Shooting straight at your spares can help increase your chances of converting them, especially on sport conditions. In this video we look at a few ways to accomplish throwing it straight, and then some practice tips to get dialed in.
Good stuff guys! Nice to hear other peoples thoughts and their reasons why of spare picking. Thanks it's given me a couple of ideas that may help improve my game. Thanks again.
I do the exact same thing to pick up my 10 pins! Stand on 30 & aim between 3rd and 4th arrow. In addition to the ball return getting in the way, I also find it less stressful than going completely across the lane (ex: standing on 35 or 40 and aiming at 4th arrow). I have some depth perception issues, and the 4th arrow always looks like it's a mile away from me, so I have difficulty hitting it accurately. I also use the 3rd arrow for my left side spares.
Out of indignance and my best bowling buddy moving, I started to shoot a backup ball at my spares. Even shooting straight at my 10 pins im maybe a 40% spare conversion rate
