Why It’s Almost Impossible to Make a 7-10 Split in Bowling | WIRED

[@ENDERTON2000]

I saw a 16 year old girl make the 7-10 during league play in pocatello idaho, tough guy lanes, late 80's. She had a sub 100 average, totally luck shot, but the most magical thing I've seen while bowling

[@i.m.askance7996]

Nice story! Both the girl who made the shot and you will always remember that moment.

[@eveescastle5866]

Now that's a story to come out of Pocatello.

[@Cabledeluz1977]

That’s where we play now, lol!

[@deanfitzgerald8063]

What's a 7 10. Anybody

[@Cabledeluz1977]

@@deanfitzgerald8063 that’s the name of the pins.

[@robertogonzales1956]

When a professional has only done it 3 times in his life and you have all these people in the comments saying that they've done it. Tells you how much luck has to do with it.

[@TheBatugan77]

It tells me they're full o'shit.

[@Hotobu]

@@TheBatugan77 Possible, but given a big enough audience there are bound to be a lot of people that have done the improbable.

[@JustinKrux]

@@TheBatugan77 nope hes 100% right, ive hit 2 7-10's and they were completel luck, had nothing to do with my skill, just got lucky with the pin bounce/deflection, my brother, who doesnt really bowl that regularly or well has hit one too, again, out of complete luck of the pin bounce.

[@hortongamsey6409]

Literally played bowling 4 or 5 times in my life, 7-10 split was one of my first spares.

[@legorobotics1017]

I did once by extreme luck never made it again came close a few times but so far that’s my one and only

[@mattfromwiisports413]

It isn’t that hard. I hit those kinds of splits all the time.

[@patricklostar]

lmao

[@baranakkaya8768]

Lmfao

[@kylewreph9148]

These types of comments are always the best 😂

[@CidKagenoOfShadowGarden]

Lmfao 😂😂

[@picklerick8420]

Bro i slapped u up in boxing

[@wheelman1324]

When I was a kid I managed to get a gutter ball with the lane’s bumper setting on. I’m kind of a big deal in bowling.

[@151bar151]

big deal? that's actually Bill O'Neill's nickname, one of the best players :D

[@mouthlesshater]

Nice.

[@xavierrichardson461]

God bless you and your family 🙏🏾

[@sparahofficial103]

im ur 500th like btw

[@LuisSanchez-wc8fc]

who tf asked broski

[@King-ci8sk]

Worked an alley for 3 years. Bowled on leagues that entire time. I've seen a 7-10 cover twice. One of which, was the first one the gentleman had ever gotten in almost 40 years of bowling

[@TheLeiaOrgana]

I was about 7 and did it. I bowled a lot as a kid. No one cared except my grandfather.

[@Udontkno7]

I got it twice in my life. My family was proud, and the family next to me looked really impressed. Pure luck man, pure luck.

[@qlogic2002]

I've picked it up more times than I can count, of course I was chucking it at about 26mph, usually shooting for the 7 pin (right hander)

[@BranCanGaming]

ive got one 7-10 conversion, and they really are just pure luck. like obv there are better and worse ways to hit the pin, but when its going to happen is very random.

[@Pentaloft]

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[@SuperDawgz]

When I’ve gone bowling, I never hit 7-10 split but I always gone through the middle, calling it a “field goal”

[@BlackTomorrowMusic]

Exactly! It's even worth one more point than just picking up the spare.

[@pinklemonade8283]

Lol same

[@joaquingonio2998]

Me too

[@emmyyy7363]

In professional bowling in my league I say field goal lmao

[@wendyokoopa7048]

We used to do that all the time in league including referee gesture

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

It's always possible for Matt on Wii Sports

[@tapikaa]

xD

[@captainrobots1]

Well he's a extreme pro

[@maximdupuis9664]

Matt >>>>>> everybody

[@K-Zone]

I made it once in will sports😂😂

[@murraypaul2337]

Only if Matt decides that he doesn't want to get a strike

[@HcKingPin]

One HUGE thing about converting the 7-10 you failed to mention is the walls beside the pins. If you are bowling on Lane 1 the wall left of the 7 pin is a solid wall. The wall right of the 10 pin is hallow because of the ball return. This plays a HUGE roll in converting the 7-10. You should ALWAYS shoot at whatever pin is closest to the solid wall. Or in other words if you leave the split on the left lane, you want to hit the right side of the 7 pin. Hitting it as hard as possible into the solid wall causing a much stronger ricochet. I grew up working in a bowling alley, and noticed this myself when working on the pin decks. I have converted the 7-10 twice, both in league play but once on the left lane hitting the 7 pin first and once on the right lane hitting the 10 pin first. Ironically the first time I converted the 7-10 it was on lane 15 just like it is shown in this video at 3:15 notice he hits the 7 pin just right of center and into the solid wall. I can guarantee you if that exact shot was replicated on lane 16 he would not have converted it.

[@hyperjason]

Agreed. I've picked up a 7-10 twice; once when my ball fell in the gutter at a high rate and hit the pin on the left side to kick it over and second hitting on the right side of the 7 kicking it into the left wall and ricocheting it back over to the 10. This video definitely doesn't cover all the angles; funny how it mentioned pool but didn't test any of those principles.

[@monkeycircus509]

@@hyperjason if it went in the gutter before it hit the pin, it only counts as a zero.

