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Published November 01, 2009 12:10 am - Picking up 7 or 10 can be troublesome With the exception of splits, probably the toughest spare conversions in bowling are the 10 pin for right-handers and the 7 pin for lefties.
As a result of reading last week’s column, two bowlers called to ask if either Earl Anthony or Mike Aulby, both southpaws, had any advice for picking up those troublesome pins. As one who consistently leaves several 7 pins during a series, this lefty knows he needs a refresher course also. Anthony says, in his book “Winning Bowling,” that the 7 and 10 pins are most frequently missed “easy” spares in bowling. Since the pins are on the back row, a bowler’s ball has a tendency to hook inside the pins. If a bowler gives the shot too much speed, it takes some of the action off the ball and the ball drops into the channel short of the pins. Anthony recommends practicing shooting the shot a couple of different ways. First, he says, imagine the pin standing in the channel and shooting for it. Or, he adds, find the spot at the arrows that will take your ball through the 7 (for left-handers) or the 10 (for right-handers). Whatever you do, Earl says, don’t loaf on the shot. He stresses following through on the shot because the least pull to the left or right will result in a miss. Aulby, in the notes given me by good friend Bill Byrd, doesn’t delve into spare shooting, but he does have some advice for not leaving so many 7s and 10s. “The major problem that causes 7-pin (or 10-pin) taps,” Aulby writes, “is too much speed on the ball. My advice is to slow the ball down somewhat. If change of speed doesn’t work, or if you start hitting the pins ‘on the nose,’ and leaving splits, then I recommend that you change your bowling angle. Try moving a board or two to the right (for lefties) and hitting your strike spot. That should bring the ball into the pocket a little lighter and may be the answer to your problem.” A bit of personal advice if you’re having trouble with the corner pins, bowl a practice game shooting at nothing but the pin that’s giving you the most headaches. City highlights Lori Anderson, bowling at the Fourth Street Bowl, and Mark Howerton, cranking out the big numbers at Bowl East, have been on top of their games recently. Lori, who posted a 703 series two weeks ago, totaled a 639 series this past week and had games of 215, 224, 227 and 202 during the week. Mark rode a 280 high line to a 750 series after totaling 730 the previous week. But the top stories of the week for the men involve a pair of 300 shooters (Randy Beaver and Joey Davis) and a whopping 794 series by left-hander Gabe Attoun, all at Bowl East. Gabe, a product of Joplin’s excellent youth bowling program, had games of 279, 246 and 269 in his near-800 series. He already has a career-best 826 series in the books. 
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