How To: Make Your Spares

[@kK-lm5yu]

Thank you for the easy-to-understand video. I will practice with Midnight Sniper from today.

[@BowlMOTIV]

we hope it helped!

[@michaelricciuto9968]

Best advice on sparing I’ve seen yet on You Tube. Thank you

[@ChosenMJ]

Nice tips Nick! Thank you! 💯

[@bowlingboi9633]

I shoot my spares with urethane or weak reactive and I love it so much more than plastic.

[@RV126ICE]

So, do you walk straight to the approach so that left foot is on 34 at foul line or do you walk straight at your target of 20 at the arrows

[@bhartissimo]

Thanks of the video. It's similar to what I do now. I aim through the middle arrow as well, starting at 34 for the 10 pin and 16 for pin 7. But I move three boards right or left depending on the pin remaining. This works for pins 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 10. For pin 5, I have left foot on board 27 and still aim through the middle arrow. So far, so good. But I have a problem when it comes to pins 8 & 9. I'm not really sure exactly where to line up my left foot.

[@mariamartin8175]

Thank you very much! Great video!

[@박진우-h7k]

1st!! That’s a basic, but very important tip!!

[@keeganjacobs5913]

on your approach , do you walk towards the 20 board or middle arrow or do you walk a straight line and stay around 34 board and twist or angle towards the 20th board right before the foul line ?

[@kvdgadj]

What about senior who don't take step, but threw from the front line?

[@lonestarpatriot876]

Great advice. Overall, have a system for every spare and stick to it.

[@frankschmidt8001]

Nice tips. What is your laydown point at the foul line for both corner pins?

[@allenthomas914]

Was told I can use my spare ball and throw a strike shot over the 20 board standing on 30 ish is this ok?

[@emanuelarmand4993]

What's a recommended weight for the plastic spare ball?

[@N8Som]

your normal ball weight

[@michaelgarten2188]

Some "Experts" suggest a ball 1 to 2 pounds lighter. I use one that is 1 pound lighter because I owned that ball since Jr. High, lol, and that was some time ago.

[@zacknewman300]

Do you drift either direction?

[@kimjones3298]

Where do you stand for your strike ball?

[@kimjones3298]

Where do you stand for 2 pin

[@Banana69999]

I think it’s fine to hook at your 4 and 7 pins if you keep knocking them down 🤷

[@williampriesterjr.5077]

Yeah. My teammate has been a right-handed, 195-average house-shot bowler for 20 years, MOTIV sent him an email with information about this, and despite making 95% of his single-pin spares on the left or center of the lane for all that time, he inexplicably started using his weaker balls at his single-pin spares in the middle and left side of the lane. He's missed 4 of his last 5 4-pins by a cumulative 2 feet, and missed back-to-back 2-pin and 3-pin, both by a pretty wide margin. I know the tip is coming from a good place, maybe geared toward the beginner and the bowler starting to experiment on sport shots...I hope he switches back or figures this out soon.

[@bunker5696]

That was my philosophy.. then I bowled on a sport pattern

[@stevesweaney-c6s]

Nice vid but please can you turn the annoying music track down a bit in the mix, so you can be heard more easily. Many thanks

[@jeffclark6552]

🔥

[@larrylacroix3944]

Really did not see your hand position on the ball

[@gigikeke12]

hmmm, did i miss someting, or did he not talk at all about the first topic - hand position??

[@ryansnyder7444]

He talked about it a little bit when he grabbed the resin ball, flattening out his hand

[@paulmardis1512]

@@ryansnyder7444 but, not at the beginning when using plastic ball as he stated at the beginning. That is when I stopped watching. So many of these videos are misleading.

[@MichaelGannon-j4m]

There's too much glare. Can you tone down the glare next time?

[@HD-up7bz]

A video about hitting a 10 pin should only have a 10 pin, not a full rack.