How many of you would devote a season at developing a sound spare game.

That is to throw as few strikes as possible and leave singles and multiple pin spares to work on your spare game.

In order to average 200+ it requires stringing strikes and shooting some spares.

How about the opposite averaging high 180 to 190s without stringing strikes.

Would that be a harder thing to do?

You could still be very accurate and practice different lines not playing the exact one to score high but to work on accuracy and spare shooting ability.

I admit on easier conditions it becomes a carry fest but on tough conditions it all comes down to spare shooting.

How many of you would devote to shooting a season like that?  You would shoot as few 200 games as possible and if you do shoot below 210 and throw as few doubles or strings. Spend time to shoot good lines and work on the spare shooting.


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That's my normal game, miss strikes and try to pick up spares, but the missing strikes is not on purpose!! LOL
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The key to developing a strong spare game is to

1) Making your SINGLE PIN SPARES
    1a)Learn to FLATTEN YOUR WRIST to shoot corner spares, save the 60 or 70 bucks you WASTE on a spare ball    <~~~~This alone raised my average 8 pins from 2002-2003, and 4 from 2003-2004.

2) then work on your multiple pin spares

3) have at least 2 ways of shooting spares.

for instance, I generally shoot right handed corner spares off the left edge.  If there's too much oil for the ball to go through, I can go cross-lane without a problem.  Some people prefer to go straight at spare, but I like an angle, I feel I can get a better margin of error that way.
Tenpin2002 will tell you that I'm arguably the BEST spare shooter in a league, where I averaged 208, high man was 222, and there were 6 guys between 208 and 222.  I'm the one who argues with him, because I'm not satisfied with 95%.
ALWAYS PROUD, NEVER SATISFIED
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Carry the 8.  be a good lefty.

Question here,
  I hear the term flatten the wrist all the time.
What is the difference in up the back, or end over
end, the kind of release that is used for oil.
If we are supposed to have 2 releases any way
and can interchange easily, maybe a spare ball
is not always necessary,at least  on a normal house
shot. Now if flatten means to break the wrist back
I would need to take off my Mongoose. Big bother.
 So how do you flatten your wrist?
    Girlscout

how would you try to shoot and carry a little ammount of strikes?? throw straight? or what? throw at the head pin?
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Bagging is for personal gain.  If you shoot consistently all season without going over is not bagging.  If you practice to shoot 190's consistently and though you may have the ability to shoot better and don't when there is the opportunity to gain would not be considered bagging if you do this all the time.

Bagging would be shooting 190's and then during a roll off or sweeper averaging 220's

You all are thinking about the greed side of bowling and I am talking about something totally different.  I never stated anything to do about bowling for an unfair advantage.  That shows the difference of one who can be totally committed to practice or focusing on one thing.  

I am not here to bash anyone or to raise a whole new argument on bagging.  I was posing a question to you all.  Nothing more or less.
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Sounds like sandbagging to me.

Why would you not try your best on every shot? That means the first ball as well as the second.

Use PRACTICE to practice on your spares and spare technique.