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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: And1_headach on April 29, 2004, 09:19:47 AM

Title: spares
Post by: And1_headach on April 29, 2004, 09:19:47 AM
how would you try to shoot and carry a little ammount of strikes?? throw straight? or what? throw at the head pin????
refering to doc's post about spares, summer, but only on singles
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Title: Re: spares
Post by: Rock77 on April 30, 2004, 10:18:26 AM
I would throw at the headpin. Hitting the headpin usually will leave the corners which is what I need to work on severely. Also, be prepared to shoot at lots of splits that way too!!

On edit: Throw plastic too. Plastic wont "hit" the pins as hard as other equipment and should leave more "unique" combinations of spares!!
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Title: Re: spares
Post by: livespive on April 30, 2004, 10:27:26 AM
Depends on what spare you are working on,
just aim at that pin.

Make a game out of it.
Someone told me of one once called catch 20.
the object is to score as close to 20 as you cn by
shoting only the 10 and the 7 pin.  10 on the first ball
7 on the second, or visa versa.
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Title: Re: spares
Post by: DanH78 on April 30, 2004, 10:47:59 AM
Also known as low ball.  Gutter on your first shot and you get a strike, gutter on the second and you get a spare.  Just like golf, low score wins
Title: Re: spares
Post by: livespive on April 30, 2004, 10:51:06 AM
quote:
Also known as low ball.  Gutter on your first shot and you get a strike, gutter on the second and you get a spare.  Just like golf, low score wins


Why are you throwing the gutter balls?
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Title: Re: spares
Post by: michelle on April 30, 2004, 11:01:18 AM
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Also known as low ball.  Gutter on your first shot and you get a strike, gutter on the second and you get a spare.  Just like golf, low score wins


Why are you throwing the gutter balls?


That's the point...you shouldn't toss one, which is why you get penalized in lowball by recording a strike.  A perfect score in lowball is 20.
Title: Re: spares
Post by: livespive on April 30, 2004, 11:08:49 AM
AHHH  I see.

Thanks
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Title: Re: spares
Post by: mumzie on April 30, 2004, 12:46:22 PM
If you want to leave corner pins, I have found a sure fire way to do it.
Tell yourself that you absolutely NEED this strike. You have the front 10, or you have to have it to win the US Open, or take the game, or win $10000, or something else. I guarantee that you WILL leave corner pins.


Seriously - you don't have to leave a spare to shoot the spare. You can do it at a full rack. Multi wood spares, no. But single pins, yes.

I constantly do spare drills when I practice. But I wouldn't throw away league fees on this.
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Title: Re: spares
Post by: Moe on April 30, 2004, 01:16:29 PM
To work on the 10 pin, find a line... and then aim just outside of it, and you should come in light leaving some 10pin's.  Or send your ball out real far, and it will probally come in light, leaving a 10 pin.  

This is the most frequent way that i leave the 10, not beacuse i was robbed.  
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