Spare shooting style

[wei]

Guys how do you throw a spare? (I mean the release)

1) Straight shot release like beginners. break the wrist style. (Zero hook)
2) Strike shot release but using a plastic ball. (zero hook too)
3) Using strike shot release with the strike ball (hooking)

So 1, 2 or 3?

[rymacatthedisco]

i have simple answer to this...just watch walter ray williams jr...striaght and simple with a plastic ball...thats all u need to do...good luck
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RYAN MCDANIEL...Northern Illinois University bowling

[Litespeed]

The lanes I bowl on are dry so even my plastic ball turns.  I end up throwing my regular ball with the same release but put a lot more speed on it.  Just as it wants to turn it hits the pin.
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[scotts33]

1) w/ plastic C300 Blue Dot
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Scott

[ChrispyBrownies]

#2 with an OLD Rubber Ebonite Tornado. I dont even think Robert smith could make that thing move. . .

Chrispy
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[dizzyfugu]

1) for me, additionally with a polyester ball for maximum length/minimum hook.
I use this approach for single 4, 6, 7, 10 leaves or the 6-10 and 4-7, as well as for some other spares like the occasional 3-6-10 and wide-open spares.

Any spare with double wood or washouts are tackeld with a normal strike shot, as well as the occasional single 5, 8 or 9 pin (with reduced hook, though).

But I do not consider 1) to be a beginner approach. I'd rather consider someone playing the spare shot just like a strike shot a beginner, especially when the curses arise after every 2nd attempt that the ball does not do what it is supposed to...
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[cvt01]

I'm a beginner and my strike ball (15lb matrix tps III) hooks a lot on the dry lanes I'm seeing lately. It makes the 10 pin almost impossible to hit. I'm thinking about getting a plastic ball as a spare ball. I need some basic advice: should I stay with the same fingertip grip and same weight as my Strike ball or I can go conventional grip for more accuracy and lighter for some additional deflection?

[dizzyfugu]

As far as I can tell, most players go with the same weight and drilling as the strike ball, just for the consitent feel. But there are players out there who use lighter spare balls for control and speed reasons, and I have heard of a few who use a conventional grip.

Personally, I tried lighter weight and different drill and I found it very distracting. But´that's just me and it is, nevertheless, worth a try, e. g. with a lighter house ball, before you get a serious spare ball drilled.

Anyway, I consider a spare ball to be an important equipment investment, esp. for corner pins, because it takes much of the oil out of the targeting and lane reaction equation.
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