this was great for the rainy days we been having and the kids loved it and had lots of fun.We had no trouble getting the pins to stay up by them self at all.The ball rolled just fine the kids had no problems putting fingers in the hole and rolling it.the younger ones was yelling out the colors of the pins when knocking them down and learning how to count the number of pins they knocked down so it became a learning fun game they came up with.they pins are not small like i thaught they would be it is a great game for all kids to play.