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How to Pick Up Spares - Lefties

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Use Common Sense
Walter Ray Williams, Jr.

Walter Ray Williams, Jr.'s 88.16% spare-conversion rate in 2004-05 is the PBA all-time record.

Photo courtesy PBA LLC

The explanations throughout this tutorial deal with pins standing alone. But, as you know, you’re not always going to leave just one pin. Sometimes, you might leave the 1 pin, which requires no adjustment, and the 3 pin, which requires you to move to your left.

Using common sense, you know you can aim at the 1 as normal, and it will deflect into the 3. Or, you can move 2-3 boards left and the ball will hit both the 1 and 3 pins.

The information in this tutorial is meant as a guide, but you’ll have to use common sense and experience to pick up more complicated spares.

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