a shallow ditch.