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

What about a stick of Dynamite yah jack asses??? 😤

[@johnthomas4790]

I came to point that out. My strategy has always been to clip the inside of the 7 pin. No idea why that strategy wasn’t discussed

[@neelakantannittoor77]

You saved me a lot of writing😂

[@alanvanasch4793]

I hate to be that guy but I did it once. The guy working at the alley said he'd never seen anyone do it before. One of the most proud moments of my life

[@Superstar-sw5iy]

man I would hate to be that guy too

[@BellsandJess]

Yup i did it once too. My high score is 241 not great but not bad

[@mikester4896]

Oi! I'll just stick with some of the 5-7 and 5-10 splits I've converted

[@tronquitoanimations2882]

@@BellsandJess i did the split once. it was 100% luck. my record is like 140 really bad. and fun fact once i meet someone who said the ball "bite" him

[@i_throw_ched289]

My high is 130 and never hit a 7-10 but I’m only 12 and it is something on my bucket list

[@CarlDoesMusic]

my parents split when I was between 7 & 10

[@jimbof1074]

Nice one dude. Funny

[@theguytheman417]

Nice spare

[@juicydruc2755]

wow, dude did you really just say that? lol

[@socialcreditsystemofthepro1634]

underrated comment 💀💀

[@danielvidulich6484]

XD i love this

[@jcortese3300]

There's something appropriate about the probability for a 7/10 split being seven-tenths of percent. :-)

[@parkerbohnn]

J Cortese: The odds of making the 4, 6 is much slimmer. Jimmy Keeth was living proof of that when he bowled on tour. No one on tour threw harder at a spare than Jimmy Keeth.

[@swayturtle6793]

J Cortese this has 666 likes

[@TPColor]

yes

[@jcortese3300]

@@swayturtle6793 Not anymore. :-D

[@MoneyManHolmes]

I haven’t watched yet, but I’m going to say the 7/10 requires just as much luck as it does skill.

[@nabzy28]

I picked one of these up when I was really young. Maybe like 7 or 8 yrs old. I had NO idea what I had done, but everyone was freaking out. I threw at the 10 pin and my ball went into the gutter just before the pin. The curvature of the gutter caused my ball to roll back toward the 10 pin just enough to bump it and make it wobble. It fell, and rolled across the lane, taking out the 7 pin. I got awards, patches and whatever else they gave for league play and I had no comprehension that what I'd done was nearly impossible until years later. I was just having fun, bowling with friends on Saturday mornings, lol! Truly luck.

[@genos1969]

lies

[@Botaccount31]

@@genos1969 Touch grass.

[@kaingussky7596]

@@Botaccount31 You could say the same argument with you. You are wasting your time just to tell someone who is probably saying the truth to touch grass you are just as bad as him which what he did is not that bad but if you’re gonna make it a big deal how about you touch some grass.

[@robbieramsey3092]

@@kaingussky7596 how is typing two words wasting time

[@GENOSANDIEGO]

That's nice but the thing is that if it hits the gutter first before it hits any pin, it's not a legal strike / spare

[@Jimenez69]

"Nobody on earth can hit a 7-10 hit" Me who plays WiiSports: my intelligence is almost frightening

[@Korne127]

hahaha, same for me with xbox kinect sports

[@i_throw_ched289]

This is golden

[@dindoyop7478]

@@Korne127 I see we had the same childhood

[@adamayawaya2592]

So was i the only one who would aim close to the gutters to use the pin the hit the other pin on the other side?

[@dindoyop7478]

@@adamayawaya2592 I did that too

[@harryli5979]

Dude that’s so easy did it in wii sports so many times

[@isabellac.8351]

Harry li I don't get it I always got strikes in wifi sports those where my golden years

[@jdao1sm]

lol don’t wanna brag but I’ve done this a few times irl and I’m 11

[@ruin11z83]

@@jdao1sm did you really tho lol

[@jdao1sm]

john defrancis yea 3 4 or 5 times

[@jdao1sm]

MistakenBacon no u

[@urcristianofansworldd]

WIRED: it is impossible, not even a robot can do it predictably! Mark Rober: But a human can.

[@chrissullivan5443]

Lmao

[@magicalrevolverwieldingsta185]

Ayyyy

[@MThomasB]

You referring to that bowling ball Rober made that will turn when you lean? LMFAO!

[@urcristianofansworldd]

Vxxl heck yeh! That so good!

[@sweatypiranha]

Todd Rogers can

[@Neveronline2024]

As a high school bowler, I hit a 7-10 split once during regionals. My teammate freaked out when it happened. I can agree that it is difficult and the ball would have to hit one of the pins hard enough. Just enough to fly and hit the other.

[@acastanza]

The Greek Church vs 7-10 pick up statistics makes for a very good cautionary tale about statistical data interpretation.

[@DanielGonzalezL]

You're right! Data means nothing without proper context and interpretation

[@Sir_Leelord]

yeah, because good bowlers hardly ever leave that many pins up...

[@Roggie249]

@@Sir_Leelord Not true whatsoever. Each one is easily left with a shot that isn't terrible. Pocket 7-10 where the ball either lacks energy or has too much angle isn't rare, nor is a Greek Church where the ball is about one or so boards higher on entry.

[@topthrilldragster20]

Greek church is the hardest split to make

[@TheVlad1616]

Daniel Gonzalez exactly. Church has lower conversion rate because many times they don’t try and make it. 7-10 is attempted ever time, because they’re just trying to hit 1 and get lucky.

[@PrimeEdgeMedia]

This is one of the first ACCURATE bowling videos I’ve seen made by a (non bowling) multimedia company. Very well done

[@holylarcenist9596]

And by wired no less. I’m surprised as well

[@chevster6290]

900rpm, triple most pros. Most pros are at 400-500. I’d say double.

[@holylarcenist9596]

Chevster wrong comment my guy

[@Hiiro_RL]

@@chevster6290 thats what i was thinking

[@PopFizzCJ]

Parker DeKubber Bowling they always do a good job looking into hobbies, they did really good with the cubing one.

[@patrickboner]

There is a strat I've been working for months trying to figure it out and I did I call it using 2 balls at once

[@theguytheman417]

Oh yeah, it’s big brain time

[@digi3218]

I have one that actually works with one bowling ball. So here it is: You have to throw the ball at just the right angle upwards so it hits the ceiling panels causing one to fall off and bounce onto the pins.

