I just found it yesterday, and I'm obsessed now. I did a search today for duckpin bowling alleys and it turns out they only exist in 11 states, mostly in New England. What a shame! This looks like a blast!
I grew up in Rhode Island. I bowled at lanes in Smithfield that are gone now. I also bowled here with my friends. I've been lucky to bowl ten-pin, duckpin, and candle-pin. I found duck-pin the most challenging. I wish the sport would grow.
Shout out to Don Dove. One of the best to ever do it. For those new to duckpin, you should know he now holds the record for most tournament victories in duckpin history.
I'm just starting to get into tournament bowling and doing sanction leagues/ fun leagues to stay sharp. I'm a 124 average at the moment and improved my average by 21 pins over one year so far.
I grew up duckpin in Stratford, CT. During the 90s. That place was amazing! Vivid memories. Upstairs and downstairs with about 15 lanes on each floor. And around the parameter they had arcade games/claw machines, etc. VERY OLD SCHOOL VIBE!! From what I heard the owner died and the son never reopened it. The building is still there. Hopefully it gets reopened one day and not demolished! 🤞
I bowled candlpin back in the 1960s and '70s at Pafford's Bowling alley, (now Town Hall Lanes) in Falmouth, Ma. I bowled Duckpin back in the '60s when I traveled off Cape, but stayed in New England of course. I remember when I served in the army back in the late 1960s and mentioned candle pin bowling to someone who had never been to New England and they would look at me like I was some kind of a nut! Duckpin is a nice little game somewhere between candlepin and ten pin bowling.
I was a master bowler in the 5 pin association. The hard belly duckpin would be fun to play. I have played the soft belly duckpin in Quebec , Lots of fun.
I'm 73 and when I was 12-13 I was what was called a "pinboy". We setting the balls . Obviously before automation. There was pedal we stepped on that made the spikes come up from the floor and with pins in hand you set them on the spikes. There was a passage between the two lanes so all the pinboys had 2 lanes to take care of. This game would be good for families wirh kids as the balls are way smaller.
@@brentvance3958 Here in the Philippines, majority of Duckpin Bowling Centers still had Pinboys while some had Sherman Pinsetters. Although all of them don’t have the Pindeck spike mechanism, so you’ll expect off spot pins.
i manage duckpin alleys and the club does not want to go automatic so we have pin kids i was a pin setter myself as well when i was 12 years old now 21
Ricashbringer There has never been a sanctioned perfect game. Plenty of people will claim they know someone who has. I’ve had plenty of amateur claim to do it themselves not understanding they are immediately exposing themselves to me as a liar. All that said, 12 strikes in row in duckpin bowling maybe the most difficult thing ever conceived by human beings.
i dont know him personally but at the duckpin alleys i manage there is a plaque with a guys name on it that says he bowled a 300 game its on a wall up stairs in the bar never met him i think he passed away but i believe it we also still have actual pin setters at my lanes.
Want more Duckpin Bowling ? Come to the Philippines, a tropical asian country was perfect for Duckpin Bowling. Well due to the Tropical Heat, many Lanes are not fresh but still playable. Plus most of Duckpin Centers are Pinboys.
If I ever take a trip to the Philippines, I'll definitely try out the duckpin houses out there. I'm in Rhode Island, USA so we have 6 duckpin alleys still around. I'm not half bad but still improving.
I wish there was more duckpin bowling. Standard duckpin bowling is the closest cousin to our 5 pin game. 3 balls per frame, same balls, similar difficulty. Although there has been (very few) perfect games in 5 pin, and none in duckpin, it does indicate that it's more difficult to get strikes in duckpin, but it's also much easier to spare splits.
I heard about this when I was a kid. There is this type and rubber duckoin where the pins have a band of rubber around the fat part. The game got its name from the way the pins fly "like a spooked flock of ducks"
When I lived up in Maryland I used to bowl duckpin the only bad thing about living in Enterprise Alabama, is there is no DP lanes l love the pin action which ten pin has little of my high was 170 in the ducks and 210 in the ten pin bowling I bowled at Marlo bowling alley in Md, it is so sad to see them go to ten pin
Zoomer30 They are younger guys. We always put more on the ball, mature, and grow from it. Donnie doesn’t throw the ball like that anymore. There’s no fire. Slowing your ball down keeps pins out of the pit so your pin action stays on the deck and work for you.
