Post by: splendorlex on February 28, 2006, 06:21:40 AM
Post by: kingpin268 on February 28, 2006, 02:25:12 PM
Try it out and when you practice next just try different lines and solely practice taking out the seven. After maybe two or three games of that, I swear you'll have much more confidence in making them. Speaking of which, I have to start practicing tens again, I'm starting to miss them
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Post by: matttt20 on February 28, 2006, 02:26:45 PM
Post by: BrunsMike on February 28, 2006, 02:56:04 PM
Srike ball for 4/7 pins, I will stand 1 dot right of middle, basically ill stand on the 15 board and throw the ball over 10 board with the same amount of rev/hook as a strike for the 4/7pin.
Plastic ball for 4/7pins, I will stand on 10th board and roll the ball over the 15th board. The plastic will hook about 2-3 boards so you have a 3 board margin of error.
I have bigger room for error with the strike ball then plastic but can use either at anytime.
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Post by: charlest on February 28, 2006, 03:51:57 PM
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Stand centre, medium hook ball aimed at 2nd arrow, slowed right down. Never miss it now :-)
On a house shot, maybe, but, sorry to be blunt, in a non-walled tournament or the USBC/ABCs or a PBA shot or a Sport Shot, you'd be dead meat.
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Edited on 2/28/2006 4:41 PM
Post by: charlest on February 28, 2006, 03:57:44 PM
For any oil pattern other than a walled up house shot, this is the ONLY safe method to shoot any spare, including any double wood. (Of course you don't need to use a center range arrow for every spare.)
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Post by: BrunsMike on February 28, 2006, 04:03:37 PM
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Stand centre, medium hook ball aimed at 2nd arrow, slowed right down. Never miss it now :-)
On a house shot, maybe, but, sorry to be blunt, in a non-walled tournament or the USBC/ABCs or a PBA shot or a Sport Shot, you'd be dead meat.
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Edited on 2/28/2006 4:41 PM
Very very good point. On a sport shot I learned quickly that my method for the 4/7pin spare does not work on a sport condition. Thats when I learned how to shoot the spares with plastic.
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NE Lake County IL
Sanctioned Highs:
775 Series/288 Game
Sanct. Ave. (2004/2005)194
Tweener by day, Stroker by night
Post by: splendorlex on February 28, 2006, 04:43:45 PM
Post by: azguy on February 28, 2006, 04:49:50 PM
Mentally, I don't have 10's or 7's ...I have 8's and 9's, it allows a hair amount of error. Works for me, but it takes practice, open palm, throw straight....Good Luck !
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Post by: Rick Wunder on March 01, 2006, 08:35:45 AM
Flat condition: I make an 11 board parallel move left (i.e. feet and eyes) and use my strike ball.
Any other condition: I stand on 26 (inside edge of left foot) and throw my plastic ball straight over 25. Actually, I could do this on all conditions, but for reasons too numerous to go into, I don't. I do go straight with plastic on all my right side spares containing the six and/or ten pins.
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Post by: dizzyfugu on March 01, 2006, 08:53:40 AM
I experimented with my strike shot, but the risks to play across the middle section with unknown oil volume or carry down converted me to the straight shot. I's recommend doing so, too.
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Post by: charlest on March 01, 2006, 09:07:17 AM
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Any ideas on where I should stand if I'm targetting the fourth arrow, intending to go straight at the spare?
It depends on how you walk.
If you were a straight walker, which seems rare in bowling, AND depending on how straight you throw the ball, I'd line up my throwing shoulder with a line from the 7 pin back through the 4th arrow to place where you stand.
Don't overthink this!
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Post by: TTforshort on March 01, 2006, 09:08:22 AM
I would estimate my success rate is >90%.It dpeends on the carrydown.
TT
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Post by: themagician on March 01, 2006, 05:11:55 PM
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Post by: BrianCRX90 on March 01, 2006, 07:20:44 PM
Stand in the middle and hook at it...that's an extreme guess and the hard way of making it.
Post by: kingpin268 on March 01, 2006, 07:29:27 PM
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Stand centre, medium hook ball aimed at 2nd arrow, slowed right down. Never miss it now :-)
Couldn't disagree more. lol. On sport compliant conditions, you'll probably be looking at hitting the ten pin or possibly the channel. However, on your THS, it could quite possibly work.
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Post by: Poly-p man on March 01, 2006, 07:37:19 PM
If the shot is correct, you may be able to shoot a strike and have it hook across. That's hardly ever.
poly-p man
Post by: chitown on March 01, 2006, 08:37:20 PM
I target the 4th arrow (center arrow) for all of my single pin spares. This is where I stand for each one on the approach. Keep in mind that the boards on the approach are based on the inside of my right foot.
Board / single pin
35/10 pin
33/6
31/3
29/1
27/2
25/4
23/7
I just move two boards ethier direction with my feet to pick off the next pin in line. I same target at the arrows for every single pin. The center arrow.
The 8 and 9 pin are as follows.
26/8
32/9
This is a successful approach to shooting at single pin spares. I throw completely straight at all of my spares except the double wood. I also am in the process of developing the multi spares off of this approach. However there are some multi pin spares that are better played off of a different target arrow than the center one.
Post by: JessN16 on March 01, 2006, 09:07:28 PM
I usually take my feet right 10 boards, mark left 5 boards, take care not to throw it out any, and slow it down. I also move my hand from under the ball to 4:30 (I'm a righty), which gets the ball rolling sooner.
If I get on a condition where hooking the ball is just a weird proposition all around, I'll flatten my wrist, take my spare ball and throw the crap out of it dead straight, from kind of a cross-lane angle. I'd rather not do it that way, but I can if I need to.
Jess
Edited on 3/1/2006 11:27 PM
Post by: duvallite on March 06, 2006, 01:57:10 PM