[@patrickboner]

movie info no that glitch has been patched mine hasnt

[@nyxofthenight6883]

LMAO

[@GabrielsEpicLifeofGoals]

@@digi3218 Throw the ball in the gutter with sideways spin, so that it jumps at the end, and it converts. :)

[@richt4472]

I got one totally by accident when I was with my best friend at his Birthday party; I was around 13/14 years old. First time ten pin bowling, I just chucked the ball without a thought about what was going to happen, but the thing I remember more than making this shot was the people in the lane next to ours that were all wearing those bowling gloves and decked out in their kit just stopped and all four of them started clapping. I had no idea why until years later lol For anyone in the U.K it was at Bitterne Bowl in Southampton.

[@firebird68cougar69]

if the ball went in the gutter and popped out of the gutter and hit pins.. it's still considered a gutter. as cool as it might of been that you hit the 7 -10 split. technically in your case this wouldnt count in a game.. the score would be erased and a gutter would show.

[@shuanextreme]

@@firebird68cougar69 it’s still impressive though

[@ericfortson832]

When i was a kid my bowling coach spoke of another way to pick up a 7-10, he said you could hit the inside edge of either pin to send it outword toward the hard wall instead of the curtain and you had more of a chance to bounce the pin back across to hit the other pin. I never could do it, but i have seen him do it.

[@dinoflagella4185]

eric fortson I did something similar. I curved the ball into the gutter right before the pins. It hit the wall and bounced back into the lane hitting the 7 pin. The pin flew across hitting the 10 pin. I was honestly trying to do what your instructor said, but I put a little too much spin on the ball.

[@sean966]

eric fortson you went to a bowling coach ?? I didn’t even know that existed

[@darthparallax5207]

It doesn't surprise me that at least one person in the world got unusually good at them. Millions of people in decades. At least one grandpa with a chip on his shoulder and some time to think and practice could do it. It takes not only luck. It takes skill, and obsession. I think people discount that some of us are smarter than others. Some of us have better blood pressure. Some of us really are more dedicated even only looking at leaguers and pros. All of these factors can't just be washed away by watching videos. By obsession i mean getting it in your muscles. Getting 300 is supposed to be impossiblish bc of fatigue. The same things that turn 275, 285 scores into 300 would help with the 7-10. What you ate matters for a 300. That's technically randomness of your body chemistry staying equally alert but you can do things about it. And they said what, .o75%? 7 hundredths of a hundredth. Or in other words in 10,000 7-10s, 1 is going down at least. 100 frames is 10 games. A league/pro bowler should be able to get 20 games a week. 50 weeks a year. 1000. 10 years like that and you can do it. 40 years like that and if you tried to game the math you ought to have gotten it at least 4 times.

[@draheim90]

My dad made a 7-10 split in a league once and that’s how he did it - he didn’t use the back wall or “curtain” at all.

[@ShiningDarknes]

@@coveyhough2524 and that is why bowling is stupid

[@kxi._.5765]

Someone at WIRED is just salty that they lost a bowling game

[@ruddyreporter8862]

300+likes and not a comment

[@ghazishmeissem4785]

Highlights hi

[@jawar5673]

@@ghazishmeissem4785 hi

[@nonononononono2022]

Bruh

[@danielyuan9862]

@@ruddyreporter8862 That just means people like the comment but have nothing to say.

[@tsalvo9290]

He's not saying it's impossible to make, he's saying it's impossible to consistently make.

[@hopperj6]

he should change the title then

[@tsalvo9290]

@@hopperj6 almost impossible

[@rioluvo]

@@hopperj6 it says almost pal

[@arrogance8769]

"It's hard to argue with his assessment"

[@ozkan576]

@@hopperj6 you should learn to read then

[@xohhbeatz2372]

I've been bowling since I was four, and I somehow made this spare when I was seven. The ten pin bounced right off the back of lane (black part) and came back to hit the seven pin. I've never been able to do it again and it's been 10 years.

[@samusaran13372]

bowling since four...?

[@User-xl8ke]

@@samusaran13372 yeah, what's confusing about that?

[@johntaylor5993]

"Jim tried converting the greek church." Well, I imagine that didnt go well. The greeks are very solid in their religion.

[@SlashoftheGreatnessOfficial]

John Taylor r/dadjokes nah but fr that was good 😂

[@stevecharron7438]

Boss witticism

[@whatisthis2809]

@@SlashoftheGreatnessOfficial r/ihavereddit

[@ProuvaireJean]

Orthodox even.

[@lmlllr]

i find it funny that i done a 7-10 split on wii sports when i was like 8 by accident

[@tedllh]

GalaxyGrape294 I KNOW SAME

[@sophiepriestley3997]

i call BS

[@kwaby942]

I was 4 fight me

[@Lord_Blumiere]

Same😂

[@chonka4329]

I did that ones in real life by accident

[@austinmclaughlin298]

I like this guy a lot, he makes the videos interesting. He gets enthusiastic and goes all in on the topics.

[@QuasiELVIS]

He's a real Weiner though, if you see his other videos he throws a baseball like a shot put.

[@outisnemo8443]

Seems like you have to do one of two things to have any chance, especially with the newer curtains: 1) Instead of aiming for a glancing blow on the outside where you'll land in the gutter, you should aim for a glancing blow on the inside of either pin instead, which is even more achievable since you can use spin to curve it in, the idea being to bounce the pin hard into the wall on the side and causing it to ricochet back, all in order to avoid the pin hitting the curtain and losing its kinetic energy there. 2) Hit the pin straight on with a fast throw, the goal being to achieve a double bounce as mentioned in passing in the video, where the pin hits the ball a second time after colliding with the curtain, regaining kinetic energy and bouncing unpredictably in one of any number of directions.

