YAY! I get the bothering comment award!! The rest you can #*%^ it!! Aslan Rulz!! #reallybothering
The comment was essentially "I am frustrated because I leave a lot of 7-pins (as a lefty) and struggle to pick them up (more so than other pins). I responded by pointing out that on average most left handers WILL leave a 7-pin more often than any other pin...and due to the physics of a properly thrown bowling ball...are least likely to convert said pin versus other single pins.
And...at the risk of further bothering you with logic and whatnot...there IS a reason for this. You see, for a lefty...going right to left at the 7-pin...your ball will naturally want to move right...but due to where the 7-pin sits...you can't hit it from the left. Now, Bowl1820 had some actual numbers posted...but the MudpuppyCliffNotes version is the 7-pin is actually harder to pick up for a lefty (and 2nd hardest for a righty) simply due to it's placement in relation to the gutter.
So...in your world...the strategy is to lie to yourself and hope that in doing so...your self will be confused into thinking a 7-pin is a 2-pin....but your mind WILL remember to guide the ball into the 7-pin NOT the 2-pin upon execution??? Wow...my head would explode if on top of the several usual thoughts...I have to simultaneously try to trick myself.
The 7-pin is a 7-pin. It just is. It IS statistically harder to hit due to it's placement on the lane...hardEST to hit (of single-pin leaves) for a lefty throwing the standard (non-back-up ball) release. Those are the facts. Whether you like the facts...are scared of the facts...are "bothered" by the facts...etc...does not change that they are in fact...the Facts. My advice (humble at best) it to stop pretending the 7-pin is something it isn't...and find a line that allows you to consistently hit it.
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