This kinda tags along with the topic The Hose started about 7-pins.  

My question is are there any pins or pin combinations that really have your number?  Most of us are pretty experienced bowlers and know our good and bad points.  And I bet each of us has a pin combination (other than 7-10, and the big 4) that we really don't care to see in the 10th frame going for the win.

For months mine was the 1-2-8.  If it popped up it, I confess I felt like saying "Just mark it down as a miss."  I could put on a clinic about how to miss that one, because I have missed it in many frustrating ways.

Then all of a sudden, I haven't missed one in a couple of months.  Nothing different that I can see, it just works now.  Good news?  Well, now the 4-pin hasn't been my friend for a couple of weeks.  It is always something.  

Am I the only one that has a less than favorite, although makeable, spare to pick up?

I would have to say 9 pins. One week this year though i left 3! Yes thats right 3, 5-8-10!In one series! Covered two of them!

Good News!! I can cure you all and raise your averages just by helping you cover your most hated spares!  How do I know?  I was once just like you, only my nemesis was the 6-10.  Don't ask me how, but I could chop off the 6 9 out of 10 times.  You'd think it'd be easier to just make the spare!  However, what I found to be my way out, was to get it OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

I bet that 90% of the time, when you see the first ball heading off it's intended path, you are thinking "Oh God, don't leave the ____"  Then, once it is standing you think "oh great. Here's another open - probably chop it like I always do."  Therefore, your attitude is already set to miss this spare!  Next time you face your nemesis spare, instead of sulking, get pumped up.  Imagine the guy on the next lane just bet $100 you can't get it.  Be determined to knock those #@!!*'s down!!  Focus with the same intensity you do on the first ball and fill the frame!

It worked for me, hope it will help someone else out as well!  You can do it if you put your mind to it!

PS - If I'm ever bowling any of you for money, forget what I just said and miss all the spares you want!
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Why, WHY won't the last one just fall??  It's WIGGLING for cryin' out loud!!

Even though I have actually seen the 5-7-10 spare picked up TWICE in league play, I still feel that this anomoly should be worth a patch at the least!

I used to spare the 2-4-5 at least 90% of the time, but lately that leave conversion rate has dropped below the 50% mark. I blame it on old age, since I seem to be turning gray a lot faster than other bowlers around me.  But, I can handle the gray, as long as it doesn't turn loose!

The 7 of course but then any spare shot with more than one pin. I
usually do pretty well with one pin spares but multiple pin shots
can always cause a problem. Too many ways to miss. Come in high you
chop one way and light you chop the other way. Left the 2-4-5-8 and
picked up the 2-4-5, left the 8. I just don't like shooting multiple
pin spares of any kind.

lets see....the past couple weeks at bowling
5 pin
6 10 pins
or just the 10 pin.......
used to be able to pick up the 10 pin all the time, now, well lets jus say I need to go back to my coach and have him yell at me for 45 minutes or so on my release. Then I'll be good for bout 200 games.
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i NEED to stop making bets !!!.....but then....mayb jus one more cant hurt

I left the 1-2-4-7-10 or 1-2-4-10 at least once in all three games in last week's position round, picked up once in game three tenth frame.
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Too much split not enough banana.