[@1954football]

why its almost impossible to jump off a cliff and survive

[@benjyyy4168]

This is unbelievabley stupid

[@user-qe6zm6wj3e]

Demon Cat so is your response

[@benjyyy4168]

@@user-qe6zm6wj3e how

[@user-qe6zm6wj3e]

Demon Cat jokes and sarcasm aren’t your forté huh

[@Nathan-wr3mg]

Louis use a parachute, you didn’t say I couldn’t

[@louieatienza8762]

I've made it exactly once in about 20 years. I've almost made it many times, sending the 10 over towards the 7. For me, the idea is to hit the 10 on the LEFT side with as much speed as possible, so that the 10 hits the right sidewall, then the ball that's in the pit. The 10 will squirt over to the left after hitting the ball pretty consistently. Chances are still low, but getting the 10 to go left increases your chances greatly, as opposed to hitting the curtain which kills the speed off (which is what it is designed to do.)

[@MrOsmodeus]

yeah even in the footage thats more or less what happened. i don't know why they kept harping on about the back curtain. bouncing off the sidewall as long as you don't get the pin caught in the gutter has much more chance of success. the pin needs to bounce and get caught up in spinning like a top to maximise the chances of collecting the 7. so it helps if your rev rate can knock the pin to the right and add a little bit of a lift to clear the gutters lip so the pin makes it back onto the lane. i'm still not calling that easy. such a glancing blow to the side of a pin wont inject much energy but it's much more likely than using the backstop designed to kill momentum

[@pippincovington1348]

How did it feel when you finally got it?

[@louieatienza8762]

@@pippincovington1348 I smacked it out so hard, I almost couldn't throw the fill in the 10th LOLOL... and we needed it to win!

[@Mitjitsu]

I've never made it since I bowl a 300 every game :p

[@SBBurzmali]

@@MrOsmodeus I think the point is that banking off the curtain ensures that you pick up at least one pin where putting enough spin on the bowl and/or angling it to impact the side of the 7 or 10 pin carries a much higher risk of missing the pin entirely. That'd be the same as trying to get the ball to cut so hard that it goes into the gutter with enough speed to pop back out and catch a pin on its outer edge and likely a bunch of other crazy throws.

[@Revolverben190]

So you’re telling me that when I did this on accident it was nearly impossible?

[@simasmik1284]

Ben4TheWin yeah same happened to me when i was 11 haha

[@d.k.7471]

I've done it once on accident as well. Don't think I will ever do it again.

[@jesse.r8019]

yes, i play professional bowling now for 3,5 years and i never got it once.

[@MarsLonsen]

lol word, i knew it was hard but didn't realize how hard it actually was XD

[@bufuhl1869]

r/thathappened ya’ll

[@theirishbandit7301]

Roy Munson hit it back in ‘96 at the championships in Reno. He had been out of the game for 20 years and had this epic come back going head to head with the “Muhammad Ali of bowling” ‘Ernie McCraken’. Unfortunately Munson came up short in the epic match but he did hit the 7 10 split during competition. He did all this with a rubber hand over a hook mind you. He’s definitely the 🐐

[@dlindberg3]

Big Ern. Classic

[@resinfingers3896]

Unfortunately they were wrong in saying it was the hardest spare

[@charliekopfler2271]

“Not even a robot can engineer luck” What a great line.

[@Matty80822]

a good one can. we just don't have robots that can dynamically analyze everything instantaneously but scientific advancement is pretty much engineered luck. like the rube goldberg machines

[@robert9595]

@@Matty80822 angular trajectory.

[@bluefate2159]

luck doesn't exist though? im confused

[@Packarddd]

@@bluefate2159 not the luck your thinking of

[@bluefate2159]

@@Packarddd chance doesn't exist everything is calculated

[@Morchunkis]

5:46 me introducing my boyfriend to my family

[@xXChipsAndGravyXx]

underrated

[@mitchellbayes1268]

Oliver Prendergast Was gonna say that

[@e.k.o5412]

I cackled

[@zoecostin2242]

i clicked the timestamp not knowing what to expect, but im glad i did

[@donmangu.]

I got the joke in two different ways lmfaooooo L I K E if u know what I mean

[@TheGoldenDragonmc]

Next: Why it's not impossible to bowl in wii sports

[@GlyphicEnigma]

why it's not *almost* impossible to bowl in wii sports

[@pumpkin9916]

They forgot another method getting the 7 10 split, which im surprised they didnt mention. You can throw the ball hard into the gutter and hope it bounces back up into the side of a pin, which would slide it straight sideways into the other.

[@Dave-kl8wp]

i think they didnt mention that because its technically illegal in bowling

[@pumpkin9916]

@@Dave-kl8wp Yea that would make sense then. A pro bowler would obviously know about that lol

[@RaindropsBleeding]

@@pumpkin9916 I've actually had a conversion revoked in a tournament for this exact reason. Heartbreaking, lemme tell you.

[@martinhuls4217]

You could also just eat the remaining pins

[@Neveronline2024]

However, that sort of thing doesn’t count during tournaments

[@nohbodhi1120]

When I was like 8 my older cousin hit a picture perfect 7-10 split. The pin he hit flew perfectly sideways into the other. All the adults went a little nuts and us kids just sat there like "yeah that was pretty cool I guess"

[@brownro214]

Physics says that's not possible. For the ball to hit the 10 pin on the side so that it slide directly across the lane, the ball would have to come out of the gutter. If the ball goes in the gutter, it is a dead ball and any pin count is negated.

[@TheWa1rusGod]

@@brownro214 guy that always plays bowling like its a pro match coming in here and trying to ruin someone saying they hit it because physics says its not possible. But remember physics has been proven wrong before. Technically there is always a chance even if it is 1 in several quintillion etc.

[@langdonogeay1141]

@@TheWa1rusGod no lol

[@sidosh2229]

@@brownro214 I don't know what materials the sides are made of, but if he hit the inside of the pin in a way that it bounced off of the side to actually fly perfectly sideways, I guess it's possible

[@Jake_97]

In order for a 7-10 split to be possible, the ball needs to hit the first pin with enough force and accuracy that it bounces off the back curtain and into the other pin. As of now, all other instances regarding a perfect 7-10 split have been made using this method. In order for the pin to fly sideways in the way you described, it would need to be hit nearly perfectly on its side. Theoretically, if the bowling lane were bigger, this would be possible. But, for the pin to be hit perfectly on its side, the bowling ball would be in the gutter. So no, it’s not possible.