I've tried all the forms of bowling. I bowled 5 pin mostly, but I also bowled tenpin, standard duckpin, Quebec rubberband duckpin, candlepin. I find standard duckpin to be most comparable to 5 pin. Love it!
John Williams These two are bad representations of what duckpin has to offer as a whole. Dig deeper next time before labeling something. They’re young guys. That should tell you all you need to know about why they’re trying to force their way to victory. Donnie’s very first ball tells you everything you need to know. He was so tense he was a foot off the headpin to the tense side (2 pin). Duckpin maybe the most difficult iteration of bowling ever conceived but yeah, Ok, boomer.
I watched "Duckpins for Dollars" every Saturday morning in the late 60's early 70's out of the Baltimore area on TV as a kid growing up, followed up by Roller Derby!!!
I'm a scratch normal bowler. I tried duckpin once and it is a whole different world. You can't really try to hook it because it is inconsistent. Have to throw bullets and aim just off center and hope for the best.
As candlepin bowler, you would have an easier time. I went candling bowling for the first time in years. After getting a spare, I chopped out JUST THE HEAD pin. At least in duckpin, you will typically get 2 (the 1 and 5) or 3 (either the 8 or 9 pin in addition to the 1 and 5)
There's still 5 Pin Bowling in Canada and 9 Pin Bowling in Texas and Germany. As well as another variation of Duckpin Bowling called "Rubber Duckpin Bowling" which only played in the French Canadian areas.
Duckpin bowling is a lot harder than Ten pin bowling. That is why you get 3 balls per frame instead of 2. Plus there has never been a 300 game in duckpin bowling that I am aware of. Do some research on why duckpin is harder than Ten pin. Very interesting.
This just looks like a miniature version of regular bowling. I dont understand why they throw nothing but a straight ball. Why not put some curve on the ball and you should be able to make better shots.
Duckpin is a lot harder than 10 pin if you try to throw a big hook u will either throw it in the gutter or leave something weird. Avg in duckpin is about 90 vs 10 pin which is 140
As a duckpin bowler, nothing takes the wind out of my sails and rapes my hope for the future of humanity and by extension, my beloved sport, than the comment section of this video. HOW DARE YOU!? I SHOULD BE IN THE BOWLING ALLEY RIGHT NOW WORKING ON MY APPROACH. INSTEAD I AM HERE. PREACHING TO YOU 10 PIN ELITISTS. DUCKPIN BOWLING IS DYING! Please help by support the few alleys still open. I’m done the Greta joke now and I’m being serious. I bowl at AMF Southwest in Linthicum, MD. Come hang out. Bowl a couple games. Join a league! It’s like gambling but you get to exercise and play on a team!
I have bowled 4 different types of bowling in my lifetime and I can absolutely I assure you that duckpins which is what I grew up on in Massachusetts in the 70's- 2000's (candlepin 86'-94')is hands down the most fun out of any bowling game( and yes with the exception of candlepins(180) I bowled over 200 in all other bowling games including Canadian rubber ring duckpins.)Tenpin bowling is the most boring thing to play and watch. Hi impact solid plastic Duckpins fly from side to side with more action than any other bowling game and are a blast to bowl or watch. Tenpins just go clunk strike and with the exception of professionals whom strike most all the time, League tenpin bowlers are some of the worst spare shooters I've ever seen whereas duckpin/candlepin bowlers are far more accurate spare shooters as higher averages are completely dependent upon spares and not strikes!!
@@MrJerryscool because then maybe you could move out of your parents' house? Then again, saying there is no skill to duckpin bowling shows why you are too stupid to hold down a job.
If only someone can invent a new duckpin pinsetter and opening up a manufacture plant or warehouse to develop more of those. That pinsetter should be strictly free fall instead of the StringPin crap from Brunswick
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Anybody just realizing this is a thing for the first time? I never even heard of this!
