How To Make Spares- Part 2 Continued

Double Wood Spares:
 
    Double Wood just means that there are 2 pins left on the lane you need to convert, and one is directly in back of the other. Examples are the 2-8 and the 3-9 pins. If you only convert one of those pins it is referred to as a “Chop” or “Cherry Picking Off” the spare. If you throw a perfectly straight ball, this one may be easy for you to convert. The right handed hook bowler needs to move left because the weight of the pin will deflect the ball slightly to the right and you might miss that back pin. The left handed bowler needs to do the opposite, or move slightly more to the right. Just experiment when you are practicing to see what will work best for you according to the size hook you throw.

2-8 Double Wood Spare

3-9 Double Wood Spare

2-8 Double Wood Spare

Join me next Monday for Part 3 of Making Spares. I'll be discussing "Cluster" and "Bucket" Spares”.