[@SlowedSonics]

guy crawls inside bowling machinery my mind: mission impossible 1 elevator scene

[@jensonhartmann3630]

Hasta lasagna, don't get any on ya.

[@youknowwhatdaysayinhoe5646]

😂😂😂😂😂 you ain't right!

[@SirMsuni]

"I only built the arm" "Coz that's all you needed right"

[@lingy69]

nice tbbt reference

[@SirMsuni]

@@lingy69 :)

[@ricksanchez6318]

Big Bang

[@whiderboss]

Winnie the Poo is out of the honey tree!

[@SirMsuni]

@@whiderboss I am certainly not touching you honey tree. :)

[@kur1tan]

8:15 The bowler converting the Greek Church still continues to aim for the 3, and not the 2. He gets both count and picks up the spare. Where the robot and drawings aim for the 2.

[@ramoryx245]

I have an interest of around 0.01% in Bowling KZbin : That's enough for me

[@elliottmoore4835]

go watch Oprah.

[@cheeseboi588]

@@elliottmoore4835 What?

[@elliottmoore4835]

@@cheeseboi588 duh

[@cheeseboi588]

@Sand Hanitizer I still don’t get it

[@cheeseboi588]

@@elliottmoore4835 Duh what?

[@failtolawl]

bowling really is the most underrated way to spend a week night

[@romiarkan450]

Bowling alleys are disappearing in town too

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@romiarkan450 And they're really expensive in countries where bowling is not a common thing.

[@Endeva09]

The problem with Bowling is its insanely expensive to run, and as such, insanely expensive to play.

[@BillAnt]

You could always play with your balls instead... it's a lot cheaper. xD

[@legacyhuntergaming5399]

It's really the shoes that are what make the price go up. You can find a pair for like 30$ on Amazon. Go bowling 6 times and they pay for themselves.

[@Composer_Ben]

I tried to convert the Greek Church several years ago, but I ended up becoming Orthodox instead.

[@prod.german]

solid

[@southpawairsofter]

bro im Orthodox and I just wanted to let you know I laughed because of this, good day sir

[@MikeDindu]

Me: *slow clap*

[@bigvrocks2480]

Robbie, great video. I'm in my early 70's. My Dad was a huge bowler and I was able to go to the lanes back in the 1950's to watch him bowl in leagues. I did set pins in Buffalo, NY (Grant Street Lanes - above Molin Taylor Motor Parts) in the early 60's but was clueless as to how the machines operated after the mid 60's. Really enjoyed your presentation. I have seen the 7-10 picked up as well as 'box-cars' split. Bowlers today are insane! Also, never knew 'Earl' existed but very cool indeed! TY!

[@elmoblatch9787]

It's actually really impressive that Wes has made it three times.

[@thebowlingod2677]

ive done it twice

[@whatisthis2809]

Osku palermaa: but wait there's more

[@joesmith942]

I bowl twice a decade and did it once. I assumed professional bowler could do it all the time. First time I realized that was lucky.

[@owendoesthings231]

I’ve went bowling twice and I saw a guy do it some how

[@tiercel24]

I average around 220 in league and have been bowling for around ten years, now. I've made the 7-10 split once in my life, and that was in October of 2016. I've left the split probably around 150 times and I've only converted it once.

[@ScubzMcTalBowling]

I have never picked it up before. Congrats on your conversion!!!!

[@cjpeejay7706]

Are any of you willing to buy me a bowling ball?

[@wuphat]

I've been bowling in leagues for 35 years and I still have never picked it up.

[@22MadScientists]

The PBA analysis found 7-10 is picked up 1 in 145 times, so your anecdote is pretty consistent with that!

[@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677]

Like getting holes in one in gold

[@eugenew0521]

Analyzing half a million frames completely messed up the man's eyes

[@BadPerception]

I was looking in the comments for this...

[@geo2715]

Bad Perception same 🤣

[@DavidSlick1990]

You are the Very Reason the Internet is Undefeated. I thank you for the Laugh

[@eduardobobe9731]

Hahahaha I know right, I thought the same thing.

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

One time I literally was with my family and I got a 7-10 split and I just went for one of them. Apparently I hit the back end and it skyrocketed and knocked the other pin down. That was in a clutch round where I was losing 30 points down and won.

[@ericli2006]

With the combined power the of the Wii Remote and the Wii Motion Plus, this shot is almost impossible to miss.

[@freshestbreath]

Wait, they say the greek church is made less often because people go for the 3 pins instead of the 2 for count yet you need to go for the 2 to get the split BUT the pro bowler literally makes the spare in this video by aiming at the 3 pins. 7-10 still harder.

[@kaaanjiiin]

There are 2 versions of the greek church for a right handed player. 2:3 and 3:2. If you get 2:3, you can go for count and spare in the same shot. If you get 3:2, you have to choose

[@chaoslordlordofchaos]

It's case of being possible on either side, but the 2 pins is considered more likely to collect the whole spare. I'm no expert, so I can't explain the details, but that's the basics.

[@avengednightmare]

Easier to pick it up aiming for the 3 pins... aim to the outside edge of the front pin and the front pin deflects off the inside back pin over to the 2 set. I have about a 25% conversion rate on that split using this strat.

[@ZUCChinishrIMP]

You can convert it both ways, going for the 2 or the 3. But physics-wise, it's higher chance of converting by going for the 2. Right-handed, we'd normally leave it 2 on the left, 3 on the right. The way to convert it by going for the 2 pins is basically going for the 4-9, but slightly thinner (think going between a 4-9 and 4-10), and hoping for some nice pin action. But aiming for the 3 on the right side, you don't have that back 8 pin to bounce things off, so you have to slide the 6 between the 4 and the 7, so your angle is even thinner. Basically the angles. Going for the 2 side, your angle needed to slide the pin across is greater than going for the 3 side.