You can thank Google and the crazy RUclips algorithm
I just found it yesterday, and I'm obsessed now. I did a search today for duckpin bowling alleys and it turns out they only exist in 11 states, mostly in New England. What a shame! This looks like a blast!
yup.... what the heck?
I grew up in Rhode Island. I bowled at lanes in Smithfield that are gone now. I also bowled here with my friends. I've been lucky to bowl ten-pin, duckpin, and candle-pin. I found duck-pin the most challenging. I wish the sport would grow.
MNTRUCKLORD yep one here
Shout out to Don Dove. One of the best to ever do it. For those new to duckpin, you should know he now holds the record for most tournament victories in duckpin history.
I'm just starting to get into tournament bowling and doing sanction leagues/ fun leagues to stay sharp. I'm a 124 average at the moment and improved my average by 21 pins over one year so far.
I grew up duckpin in Stratford, CT. During the 90s. That place was amazing! Vivid memories. Upstairs and downstairs with about 15 lanes on each floor. And around the parameter they had arcade games/claw machines, etc. VERY OLD SCHOOL VIBE!!
From what I heard the owner died and the son never reopened it. The building is still there. Hopefully it gets reopened one day and not demolished! 🤞
Brings back memories. My first job (I think I was 13) was a pinsetter at duckpin bowling alley. Duckpins are a lot of fun.
I bowled candlpin back in the 1960s and '70s at Pafford's Bowling alley, (now Town Hall Lanes) in Falmouth, Ma. I bowled Duckpin back in the '60s when I traveled off Cape, but stayed in New England of course. I remember when I served in the army back in the late 1960s and mentioned candle pin bowling to someone who had never been to New England and they would look at me like I was some kind of a nut! Duckpin is a nice little game somewhere between candlepin and ten pin bowling.
Amazing little read here. Have an amazing day!
It’s so weird to watch this because I’m a regular pin bowler
Same here
Same bruh there is rediculous pin carry in duck pin compared to us
Even weirder for me! A bowler...
Kingpin*
Candlepin bowling is even stranger, especially since they leave any fallen pins on the deck until the end of the frame (up to three balls)
Duckpin bowling has more explosive speed throws than ten pin bowling. Great challenge!
I was a master bowler in the 5 pin association. The hard belly duckpin would be fun to play. I have played the soft belly duckpin in Quebec , Lots of fun.
Whoa. Can u tell me difference in hard belly and soft belly duckpin?
I'm 73 and when I was 12-13 I was what was called a "pinboy". We setting the balls . Obviously before automation. There was pedal we stepped on that made the spikes come up from the floor and with pins in hand you set them on the spikes. There was a passage between the two lanes so all the pinboys had 2 lanes to take care of. This game would be good for families wirh kids as the balls are way smaller.
I did that in 1982. Owner refused to buy automatic pin setters. I was 12 years old.
@@brentvance3958 Here in the Philippines, majority of Duckpin Bowling Centers still had Pinboys while some had Sherman Pinsetters. Although all of them don’t have the Pindeck spike mechanism, so you’ll expect off spot pins.
i manage duckpin alleys and the club does not want to go automatic so we have pin kids i was a pin setter myself as well when i was 12 years old now 21
There has never been a perfect game in duckpin.
Ricashbringer
There has never been a sanctioned perfect game.
Plenty of people will claim they know someone who has. I’ve had plenty of amateur claim to do it themselves not understanding they are immediately exposing themselves to me as a liar.
All that said, 12 strikes in row in duckpin bowling maybe the most difficult thing ever conceived by human beings.
279 is the highest
i dont know him personally but at the duckpin alleys i manage there is a plaque with a guys name on it that says he bowled a 300 game its on a wall up stairs in the bar never met him i think he passed away but i believe it we also still have actual pin setters at my lanes.
Ey, highest score for candlepin is 245
Want more Duckpin Bowling ? Come to the Philippines, a tropical asian country was perfect for Duckpin Bowling. Well due to the Tropical Heat, many Lanes are not fresh but still playable. Plus most of Duckpin Centers are Pinboys.
If I ever take a trip to the Philippines, I'll definitely try out the duckpin houses out there. I'm in Rhode Island, USA so we have 6 duckpin alleys still around. I'm not half bad but still improving.
