“I don’t exactly use a system. I shoot everything pretty straight, unless it’s a double-wood situation.”
— Mike Fagan
CHRIS BARNES: I have standard places I stand for just about ev- erything. There’s a spot I stand for the 3, 6 and 10 pin. I hook at double wood, except at the U.S. Open. You shoot straight at every- thing because you don’t open up any room by hooking it there. I throw straight and cross lane with plastic at anything else. Left-
side spares are from the right. Interestingly, right-side spares I walk toward my target. Because of the way our bodies and swings are, we’re not really set up to throw right-to-left, so I square up my whole body toward the 2, 4, 7 and walk right at the pin.
MIKE FAGAN: I don’t exactly use a system. I shoot everything pretty straight, unless it’s a double-wood situation. I look at the pin and draw a line back through the ar- rows. I throw straight with one of my core balls. I don’t use a plastic ball because it’s just another ball that I have to carry. We go to a lot of overseas events where you are restricted in the number of balls you can bring, so I don’t care to waste one of those slots with a plas- tic ball. For double-wood I try to stay on the same spot and maybe move my target one board left and slow my speed down a little bit.
SHEAR MAGIC: Kelly Kulick uses the center arrow and a scissors system for throwing straight at spares.
JASON BELMONTE: I vary. I do have a specifi c stance for my 7, 4 and 2 pin with my plastic ball, and that’s pretty much at every house I’ve ever bowled in. For the 2 pin my right foot is on 14 and I try to hit the third
WES IS MORE: Surprisingly, Wes Malott prefers to hook at most spares, rational- izing that repeating his strike shot is easier than changing to a straight shot.
arrow. Then I move three boards left for the 4 pin, and three more for the 7 pin. Then with the 10 and the 6 I try to get to the left corner of the lane and just throw straight at it. I hook
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at double wood, and if I leave the 2-8-10, I try to back the ball up. The only time I feel confi dent throwing a back-up ball is when I have to send pins to the right side of the lane.
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