Author Topic: Best way to pick up spares? (Read 6411 times)

punkrawk77 · « **on:** December 23, 2003, 08:52:50 AM »

I hear a lot of people saying to throw straight at your spares, yet i throw a hook when i pick my spares. Is there a right and a wrong way of doing it. I don't use a spare ball at all. I have just one ball, and old Ebonite Gyro blue.

I don't have a big hook, so maybe that is why i can get away with it.

Let me know

omegabowler · « **Reply #1 on:** December 24, 2003, 12:09:18 AM »

best way to pick up spares:

buy them and drink and say " so what's a nice pin like you hanging put in an alley?"

"I a nice pair of balls back at my place"

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channel surfer · « **Reply #2 on:** December 24, 2003, 01:15:21 AM »

Well for the 6 pin, 9 pin and 10 pin i throw it straight, for evrything else, i throw a slight hook.
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WAYouthBowler · « **Reply #3 on:** December 24, 2003, 03:20:34 AM »

As straight as possible!

Started doing this a couple years ago. It's so nice to know that if you miss a spare, it's because you flat missed, not hitting a dry spot or catching too much oil.

Only problem is now I miss more 2 pins then anything else... shoot me.
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shotmaker · « **Reply #4 on:** December 24, 2003, 07:52:04 AM »

Throwing straight is the way to go. While hooking at your spares can be done fairly consistently on a house shot "wall", when the pattern gets harder you won't be able to count on the reaction as you cover other areas of the lane other than where you throw your strike ball.

Learning to throw it straight isn't too hard. I recommend trying to throw with locked elbow, slightly broken wrist, and following through to target with the rear of your thumb. This works well for me and generates that wonderful B-bump,B-bump,B-bump, as the ball thumps down the lane.

TheBowlingKid25 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 24, 2003, 08:04:22 AM »

I throw a hook for spares, when it is a 10 pin, I throw my urethane scout, it straightes out right next to the gutter everytime. As for 7 pins, I just throw my strike ball from way over on the right, no big deal! Screw what anyone else says, if you can pick'em up...WHO CARES?
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anotherwindup · « **Reply #6 on:** December 24, 2003, 08:12:28 AM »

Hmm, can't believe anyone hasn't mentioned this yet........

Knock all the pins down. That will get you a spare everytime.
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TheBowlingKid25 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 24, 2003, 08:21:53 AM »

YES, WHY DID I THINK OF THAT BEFORE?! DA DA DAAAAAA UP UP AND AWAYYYY! TO THE BAT CAVE ROBIN!
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Rock77 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 24, 2003, 10:18:38 AM »

quote:
Well for the 6 pin, 9 pin and 10 pin i throw it straight, for evrything else, i throw a slight hook.

Same goes for me.
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Porkchop · « **Reply #9 on:** December 24, 2003, 12:20:53 PM »

I'm right handed and hook at anything on the left and use plastic for anything on the right throwing hard and straight.

janderson · « **Reply #10 on:** December 24, 2003, 12:22:21 PM »

Whatever works best for you and the conditions you're bowling on. Don't be afraid to experiment.

From personal experience, when the pros started throwing straight at most of their spares, my reaction was "bah, who needs to do that?". Me, Mr. Know-It-All was quickly proven wrong when I started bowling tournaments across more lane conditions and different bowling centers and started missing simply 1-pin pickups.

The advantages of each method (help me out if I miss something gang, I'm not Mr. Know-It-All anymore...)

1. Hooking for spares

PROS: you can use the "forgiveness" in the lane condition to make spares on less than perfect shots .. CONS: On difficult or unknown lane conditions, you miss easy spares due to unforseen or unpredictable ball reactions

2. Straight at 'em

PROS: you can set up a "system" of where to stand and where to throw that you can use anywhere on any condition. You are unaffected by lane conditions.. CONS: no "forgiveness" from the lane conditions. If you miss your mark, you generally miss your spare.

On Edit - BTW, don't feel that you must use one or the other method. I generally hook the balls at my spares on my home house and typical house shots, but throw straight at my spares as soon as I go anywhere else.
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Chrispy · « **Reply #11 on:** December 24, 2003, 01:57:45 PM »

I use the suit case delivery for my spares. If i hear the ball rolling over the thumb hole on my spares i know it's a good release

jd1319 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 24, 2003, 02:27:19 PM »

I throw straight at spares on the right side, and hook on the left. Anything on the left, if I adjust 1-2 boards to the right, my strike shot will go brooklyn, make the same adjustment again, it breaks to the 4 and 7. Just a slight modification on the strike shot. For the right hand shot, I move left and it goes straight into the 3, keeping the same mark. Move 10 boards left, it goes straight to the 10 pin.

trash heap · « **Reply #13 on:** December 24, 2003, 03:23:32 PM »

Okay. I go straight on right side 6, 9, 10 and everything else I adjust with my strike ball and hooking the ball. Now I can do this when there is are variance of THS. But on the extremes (dry and heavy oil), is throwing straight a better approach?
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DP3 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 24, 2003, 09:17:25 PM »

After bowling collegiately for three years, and seeing all of the great bowlers out there, the guys that usually go straight at every spare usually miss the most spares. From what I've seen(and from what I do) sometimes you just gotta know what spares to hook the ball at and when it is ok to do it and what spares to go straight at and when it is ok to do it. I mean why go straight at a 2-8 sleeper and have 1 board margin for error when you can hook at it and still have up to 2 boards left and 5 boards right margin of error when squaring up and hooking at it?
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Author Topic: Best way to pick up spares? (Read 6411 times)

punkrawk77

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