No Tap Bowling in five pin.

A "tap" is defined as a single pin left standing after an apparently perfectly thrown first ball. Sometimes the physics of this game can be humbling.

Usually in five pin, the single pin left standing on a tap is a corner pin.

No Tap provides a modification to the scoring rules as follows

• On the first ball of the frame only: If a single corner pin if left standing alone after the first ball, the bowler will be credited with a strike and the pins will be reset.
• If the first ball is a gutter ball, leaves multiple pins standing, or leaves a single three-pin or headpin standing (this is usually rare except in leagues), the rest of the frame is played as per normal.
• A tap cannot be declared on a second ball for an automatic spare.

Some bowling centers may add some house rules to no-tap.

• Any four pins down is scored a strike (for all automatic scoring a 12-leave must be manually corrected).
• If a split is bowled on the first ball, an automatic spare is scored. (For Bowland X this is available as an option, but a head pin must be manually corrected.)

No-tap is a popular fun tournament format, although there are also competitive tournaments that use this scoring format.

You can try No-Tap on your next visit.

No-tap is available on game and timed rates.

• Order your bowling plan.
• Ask for no-tap scoring.
• You can switch between normal scoring and no-tap or vice versa by asking for a change at the control desk.