The stinking 7 pin....

[TheSheibs]

This is a video of me picking up the 7 pin. I am a left handed bowler and the reason you don't see me in the start of the video is due to setting up all the way to the right side of the lane in line with the edge of the gutter and lane. I also threw the ball between the 3rd and middle arrow. It does curve a little bit but not that much. I had mentioned that I would post a video for Sam. Here you go.

[martinezsam2495]

nice video! I wish I could pick up those 7 pins constantly, I need to keep practicing. :]

[martinezsam2495]

I watched your second video and I can tell sometimes your shots are going brooklyn, this could be a good thing but it is leaving you with pins on the left side, which we don't want, :/ What I would say you should do is to play on the 4th dot, and aim at the 2nd arrow, just like your strike shot rolled along the 2nd arrow into the pocket, I'll post a video for you as well, showing you how I bowl, since were both lefties, (lefty power)! haha The shots that left the 7 and 6 pin up was because your hitting the heard pin and there is no carry to pick up the rest. Once you started throwing strikes I can tell you found your mark, nice 4 bagger, 201 :O
I need to get that! Challenge accepted haha

[J Anderson]

What second video?

[Hampe]

I think he means other videos uploaded by the same youtube account.

[TheSheibs]

If you watch it to the end, there are other videos automatically suggested for you based on what you just watched.

Sam, I was having a pretty off day when that was taken. I'm going to try and post every practice session on YouTube. It's easier to just show what I did than to try to write a blog about what I did. I usually stand on board to the right of the 3rd dot(sometimes stand on the middle dot if it is really curving) and aim for the second arrow. The second arrow is my default mark that I start at every time. But I usually throw between the first and second arrow. Just depends what the conditions are.

[martinezsam2495]

@Hampe, yeah there's a second video when that one is done by the same account,
it's like 4 min long.

@Thesheibs yeah, we have the same strike spot, I play back out then in. So I need a ball that goes near the gutter then snaps right back in the pocket, and is forgiving. The Reckless is the ball everyone (including the pro shop guy) said would do the job. What type of bowling ball were you throwing during the video?

[TheSheibs]

My first throw is a Columbia300 Freeze Hybrid. For spares that are on or near the guttering have been using a Brunswick BVP Ambush. The Ambush was drilled in a way to make it so you really have to work for it to curve. I think the guy at the pro shop fudged up the holes. However with it being hard to curve it makes a great spare ball.

[martinezsam2495]

@thesheibs oh, I should get a spare ball of my own, do house balls do a good job at being a spare ball? I say you upgrade your ball and get something with more backend hook.

[J Anderson]

@thesheibs oh, I should get a spare ball of my own, do house balls do a good job at being a spare ball? I say you upgrade your ball and get something with more backend hook.

Since most house balls are polyester in theory they should be good spare balls. In practice, since for most serious bowlers that would mean switching from finger tip to conventional grip and back, it doesn't work all that great. You really want each ball that you throw to feel the same. Unless you get real lucky finding a house ball that fits perfect, you will have to exert more grip pressure to keep from dropping it. Then you have to remember to not grip your strike ball. Except for two-handers and no-thumbers its probably not a good idea.

When I switched from conventional to fingertip I kept using my old ball for spares. Eventually it started to hurt to use the conventional grip and that ball went in the closet.