Why don't more people use spare balls?

[noeymc]

i dont need a spare ball i can pick up all my spares with my hammer taboo deep purple or my roto grip shatter =D its up the how the person bowls and what he feels is best for him

[Kobra167]

Well there are exceptions and there are people that can throw it straight or come up the back of the ball to get it there. The guy isn't really talking about you 200 bowlers that more or less know what to do. The problem is that the 120-170ish avg "newbie" bowler is unlikely to have both skill sets. Do you have to have a spareball no. But there are advangates if you do. The problem tends to lie when an average joe bowler decides to learn to how hook. A lot forget how to bowl straight with any amount of accuracy. So they miss it both ways when they get fed up with trying to hook at it. But it's not till you get more serious, for what seems for most people, that they adequately learn to throw it straight or take the hook off. Or finally make the investment to get the spareball.

[zemeckis]

I have almost always used a spare ball to shoot single pins but since short i only use a spare ball to shoot at the 4-7-6-10 al the other pins i just use my "strike" ball.

[noeymc]

Well there are exceptions and there are people that can throw it straight or come up the back of the ball to get it there. The guy isn't really talking about you 200 bowlers that more or less know what to do. The problem is that the 120-170ish avg "newbie" bowler is unlikely to have both skill sets. Do you have to have a spareball no. But there are advangates if you do. The problem tends to lie when an average joe bowler decides to learn to how hook. A lot forget how to bowl straight with any amount of accuracy. So they miss it both ways when they get fed up with trying to hook at it. But it's not till you get more serious, for what seems for most people, that they adequately learn to throw it straight or take the hook off. Or finally make the investment to get the spareball.

not sure where i got a 200 avg from=D youd be shocked to know what my avg is but ill let u guess it off my videos =D lol but its not as hard as people think it is this game is more mental then anything imo take a step back 6 inchs should be enough use the same marks u used while throwing a straight ball for ten pns and 7s atleast and throw it try it pratice doing it i prob hit about 80-90 % of my ten pins and like 75-85% on my 7 pins but for every other spare go to the lane throw ur ball down every arrow see how it hooks and that will give u a idea of how ur ball will react all over the lane

[xthe_charismatic_enigmax]

I throw my Taboo Jet Black as my strike ball and I throw my Taboo Jet Black at 10 pins, everything else I throw my Nexus at.

[GeoLes]

I just purchased a Brunswick T Zone for about $80 just for spares. Prior to that, I threw my shineiest ball with a flat release, rolling the ball off the index finger. I got more or less turn at the back end. Depending on lane. ConditIons.
It took me a white to Fin.d the third mark form 38 without overcompensating and dumping it in the gutter.

A ball with zero break would be very helpful. I normally throw a breaking first ball.

[billf]

Those who have been here awhile know I keep stats on everything I do. Since abandoning my spare ball (pitches were off causing hand pain) my spare conversion percentage has dropped 10%. Just the ten pin alone went from 97% to 90%. Splits are a hair harder to convert also. Of course THS are a lot easier, even for spares.

[unclemantis]

I don't use my thumb at all so a plastic ball really makes no difference for me.

[billf]

The lack of a core will make a difference, thumb or not. Easier to control with a ton less hook potential (5 boards vs. 15)

[unclemantis]

The lack of a core will make a difference, thumb or not. Easier to control with a ton less hook potential (5 boards vs. 15)

I will agree with you on that. I will try my 10 pin shots using a house ball and see what happens.