I remember this from when I was a kid in the 80’s. I wish it was still around today. Regular bowling balls are too heavy for me 🥹😭
Never have I found a duckpin bowling alley.
The Pariah try Pennsylvania, I believe there is one there
The Pariah found this:
www.duckpins.com/findducks.htm
It's a regional thing, mostly in the Northeast Corridor from Boston to Baltimore.
AMF Southwest Lanes
The Pariah
AMF Southwest Lanes
The truly amazing thing is, there’re companies making these balls? That said, this looks super fun for all ages.
Actually, it is.
Being raised in MD I bowled duckpin from 6y/o until adult, then transferred to 10pin when I moved to Ohio.
why am i watching this? enjoying it, but why am i watching it?
Our mans looks like the main character in that Atlantis Disney movie
The Cobra Effect milo thatch
That ball speed thou...
I wish there was more duckpin bowling. Standard duckpin bowling is the closest cousin to our 5 pin game. 3 balls per frame, same balls, similar difficulty. Although there has been (very few) perfect games in 5 pin, and none in duckpin, it does indicate that it's more difficult to get strikes in duckpin, but it's also much easier to spare splits.
I heard about this when I was a kid. There is this type and rubber duckoin where the pins have a band of rubber around the fat part. The game got its name from the way the pins fly "like a spooked flock of ducks"
I really thought they were named like that because if it’s shape
When I lived up in Maryland I used to bowl duckpin the only bad thing about living in Enterprise Alabama, is there is no DP lanes l love the pin action which ten pin has little of my high was 170 in the ducks and 210 in the ten pin bowling I bowled at Marlo bowling alley in Md, it is so sad to see them go to ten pin
So is there a rule of that you have to throw the ball at Mach 2?
Yes😁
Why not 🙂
Zoomer30
They are younger guys. We always put more on the ball, mature, and grow from it. Donnie doesn’t throw the ball like that anymore. There’s no fire. Slowing your ball down keeps pins out of the pit so your pin action stays on the deck and work for you.
No, but most duckpin bowlers are pin bowlers rather than spot bowlers, so they tend to roll the far lighter bowling ball faster.
The ball is smaller so yea. It’s like 5 pin bowling
This is neat. Here I have lived my whole life with one type of bowling.
Holy shit we’re watching giants bowl... Oh never mind they’re just tossing ostrich eggs at tiny pins...
Your comment made my day bro haha
Tougher than Tenpins. Nobody's ever bowled a perfect game in Duckpins
You can be forgiven for thinking that.
Don Dove in the 90s was every duckpin bowlers nightmare and every school girls dream
I’ve been watching this for 12 minutes before I realized it wasn’t bowling. I was just thinking what if I used a smaller ball
Check out Candlepin Bowling. Better than duckpin and the ball is about a pound smaller
@@scramboyant8358 😆
Anyone who thinks this isn't bowling is pretty ignorant.
@@Lewis9709 stoned*
would love to see a duckpinner vs candlepinner 2 strings (one of each) match. They seem so similar
And I would like to see a 10 Pin Bowler do both Duck and Candlepin. Or maybe even Canada's 5 pin game!
I've tried all the forms of bowling. I bowled 5 pin mostly, but I also bowled tenpin, standard duckpin, Quebec rubberband duckpin, candlepin. I find standard duckpin to be most comparable to 5 pin. Love it!
That 4th strike was the best youll ever see. Lol
Seems to be more about power than skill. I completely understand why it's not popular.
John Williams
These two are bad representations of what duckpin has to offer as a whole. Dig deeper next time before labeling something.
They’re young guys. That should tell you all you need to know about why they’re trying to force their way to victory. Donnie’s very first ball tells you everything you need to know. He was so tense he was a foot off the headpin to the tense side (2 pin).
Duckpin maybe the most difficult iteration of bowling ever conceived but yeah,
Ok, boomer.
what in the hell is this? I never knew it existed! They need to slow it down on the spare shots!
I bowl both 10pin and duckpin..l grew up in a bowling alley..10pin is more complicated..but yet duckpin is much harder..
