Yeah, going in the gutter is pretty common for people switching to plastic for the ball side corner pins. As a coach I highly recommend using plastic for any single pin spare other than the five pin. On the house shot, whatever you’re throwing for strikes will work for pins 1, 3, 2, 5, 8, &9, but on a sport shot you’d be surprised at how many good bowlers miss the 8 pin trying to hook at it.
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