Which spare system do you use?  

I throw straight at all spares except for double wood.  The old system I used was one in which I kept the same target (4th arrow) and would just move my feet 2 boards left or right for a particular pin.

A month ago I watched Walter Ray Williams bowling vid.  He goes over a spare system that uses.  He has a particular spot that he stands for all left side spares and a spot for all right side spares.  He then just changes the target he uses for different pins.

Well I gave his spare system a try and had great results.  In fact, it's so much easier to stand in the same location for all right side spares and adjust the target.  Same goes for the left side.

If some of you roll a straight ball at spares,  try WRW spare system.  It really has improved my spare game.
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Edited on 8/7/2007 8:56 AM

I did a lot of experimenting on this in the course of developing "my" bowling style. I tried several things (e. g. spare system through moving the feet and target), but it boiled down to some simple standard solutions that blindly work:

10 pin: polyester ball, stand 30 with right shoe tip, straight across 16th at the arrows
6 pin: stand 28, rest same

7 pin: strike ball, move feet 9 boards right, same target as strike (1-2 boards to the left if oil is long)
4 pin: same, just feet 7 boards to the right.

I tried left-side spares with a polyester across 4th arrow, but it was too erratic and I was not able to improve on this despite dedicated training. So I switched to the strike ball/line approach, and this works much better.

The mantal cahrm is that I know this works blindly. If I miss, it is an executional flaw and my 10 pin conversion rate is about 90%.

Splits and multiple pin spares are converted dindivisually, e. g. 3-6-10 with a polyester standing at 20 playing straight up 13th board.
Normally I just make sure to hit the pin closest to the foul line first and pray for ricochet effects - got a 2-4-8-10 through this, and also a Greek Church some time ago.

I can see the benefit of having one starting point for all spares - you always have the same view and just march "towards" different targets. If it works, fine. I am sure I could not cope with it, since I tend to walk rather straight/up the boards and have huge problems when I have to slope across the approach. I guess that's what made the left-sided spares difficult for me.
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