This video clip shows a hook ball hitting the pocket, but leaving the back-row 8-10 split. This is a heart breaking spare to leave, an apparently good pocket ball and you leave an almost impossible spare. But by watching this video you will learn why this happens and by discovering the similarity with the more frequent 10-pin leave be able to use such information to 'read' the lanes faster.
This video clip will take a few minutes to load: when it does you'll see a ball hook into the pocket, but leave the 8-10 split standing. Watch the the 10-pin leave and see how similar these two spare are, watch a 2-7-10 split being made or compare this with a strike shot. There are links to other video clips at the bottom of this page.
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In a text-book strike the ball only touches four pins, impacting with the front two pins (1-3 pocket for a right-hander) and then driving through to push the central 5-pin into the back-row 8-pin, while the ball deflects into the 9-pin. Here, though, we see the ball deflect so much that it hits the 5-pin very light, so light that the 5-pin slides in front of the 8-pin. Compare this shot with the normal 10-pin leave and you'll see a lot of similarity. |
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View other videos of Strike Balls,
various Releases, the Approach or click on these
pictures to see other videos of other Spares.
