Spare Balls

[vgw]

Would that be any single pin spare on any lane condition?

I would use my strike ball for the 1 and 5 pin

[billf]

I would use my strike ball for the 1 and 5 pin

I also do for those pins most of the time. I was practicing one day when a teenager I coach was at the lanes picking up a friend. He saw me hook at a head pin. He asked why I did that. I said it was just a strike ball. He quickly put me in my place using my words against me, "If it was just a strike ball to make it and it's still standing, what makes you think throwing it the same way and the same place will hit it now?"
His point was valid though. If there was a check involved, I would throw it straight so why would I practice differently? Well, for fun is why. So now I see who is there before hooking at a spare.