Spare shooting is a constant work in progress. There can be certain spares that are automatic at some points of the year and then other times can be impossible to make. There is no timetable for when you get good at spares, just find a system of lining up and targetting that works for you and practice, practice, practice. During my college days we would have 3 or 4 games of spare shooting practice, 7 pin first ball, 10 pin second ball- 4-7 the next ball, 6-10 the next ball and so forth....or sometimes shooting for one end of the lane first ball, then pick up what you leave for the second ball. Usually we would then bowl a last game for score and be amazed at how much more consistently we were hitting our strike line target...
Matt