[@MrKABANGkabang]

2-8-10 is the hardest of em all though

[@Dax888]

9:13 lmao “tried converting the Greek church”

[@jeopardy60611]

Converting a whole church is an impossible feat, because they are set in their religious ways and no one in the congregation would go for it. I just saw your comment and realized the alternative meaning of that statement that has nothing to do with bowling. I didn't catch that hearing him saying it in the video.

[@theunwelcome]

outtake: "and immediately got denounced by Pericles"

[@emons87]

Omg, the best comment ever!

[@wazzobazzo]

Bowling. A sport for malakas.

[@dumaskhan]

Heathen! OFF with his heaD!

[@ryan370]

I've only been bowling a couple dozen times. I hit this shot once and didn't realize how insane that is. I missed the 10 pin wide right completely, but the ball bounced back out of the gutter enough to cut the 10 pin straight across the lane into the 7

[@bubblesburst1220]

dead ball as soon as it hits gutter

[@ryan370]

@bubblesburst1220 interesting I honestly did not know that hahaha. But I'll tell you what, the computers they had at the alley couldn't tell the difference, so I got the spare though 😜

[@Alex-dc5mx]

Then u didn't actually convert it it doesn't count if it bounced out of gutter

[@slightslice3120]

You know something’s hard when a robot can’t do it.

[@callumdavies1093]

I reckon the robot can. They just didn't try all of the possible parameters

[@tenacious645]

@@callumdavies1093 only if the other factors are controlled. They aren't though, thus the robot can't reliably do a 7 - 10....but for real, I'm sure they could have picked up at least one if they stayed at tweaking the values a while longer.

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

Meet Earl

[@AndyGarcia-zy1fs]

I can drink water and swim

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Not if that's dating and marriage! Or pooping.

[@mcnut3183]

Roses are red The sky is clear I don’t even bowl So why am I here?

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Try it at least once in your mortal life!

[@Jmcinally94]

Running a TAS to try to crack the 7-10. Bot: Not possible, sorry

[@JheMeeMaps]

Thank you for clarifying that case of the Greek Church. It would be rarer cause that formation is less common which is why it came up less on records In difficulty 7-10 takes it.

[@TetraBui]

No It’s the conversion percentage for every time it appeared, so out of every frame that ever had a Greek church it was only converters 0.3% of the time

[@HalifaxHercules]

If you ever played Candlepin, Spread Eagle and "Hi Lo Jack" would rank as one of the hardest.

[@nathan.dunahoo]

I like this wired guy, he's rly dedicated, I've seen him a few times. If you're seeing this, thanks man!

[@ragasanov]

2am at night - Why it's impossible to make a 7-10 split? - I dunno youtube, show me

[@rngedom]

Exactly.

[@doppler4950]

its 1:27 am rn

[@therichard27]

Watching at 2am...

[@ervinasnaujokas3252]

2:35 rn

[@NickPopGamezAndTutorials]

You mean 2am in the afternoon

[@sugu8403]

Why did I watch this the last time I bowled was like 15 years ago lmao

[@aaronkenyon4324]

Cause you’re gacked out on WIRED

[@eveescastle5866]

Last time I went bowling was on my brother's 8th birthday almost 6 years ago

[@Helladamnleet]

Probably been about 21 years for me. Now I'm thinking about becoming a pro bowler.

[@ZbigniewPakIeza]

I nevwe bowling lmao

[@tubehound69]

I like bowling but I don't like to do it. I'm left handed so the holes in the balls screw up my thumb since the holes are drilled for right handers. Being left handed it makes you move your thumb over your ring finger instead of your middle finger, and when the bowling ball comes off of your hand a few times it really makes your thumb start to hurt.

[@justincase5228]

In tournament bowling-as a right-handed bowler-I would convert the 7-10 split by purposely throwing a gutterball to the left, releasing the ball without spin above the beginning of the right gutter and directing the ball to bounce hard against the side wall, ricochet off that and then bump the seven pin. You practice this on a throw-away game by just striking only this seven pin for ten frames. It's difficult to say whether this would qualify at the national level but I assure you that it was good enough for league play.

[@morelia1028]

"It's impossible to hit the 7 10 split." Me: *Hold my Wii remote*

[@ceraques]

then how are you going to play?

[@Icefire3339]

Safety strap!

[@jaxonthebossatrongaming6316]

SpeedySnake I know I said the same thing

[@brotoonstwins]

i just wanna say... this guy is a really good host. someone give him a raise.

[@fpkblast8465]

"I've played a few frames with a professional bowler" - Cuts to shot with Professional NFL Linebacker

[@michaelziegler9337]

I can’t be the only one who doesn’t get this joke

[@beaconator96]

Yea I don’t get it

[@CloroxBleach-cq7tj]

Don't get it

[@pixyl4415]

@@michaelziegler9337 Don't worry. I get it as well.

[@marredcheese]

@@michaelziegler9337 cause he's a big dude, I guess

[@SEBASTIV]

This was so much more in depth than I expected

[@tschani2323]

7:36 Blink 100 times if they forced you to say that.

[@wowperson1708]

Its a rare condition that doesn’t allow you to control eye movements and in some people other random movements, i have it in my eyes, its common in people with ADHD

[@iamgoo]

@@wowperson1708 the more you know

[@CL0WN]

Ty for doing something with that profile picture, uurgh Ur rare, almost impossible in fact

[@yang_2982]

@@CL0WN yes

[@sauce4897]

Thats mad diserspect bro he can't control it

[@jacksonthesyndicalist2771]

“... converting the Greek church” The Ottoman Sultan has entered the chat.

[@korana6308]

Thank you. I needed that comment.

[@benmedrek233]

Pause at 3:37 “When yo dad about to give you a spankin’”

[@TetronRR]

Ben Medrek yes dude

[@joel_okdasnsbbeb]

Lmfao 😂

[@exaile6717]

NICE HAHAHA

[@brandonwyckoff6167]

WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE YOU SON A SPANKING

[@noble_evans]

That’s not funny

[@jthompson6189]

I don't even care about bowling, and this was interesting.

