This Is A Basic Spare Shooting Guide For Beginners
After you have learned the 4 step approach and the basic targeting or line bowling for a strike shot. Now you can learn basic spare shooting.
Good Spare Shooting Is Very Important In Bowling.
Probably one of the most important things in bowling is shooting spares and is often over looked or taken for granted, but yet preached to bowlers by coaches over and over again. I think probably one reason that we take spares for granted is there is not the same gratification in knocking down a spare as rolling a strike. Even myself after looking at my scores in league I say I had 3 or 4 open frames that’s about 10 to 20 pins for each missed spare.
Spares Can Be More Important than Strikes
Well in the beginner level you should take spare shooting almost more serious than rolling a strike.
The Gold Rule For Spare Shooting In Bowling
The golden rule is move your feet the opposite direction of your spare. So if you are right handed and you leave the 7 pin you should move about 9 or 10 boards right on the approach with your feet and shoot your ball a crossed your strike spot, yet your follow threw should be toward the pin. The same is true with the 10 pin; you would move 9 or 10 boards left and shoot cross lane at the pin. Now let’s take the 3 and 6 pin area or the 2 and 3 pin area the same is true with these spares, but you do not move your feet as far. An example, the 2, 4 pins move your feet right half the distance of your 7 pin so lets say you move 10 boards right for the 7 pin you would now move about 3 to 5 boards for the 2, 4 pins with your feet and shoot your ball cross lane at the pins with your follow threw. The same is true for the 3, 6 move your feet left about half the distance of your 10 pin shot and shoot cross lane at the 3, 6 area, now remember to follow threw. I must note: this is just a general area and there will take some trial and error for you to find your comfort zone.
There are some illustrations below that give you a mental image of what I am trying to say.
Well Good Luck And Practice is the Key.Good Spare Shooting Is Very Important In Bowling.
Probably one of the most important things in bowling is shooting spares and is often over looked or taken for granted, but yet preached to bowlers by coaches over and over again. I think probably one reason that we take spares for granted is there is not the same gratification in knocking down a spare as rolling a strike. Even myself after looking at my scores in league I say I had 3 or 4 open frames that’s about 10 to 20 pins for each missed spare.
Spares Can Be More Important than Strikes
Well in the beginner level you should take spare shooting almost more serious than rolling a strike.
The Gold Rule For Spare Shooting In Bowling
The golden rule is move your feet the opposite direction of your spare. So if you are right handed and you leave the 7 pin you should move about 9 or 10 boards right on the approach with your feet and shoot your ball a crossed your strike spot, yet your follow threw should be toward the pin. The same is true with the 10 pin; you would move 9 or 10 boards left and shoot cross lane at the pin. Now let’s take the 3 and 6 pin area or the 2 and 3 pin area the same is true with these spares, but you do not move your feet as far. An example, the 2, 4 pins move your feet right half the distance of your 7 pin so lets say you move 10 boards right for the 7 pin you would now move about 3 to 5 boards for the 2, 4 pins with your feet and shoot your ball cross lane at the pins with your follow threw. The same is true for the 3, 6 move your feet left about half the distance of your 10 pin shot and shoot cross lane at the 3, 6 area, now remember to follow threw. I must note: this is just a general area and there will take some trial and error for you to find your comfort zone.
There are some illustrations below that give you a mental image of what I am trying to say.
Those are just some basic examples of spare shooting in bowling.
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