Rubberband duckpins — “rubber ducks” for short — is higher-scoring than conventional duckpins. The bands cause livelier pin action, and many rubber-duck 300s have been attained. (The record for no-band duckpins is 279.)
Unfortunately, the rubberband game is harder to find. I discovered several churches and private clubs in western Pennsylvania with manually-set rubberband lanes. One center pictured here — located in Cumberland, Maryland — offers leagues and private rentals only. With the closure of Zips Lanes in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, I haven’t been able to find a public center offering “free-fall” rubber ducks (that is, pins not set by string machines).
