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[MICHAEL]

That darn 10 pin use to be a problem for me!!! I seem to get, (on some days), my unfair share of them! I was lousy ,, maybe one out of 10 (:/ Then I found the combination of a burnt out alien ball, and standing far left, and HITTING the CENTER mark, (((not taking my eyes of THAT mark, sorta like golf, keeping your head down on the ball)))! Now I hit it 80 to 90 percent of the time! It eases the pain of what should have been a strike, and then not only not getting THAT STRIKE, but missing the spare!! Double Whamie!!
It has helped my game a whole buch learning the most accurate way to throw the 10 pin spare!

[eugene02]

can't seem to throw my spares properly.. example when i throw pin 10, my ball normally goes toward pin 2 - pin 7 direction

[striker12]

i almost had a clean game and a clean series a few weeks ago got to the 10th frame in all 3 games and left a split i have only had 1 ever clear game and that was when i shot my 300 game lol but that was a long time ago, hopping to get another clean series this summer

[kev3inp]

I throw the occasional clean game, too. My wife's longest streak is 19 frames clean, and I'm only at 16 before disaster struck.

[GeorgiaStroker]

Bowling is a funny game. The highest score I ever bowled clean was around 210. My best game ever was 246 and I had 2 open frames. lol

[martin]

still waiting for my next clean game.. lol.. and a high game.. my highest ever was a 279, and i haven't reached 200 for some time (except this clean game 2 weeks ago)

[eugene02]

wow martin.. such high game.. hope i can get that high too... shall try this week!

[martin]

that was about 10 months to 1 year ago.. my most recent high games for the past 3 months were just 200-220.. haven't reached 250 ever since that 279

[billf]

Martin, do you throw a straight ball or hook for your spares? I use to hook at the 7 and made most of them. Now I throw it straight just like the 10. I put my right foot on the 1 board and throw across the center arrow. I use my spare marks now on every lane, every condition. Throwing spares straight, especially single pins, has really helped my average. Throwing straight takes the conditioner, carry down, etc right out of the equation.

[martin]

i use a hook for my spares.. except pins 6-10 (either single pin or both).. tried throwing straight at the 7, but i keep hitting the 3rd arrow (from the right.. that's the 15th board i think) instead of the center arrow which i want..