[@elgenfranord1651]

You shold bowling has changed my life 😊

[@aarondai2625]

cool

[@saurabhshahane8830]

@@elgenfranord1651 in what way??

[@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059]

@@saurabhshahane8830 before, he never used to go bowling, and now he does. See? It changed his life!

[@BioTheHuman]

@@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059 deep 👊😔

[@yewonk7400]

nah, all you need is a _"lucky bounce"_ *if you know you know lol*

[@nocapbrudda6232]

faith yewon iykyk but idkyk

[@20alphabet]

@@nocapbrudda6232 Lol 😃

[@doggo3789]

Is that a wii bowling reference?

[@eamonkinney]

These nuts in yo faith

[@mybillshavebeenpayed3937]

Me: As long as i get a strike i'm fine,

[@l.v1473]

Lol 8m happy whe. I get 1 point

[@funnylittlecharacter692]

{Fhonix} your name is just perfect 😂

[@l.v1473]

@@funnylittlecharacter692 what do you mean?

[@chrisloesch1870]

I made a 7-10 once in my 25 years of league bowling. Pure luck.

[@brianmurray4836]

Same been bowling for almost 30 years, picked it 3 times... covered it twice out of league and once in league. Got me a patch for it. No skill was involved. 😂

[@inutero]

Oh yeah you think the 7-10 is hard? wait til i show you the 79-91 on wii sports resort 100 pin bowling...

[@sparkyshore3543]

Oh that’s easy. Just go for the secret strike.

[@inutero]

@@sparkyshore3543 Inever actually managed to pull it off as a kid haha. You're right though.

[@Potato.69420]

Sparky Shore I got so consistent at doing that😂

[@DarkPrevaitor]

@LueLou Just roll it on the barrier.

[@adamhanson4908]

I call my girlfriend 7 10. If i get that split, i'm really lucky

[@D4HU5H]

Lmao

[@AmitDas-wp4vp]

🔥🤣

[@jloren4647]

Nope... you are just over valuing something consistently available for cheaper. Which is sometimes free on top of it.

[@SlickGokuBaby]

Except as the video shows, you never make it

[@yesname4889]

😂

[@irfandanial7138]

In my 6 years of bowling I’ve had some 7-10 attempts that were almost successful. I’ve always wanted to convert it. But the greatest convert I’ve done was a 6 7 10 split. Being a lefty helped making me feel proud for converting a split that’s more advantageous to the right.

[@kimberlainodriscoll4781]

I've made the 7/10 split twice. Once was done with the bounce they show. The other was by tapping the right pin (10 pin) on the outside just as the ball was heading toward the gutter. It shot across the lane and took out the left pin (7 pin). But yes, most times I just get one or the other.

[@manjunath414]

Ya I did the same. I sent that ball so fast. It went into the gutter bounced back and hit the pin at the side and it.just flew into the other one.

[@Zayme_]

The impossible shot is hitting the centre pin without hitting the others

[@narowild402]

Zayme true but what happened to ksi?

[@modernth3896]

Ur so right

[@SlickGokuBaby]

The trick is to take out the other 9 pins on the 1st shot. Then you can take out the center pin for the spare.

[@koolmoedee8356]

*centre?

[@qua.m4a]

Incoming “hold my beer “comments 😭

[@blitz4630]

Qua lol

[@exoticcar5482]

And the "end this man's whole career" and "am i a joke to you?" stuff

[@qua.m4a]

qtSroux 😂u feel me

[@qua.m4a]

ElevatorMan5482 ElevExperiencing Productions factzzz

[@ra3_drice995]

Hold my sprite i have done this before lol

[@MahendraSingh-iy3yb]

7:15 Dude lost his own frame rate of Blinking after analyzing half of million frames

[@SaucyLC444]

@NoireTCG Player lol for future references...it’s spelled Tourette’s...but turrets had me thinkin about a war victim fa some reason🤦🏽💀

[@K1lly]

It’s Tourette’s bro. He can’t help it.

[@JimBob-vg2og]

H3h3 style bro

[@reubenhandel210]

Use a light ball like a 6. Only put 2 finger tips in. Stand all the way to the left and throw it all the way cross lane to the right while lofting it high in the air with as much spin as possible so that the spin kicks in right as you hit the 10. Aim for the left side of the pin so the spin is going with the bounce off the 10 and hit the 7 with the ball.

[@AbdullahDakhaikh]

Now I know new terminology to flex with my friends.. "That physics exam was a 7-10 split... WHAT?? YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT IS?"

[@Slossage17]

7:19 That’s a serious blinking tick

[@GospelFire]

Guy's watched too much bowling

[@pixmadennis9488]

Guy's giving a message in morse code

[@menachembloom3537]

Anyone who’s watched bones was cringing when he crawled under the bowling machine

[@eric7922]

ok, I’m no bowler, I like bowling though. I counter on that explanation at 3:02...I sent the ball hard and fast with major spin hook and just before it hit the 7, it dropped into the gutter, banked high to the left then came back to the right and hit the 7 perfectly, sliding it beautifully across the lane to knock down the 10. One of the long time watchers said with great joy, “I’ve never seen such a thing in my life!”

[@mad_elf]

"Some of those curtains move more than others. Here's what I mean by that". Yes, please explain. I don't understand.

[@TopDogRL]

notice the clip of the guy hitting the split at 3:15 doesn't have a curtain to deal with - Only reason that one worked...

[@dormnuke]

@@TopDogRL There's always a curtain in pinsetters. It's never a wall. If it were, balls would crack left and right.

[@browntrout3994]

its how they are anchored best strategy is to barely clip inside of pin and kick it off the closest kick plate and bounce it back across the lane. I've made it twice using this method....fast, plastic ball and inside clip not bouncing it off back or in pit and then out of pit. Just my opinion

[@emilylibman4829]

guys they’re being sarcastic lmao

[@delinquentdesign]

A million frames left that poor guy with a tick in his eyes

[@ArsenalMc]

delinquentdesign 💀😂

[@bartholomewlyons]

😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@Brinoctopus]

Grown man making fun of somebody's body, nice.