I can’t believe this is a sport
did anyone else notice in the commercial someone else blew those candles out of the little girls cake?
@15:17 I came for the Duckpins, but stayed for the commercial..
That looks like so much fun I want to try😢
On my next vacation, I'm going to take a full week to travel to Massachusetts & Connecticut to try candlepin and duckpin bowling for the first time.
You know it's the early 90s when someone is barking like arsenio hall.
I love duckpin bowling and I heard obout it and it looks fun
Don Dove a legend !
i never heard of duckpin bowling
It is a Northeast and Mid Atlantic game. You probably won't find it anywhere else in the US
Daniel Jones southern New England * I guess north east works.
I watched "Duckpins for Dollars" every Saturday morning in the late 60's early 70's out of the Baltimore area on TV as a kid growing up, followed up by Roller Derby!!!
Isn't Duckpin bowling mentioned somewhere in the works of Wahington Irving?
12:24 is that Judge Joe Brown in the back? Looks just like him 😂
Wow seems more serious than i ever thought.... compared to PBA bowling, obviously its much lower on the totem pole.
This is great
I'm a scratch normal bowler. I tried duckpin once and it is a whole different world. You can't really try to hook it because it is inconsistent. Have to throw bullets and aim just off center and hope for the best.
Shout out to perrillos in Waterbury ct. Bowled there for years.
Mann. I just moved out of waterbury.
Palermaa might actually destroy those teenyweeny pins haha
My guesse is to gain more action off the pins in chance of getting them to all be knocked down
I bowled candlepin bowling for years, it's just like this, except the pins are thin and look like a capital I
As candlepin bowler, you would have an easier time. I went candling bowling for the first time in years. After getting a spare, I chopped out JUST THE HEAD pin.
At least in duckpin, you will typically get 2 (the 1 and 5) or 3 (either the 8 or 9 pin in addition to the 1 and 5)
I just learned about Candlepin bowling 2 weeks ago.....now there's Duckpin?!?
*Is there anymore pin bowling games that exist?*
There's still 5 Pin Bowling in Canada and 9 Pin Bowling in Texas and Germany. As well as another variation of Duckpin Bowling called "Rubber Duckpin Bowling" which only played in the French Canadian areas.
Candle pin is the best imo lol
スポッチャにあるやつみたい
てかサムネの人がでかすぎてボールちっちゃく見えてんのかと思った
s o
Yes.
6:04 Nice pickup!
One day that ball is going to fling backwards into the stands..
I fell like these people are the people that arnt good enough to bowl regularly so they throw a tinny ball as hard as the can.
Duckpin bowling is a lot harder than Ten pin bowling. That is why you get 3 balls per frame instead of 2. Plus there has never been a 300 game in duckpin bowling that I am aware of. Do some research on why duckpin is harder than Ten pin. Very interesting.
Dove would make a good disc golfer
Donny Dove is on fire!!!!
Can you play duckpin and candlepin and 10 pin at the same alleys? Like can one bowling alley be fitted to accommodate all 3?
Homeboy in the white shirt has a nice set of Comets
6:03 heck of a pick up
Why wipe off the oil like it would make a difference?!?
So the ball doesn't slip out of your hand.
Does anyone know the weight of a duckpin ball? Are they all the same weight?
They can be as heavy as 3 pounds, 12 ounces. And they're 5" in diameter maximum.
@@mulehead126 thank you for the info!
Kens the man!
this is cool
Those 2 narrators just don't shut up.
Joe Rineer is a HOF bowler. He owns a duckpin bowling house. Joe is the man, just enjoy 😊
A game anyone can do , accuracy is the key and a little luck to boot.
If that were true, how come there's no certified 300 games in duckpin vs. the 500,000k a year in ten pin?
so is duckpin bowling to bowling what minigolf is to golf?
Duckpin is harder.
Why are the comments on this video like a twitch chat like Jesus chill
Are these men giants?
This just looks like a miniature version of regular bowling. I dont understand why they throw nothing but a straight ball. Why not put some curve on the ball and you should be able to make better shots.
