Pemain boling menggolekkan bola dalam boling sepuluh pin.

Boling is the Malay spelling of the English loanword bowling. Malay often adapts borrowed words to a spelling system that matches pronunciation more directly.

So:

• bowling → boling
• football → futbol in some contexts, though usage can vary
• bank, hotel, polis are other familiar loanwords

So boling is the normal Malay form, not a typo.

Pemain boling means bowler or more literally bowling player.

The word pemain comes from the root main, which means play.
With the noun-forming prefix pe-..., it becomes pemain, meaning player.

Examples:

• main = play
• pemain = player
• pemain bola sepak = football player
• pemain catur = chess player

So pemain boling is a very natural way to say bowler.

Menggolekkan means to roll something.

It comes from the root golek, related to rolling or turning over.
The affixes meng-...-kan make it a transitive verb, meaning the subject causes something to roll.

So:

• golek = roll / turn over
• menggolekkan bola = roll a ball

In this sentence, the player is doing the action to the ball, so menggolekkan is the right kind of verb.

Because menggolekkan focuses on the player rolling the ball, while bergolek focuses on the ball rolling by itself.

Compare:

• Pemain itu menggolekkan bola. = The player rolls the ball.
• Bola itu bergolek. = The ball rolls / is rolling.

So the difference is about who is presented as controlling the action:

• menggolekkan = someone rolls something
• bergolek = something rolls on its own

That is why menggolekkan fits this sentence better.

Malay normally does not use articles like English does.

So a noun like pemain can mean:

• a player
• the player
• sometimes even players, depending on context

And bola can mean:

• a ball
• the ball

Malay relies heavily on context rather than articles. If the meaning has already been shown to the learner, that is exactly the kind of thing English speakers need to get used to: Malay often leaves this unstated.

Malay often does not mark plural unless it is important.

So:

• pemain can mean player or players
• bola can mean ball or balls

If a speaker wants to make plurality clear, they can use:

• reduplication: bola-bola = balls
• a number: dua bola = two balls
• context words such as para pemain = the players

In this sentence, the nouns are being used in a general way, so singular-looking forms are perfectly normal.

It is repeated because the two instances do different jobs:

• pemain boling = the kind of player
• boling sepuluh pin = the kind of bowling

So the repetition is grammatically fine. However, to an English speaker, it may feel a bit repetitive or clunky.

A more natural rewording might be:

• Dalam permainan boling sepuluh pin, pemain menggolekkan bola.

That version spreads the information out a bit more smoothly.

Here dalam means in in the sense of in the context of or in the game of, not literally inside a place.

So dalam boling sepuluh pin means something like:

• in ten-pin bowling
• in the sport/game of ten-pin bowling

If you wanted a literal location, you would more likely use something like:

• di pusat boling = at the bowling alley

So in this sentence, dalam is about the activity, not physical position.

Boling sepuluh pin means ten-pin bowling.

Yes, the order is normal. Malay often puts the main noun first and then adds information after it.

So:

• boling = bowling
• sepuluh pin = ten pins

Together, boling sepuluh pin identifies the specific type of bowling.

This can feel reversed compared with English, where we often stack modifiers before the noun, but in Malay, post-noun description is very common.

It is understandable, but it sounds a little textbook-like.

The main reason is that dalam boling sepuluh pin is slightly compressed, and the repetition of boling can sound heavy. A more natural version would often be:

• Dalam permainan boling sepuluh pin, pemain menggolekkan bola.

Or, if you want a more vivid sentence:

• Pemain boling menggolekkan bola ke arah pin.

So the original sentence is not wrong, but it is a bit less idiomatic than some alternatives.