[@delinquentdesign]

Just an observation. idk if its permanent or not either way i think its a sound theory.

[@bellybutthole]

I was gonna say the exact same thing...

[@fit4ya1975]

I did it when I was 12 years old on my bowling league. I even have a patch for it. Total luck.

[@charlescraft7880]

There was a dude who chucked a 10lb ball at 24mph next to me two nights ago, which caused the 7 pin to just launch it to the wall then ricochet to the other end of the lane into the 10 pin

[@L0calLEGEND]

"Why it's almost impossible to make a 7-10 split in bowling." *So you're saying there's a chance.*

[@lead_tv]

thats what the whole video was about

[@SuperBuildsInMC]

Yeah there is....

[@andydai6117]

yes that is what we are saying

[@MemesOnDaDaily]

Ah yes the floor is made of floor

[@roberttaylor7064]

They say its 1 in 10,000

[@np6181]

All I can think about while watching this is the episode of Zack and Cody where in a thick accent they say “you can hit the 7 or you can hit the 10 but you can not hit them both”

[@mateodomingo8136]

Bro for real tho 😂😂

[@JD_tcb]

Well it’s true... you can only hit one pin and hope to cause a ricochet. Also the abbreviated title is “Suite Life”-everyone knows that. ...Also I just watched that vid (thx lol) and it looks fake af 😂 ..why didn’t they just stand 10 feet away and film a “real” one? lmao

[@Log1cTech]

“Not even a robot can engineer luck”

[@Rob165x]

Yeah I didn't get this, the calculations are very complicated, it just takes that much more math...which is what robots are good at.

[@20alphabet]

Robots can't engineer anything.

[@pixyl4415]

@@20alphabet But they can.

[@Buizie]

Earl his trying his best

[@SirTylerGolf]

Well no robot on earth can throw a ball accurately enough to get a 7-10 split every time

[@danny8807]

I hit a 7-10 split before it felt more liberating than any strike ever

[@truckertruthetrutrucker5357]

“EARL” is bowling WAY passed the line. cheating robots pfft

[@MosoKaiser]

_"Over the line! Mark it zero!"_

[@Strazman]

@@MosoKaiser No I wasn't...I...I, just....c'mon man it's just a game.

[@hawesomedelasauce]

Reading your comment made me reminisce when KZbin comments used to be good and witty. Now it’s just quotes, colons and begging for likes.

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Robots like EARL don’t cheat because they’re never used for competitive bowling; they usually just test the equipment when they bowl!

[@secretfilesofthesnowmonkey5255]

@@Strazman You're entering a world of pain, Smokey.

[@alphaownsyou]

"The Greek Church is the hardest spare to pick up." As we all knew this was false and was proven to be false moments later.

[@williamrutherford553]

It's the hardest to pick up ACCORDING TO THE DATA. Because most of the time, bowlers go for the count instead of the fancy trick. Did you even finish the video?

[@alphaownsyou]

@@williamrutherford553 Yes I did. And I saw a bowler pick it up as well as the robot. Whereas neither could pick up the 7/10.

[@ArsenalBowler]

@@alphaownsyou Yes, that is the point that they were making lol. The Greek Church is easier than the 7/10 unlike what the statistics suggest.

[@wloffblizz]

And that, boys and girls, is a perfect example of why pure statistics in a vacuum are almost useless, and always require careful study and interpretation to understand the actual significance behind cold numbers.

[@shumone]

He did wink an awful lot. He must be saying it under duress by the bowling illuminati.

[@therocketeergamer7952]

Buddy analyzed half a mill of video frames now he can't stop blinking

[@LANESxNOWONLYx]

He may have seen Mark Roth convert the 7-10 on national television on ABC Sports Professional Bowlers Tour back on January 5th, 1980 at Mel's Southshore Bowl in Alameda, CA?

[@FinalMyle]

I rarely get left with a 7-10 split but when it happens what I've started trying to do, and I need to actually just practice this more, is hook the ball in almost behind the 7 pin to kick it either directly into the side wall or a little forward and hope it has enough energy to come back across the deck and nail the 10. This method seems a little more reliable, if you can do it, than going straight at it and trying to get the pin to bounce off the curtain or something else in the pit. You also will have the sweep coming down in front of the deck so that is another thing that can help the 7 (or 10 for a southpaw) ricochet across the deck. Of course hooking a ball BEHIND the 7 or 10 pin would be a feat in and of itself. Happy bowling!

[@md.shahidchy7659]

I remember a person in a nearby church who looked like he was Greek trying to convert me. I bounced.

[@sludge4125]

Are you sure he wasn’t watching his buddy’s behind?

[@Spectral_Thief10]

What if someone told you that you can't leave the bowling alley until you pick up the 7 - 10 split

[@gesus.christ99]

I run inside the 7-10 split and I kick both like Cristiano Ronaldo

[@antarcticorb9197]

Twilight Zone episode...

[@randallulrich]

@Marshadow Pokemon: I think, at that point, I would have to change my name to Sisyphus.

[@Steve_Edberg]

Roll a barbell down the gutters. 😂

[@reubengilbert5586]

Calls Jason in Jason: that's easy mate. Just hold my beer

[@eggo_oo]

Reuben Gilbert belmonte?

[@adamt808]

Eggø Waffles yep belmonte

[@adamt808]

Reuben Gilbert does a 7 10 split across 5 lanes

[@joeybagadonuts5774]

Robbie Gonzalez is for sure an up and comping journalist. This was very well done and yes, the Greek Church is a really hard shot in bowling. 7-10? Hammer it down at one of them.

[@SlimWRLD0]

I did this once when I was 17 and me and my friends went nuts

[@waynewilkins6429]

cool

[@mymaingotbanned_not5816]

Sure thing

[@hmrctaxevader]

hahaha i could imagine how hyped everyone was