In Bowling, an 'extra frame' has three possible meanings:
1) It's a slang term for the extra ball(s) a bowler throws in the tenth frame following a strike or spare: one extra ball following a spare, and two following a strike. (The more correct term for this is a 'fill ball'.)
2) It can also mean a one-frame roll-off following a tie score, in a situation where the tie has to be broken (such as for determining a league champion).
3) And it's another way to refer to the bowling alley's bar, in the same way that golfers use the term '19th Hole' to mean 'meeting up for drinks at the clubhouse after we're done'.
10 frames in a bowling game, 10th frame can have up to 2 extra balls. For example 3 strikes in the 10th frame. 12 strikes in a game = 300 = perfect game.
If the spare comes on the second ball of the frame, you get an extra ball to finish the game. If the spare comes on the third ball of the frame (meaning the first ball of the frame was a strike) you do not get an extra ball.
10th Frame
If you get a spare in the tenth frame, the extra shot you get is sometimes called the eleventh frame. If your first shot in the tenth frame is a strike, your next shot is sometimes refereed to as the eleventh frame and your final shot is sometimes called the twelfth frame.
In tenpin bowling, there are ten frames (not 12) per game. The bowler has two shots per frame to knock all ten pins down. In the tenth frame, if the bowler knocks all ten pins down in his first shot (a strike), then he gets two more shots. These extra two shots are called "fill balls." They are not extra frames (sometimes erroneously referred to as the 11th and 12th frame).
The tenth frame (last round of bowling) is treated as the final.
A bowling game is only 10 frames long. What appears to be the 11th and 12th frames in a perfect game of 12 consecutive strikes are just the extra frames bowled for the bowler's strike in the 10th and final frame. They do not score on their own, merely count as bonus pins in the 10th frame.
Bowling is scored in frames.
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30 pins is the maximum that can be scored in one frame of bowling. In the first 9 frames, this requires a strike followed by two more strikes.
A spare is a term in bowling that means all of the pins are knocked down with the second ball of the frame. It is usually indicated by a slash "/" on the scoresheet. A player gaining a spare gains 10 points.
Each frame has a value of 30 in a perfect game.