The area in between two lanes in the pit area upon which pins will ricochet.

The kickbacks are located on either side of the pindeck. They serve to keep deflected pins from flying out of the pindeck. Pins that deflect off either of the kickbacks can rebound back on to the pindeck and knock down standing pins.

The dividers between lanes; so called because pins often kick back off a divider to knock other pins downs.

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