Duckpin is a lot harder than 10 pin if you try to throw a big hook u will either throw it in the gutter or leave something weird. Avg in duckpin is about 90 vs 10 pin which is 140
Used to duckpin in Baltimore. A hook will mostly chop the pins leaving mist standing or land in gutter.
As a duckpin bowler, nothing takes the wind out of my sails and rapes my hope for the future of humanity and by extension, my beloved sport, than the comment section of this video.
HOW DARE YOU!?
I SHOULD BE IN THE BOWLING ALLEY RIGHT NOW WORKING ON MY APPROACH. INSTEAD I AM HERE. PREACHING TO YOU 10 PIN ELITISTS.
DUCKPIN BOWLING IS DYING!
Please help by support the few alleys still open. I’m done the Greta joke now and I’m being serious. I bowl at AMF Southwest in Linthicum, MD. Come hang out. Bowl a couple games. Join a league! It’s like gambling but you get to exercise and play on a team!
I wish duckpin was more widespread as it's a much better game than tenpin. I'm Canadian and bowl 5 pin which is is the closest game we have...
Man these announcers don’t call the game
ビッグマックみたいな大きさに見えるぜ
え、これ玉とピンがちっちゃいんじゃなくて人がでかいの？？？
どら タン そうだよ
1:07... Jane! Stop this crazy thing! Urp!
Why does everyone in the crowd look the same lmfao
Zach Bc they’re white
christian Shaffer I’m white and i can confirm this is true.
Zach they are only there for the bacon cheese frys
It beats looking like you.
これが昔のボウリングなの？？
1:07 Somebody Is A Spinner Pinner
Hambone!
たれぞうですぅ
ゼウスッ
이거뭐야 볼링이 루즈해서 야구랑 접목시킨건가? 픽액션 지리네
Is this the town hall lanes in Rhode Island?
Yes! 3:55
Duckpinbowlingwasagoood1too1watchifyouwerea1timer2watchit.
Is there a requirement to have serial killer glasses?
This like candlepin bowling is where the guys went who couldn't make it In the P.B.A.
Good on em!!! Have fun, grow shadows, n...... well have fun.
I have bowled 4 different types of bowling in my lifetime and I can absolutely I assure you that duckpins which is what I grew up on in Massachusetts in the 70's- 2000's (candlepin 86'-94')is hands down the most fun out of any bowling game( and yes with the exception of candlepins(180) I bowled over 200 in all other bowling games including Canadian rubber ring duckpins.)Tenpin bowling is the most boring thing to play and watch. Hi impact solid plastic Duckpins fly from side to side with more action than any other bowling game and are a blast to bowl or watch. Tenpins just go clunk strike and with the exception of professionals whom strike most all the time, League tenpin bowlers are some of the worst spare shooters I've ever seen whereas duckpin/candlepin bowlers are far more accurate spare shooters as higher averages are completely dependent upon spares and not strikes!!
오 이거 잼있겠다.
Bowling better
Just
Thought this was candle pins. I'm out.
Why must Don Dove swing his arm in between rolls? It is annoying and unncessary.
Watching this as a 10 pin bowler, It's really unbelievable how inconsistently these guys throw the ball and these are the "pros"
Just when you thought bowling couldn't get any more lame..
Dont you mean. Any more 'lane'
Just when you thought the comments couldn't get any more lame...
gay
Yep, your comment most certainly is.
There is no skill to this at all.
You couldn't beat either of these on their worst day.
Thanks for showing everyone how stupid you are. Go get a job.
Why should I get a job when the government is paying me to sit on my ass?
@@MrJerryscool because then maybe you could move out of your parents' house?
Then again, saying there is no skill to duckpin bowling shows why you are too stupid to hold down a job.
@@mulehead126 Well at least i'm not on the internet insulting people like some internet tough guy.
This is addictive!
This is a joke
For what reason?
This is so lame!
Then move along...your comment is lame.
These announcers are annoying af
Bring this back. No more 2 handed non sense from regular bowling. 🎳
If only someone can invent a new duckpin pinsetter and opening up a manufacture plant or warehouse to develop more of those. That pinsetter should be strictly free fall instead of the StringPin crap from Brunswick