Hello Group,
 My question is for plastic balls which are used for corner pins. What type of drilling do guys you use?
 
 Do you use a finger tip, conventional, or semi finger tip? the reason I ask is because for the last few months I have either been on or off with my 10 pins, every other single pin is easy money  .

 I use the regular finger tip drill pattern for all of my balls but I thought I would come in here and ask.


 

You would drill it identical to your other bowling balls. You want a consistant feel every shot. Also no matter what ball you use for spares practice is key.

You would drill it identical to your other bowling balls. You want a consistant feel every shot. Also no matter what ball you use for spares practice is key.

+1 Same span and feel.  Release should be the same as your strike ball.

Drill it the same as all your other stuff.  Real key is not trying to throw too hard.  Weaken your hand position slightly and try to have the same timing as on your strike ball.  Also, I would recommend throwing your spare ball at every spare other than double wood spares.  It may not seem necessary on house shots, but if you hit a tournament with a fresh strip and flatter pattern, the left side spares like 4 and 7 can really make you look bad the first time you leave one and hook the ball at it.

+ a billion.

Also, keeps the mileage down on equpiment AND once you do it in league so much it becomes automatic that in tournaments you can keep focus on what you're doing offensively.

I made the change a few years back in a PBAX league and committed to it and it has simplified everything tremendously.

Just to add to all of the great information already given....

I feel a competitive bowler should use a spare ball for all spares.  There are occasions where using your first ball is preferred, but 99% of all spares should be with a spare ball.

But what a lot of bowlers don't do is develop a spare shooting plan or regimen.  When using a spare ball, you can attack each spare pretty much the same way irregardless of the lane conditions.  That is what makes spare balls beneficial.  And since you can attack them the same, the bowler should also know how to attack them to get the best chance of making the spare.  Just like you try to find the most area in your strike ball, you need to find what line gives you the best chances (or most area) to make your spares. 

There is a reason why no one throws a spare ball down the 3 board to make the 10-pin.  It was realized that by moving left and shooting cross-lane at the 10-pin the bowler can make a higher percentage of spares with a larger area for mistakes.  The same philosophy should be developed for all spares.

Agree with GTx2 and most of avabob's post. To add my $.02, I use a Columbia White Dot on 10 pins. Same grip, set-up, push-off, armswing, and ball speed on the 10 pin as on the strike ball. To really flatten the arc, I add a bit of pressure to the thumb. My 10 pin shot rolls over the thumb hole most of the time---which is what I want.

I just wanted to say thanks for all of your help! it really actually worked  I got all of my 10s last night and all of them tonight, was sick last week so I didnt bowl on Friday.

And after getting the first few I went up there knowing I was gonna get them..what a relief that was!

What I did was I kept my elbow (rt. handed) tucked into my rt. side with my plastic ball actually resting on my outside hip and thew the ball like I would have as if it was my 1st ball.

You guys really helped me  the feeling I was getting after missing sooooo many so many times is quite over whelming to say the least, especially after being so good at getting them.

I think it was due to me changing my 1st ball technique...I was learning how to open up the lanes all summer and I guess it kinda went into my 10 pin shooting and wow! was that UGLY... 

Thanks again, Jake