The three holes on a bowling ball represent the three phases of bowling: wind-up, release, and genuflection. Send a ball properly on its way with today's Groupon: for $39, you get a bowling party for up to 12 bowlers at Manatee Lanes in Crystal Rivers (an $83.65 total value). The bowling party package includes:

• Two lanes to bowl on during Vertiglow bowling hours and shoe rental (a $70 value)
• One large pizza with one topping (a $9.70 value)
• One large pitcher of soda (a $3.95 value)
  
  

At Manatee Lanes, friends and families compete on 30 lanes bolstered by Brunswick IQ synthetic surfaces and Qubica automatic-scoring systems. Gather 11 fellow boulder chuckers and hit the alleys to see 10 pins moshing under the flashing lights and bumping tunes of Vertiglow bowling. After lacing up rental sneakers and before lacing up straitjackets, bowlers send pin-seeking missiles curving toward their targets.

Orb hurlers can mute their rivals’ trash-talking pie holes with a large pizza, gulps of fizzy soda, or a spare bowling glove. Vertiglow bowlers also have the chance to win movie passes, T-shirts, hats and other prizes. The alley holds three Vertiglow bowling shifts each week: Friday from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday from 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.