Pin Leaves Explained: What Your Pin Leaves Are Telling You

Going from strongest to weakest, hitting it on the same spot to show downlane ball reaction. Much appreciated.

I think a video that would show a ball hitting the pocket and show a flat ten pin leave, a wrapped ten pin leave, and then a four pin leave, with the explanations/reasons behind such leaves, would be invaluable information to many bowlers. A lot of people don't realize there is a difference behind a wrapped ten pin and a flat ten pin leave. Some don't understand the reason why a 4 pin is left after what seems to be a pretty good shot. If there was a video showing the ball's initial entry angle and deflection in the pocket that results in these one pin leaves , and then the solutions to resolve leaving these spares, it would help a lot of people...especially those who are beginners wanting to better their strike shots.

The pins are telling me to just give up

Title is a little odd considering he left one single pin spare in the whole video. This is more of a lesson in continuation and getting your ball to go through the pins properly.

This video must be for advanced, or professional bowlers only, because I didn't understand hardly anything he said, and the video didn't help me understand why I leave the ten pin, or six & ten pins so often. That is what I was hoping to learn from watching this video. I'm a 68 year old who just returned to bowling after 35+ years of being unable to bowl, due to injuries and two partly failed back surgeries. I had only bowled a couple years in leagues, prior to my injuries, so my bowling experience is limited, but I'm just happy to be able to bowl again, after such a long recovery time. I bought a new Storm Hyroad pearl to start bowling again, but could not get it to hook much, so a couple months later, I bought the new Harsh Reality, and a few weeks after that, also bought the "Hook in a box", Hammer Black Widow 3.0. My average went from 155, to 167 with the Hyroad, then jumped to 187 with the Harsh Reality, and now in the Summer league I'm at 198, usually using the Black Widow 3.0 as the first ball out of my bag. I bowled a 280 during practice within the first 10 days of having the Black Widow 3.0 drilled, and started the next game with two strikes, for a total of 12 strikes in a row, so now I'm hoping for my first ever 300 game in the next year or so. If anyone can help me avoid leaving so many ten pins, I would appreciate the advice.

The exact type of vids we need. Thanks, Nick!!

Love to see a lot more videos like this to help up make adjustments and ball change instead of being blind to what’s happening. Thanks

pin action is so quick ... so I have to pay more attention. good vid. thanks.

A good video. Thanks. I am planning just to buy Motiv balls at this point to complete my arsenal so this info is handy. I would love to see more vids on adjustments based on just one ball by looking at pin leaves and deck exits. And probably another series on ball up and ball down like this one to achieve the perfect ball exit on the same pattern. A new knowledge to me from this vid is that even the weaker ball can be played on the same pattern by further moving left, provided that it has the same shape. I thought it will just miss the pocket and break point totally, and even if you try to adjust, the angle and margin of error can never do you justice. It’s the path to horror splits you can never recover 😅 I might be wrong here but I’m willing to be entertained if that’ll improve my game.

A lot of great information on how to make adjustments based on continuation of the ball!

Thanks for this video, I struggled last night in league because the balls I used were burning up their energy before they got to the pocket. In on sequence I left a ten pin, strike, seven pin, 9 pin, ten pin, strike then an eight pin. I no longer own a pearl ball. I will look into them and see what I could find. This may help my game a bit.

Nice tips .Thanks.

great video !

Ditto on primajackal's comment. Was thinking the same about the lessons title?!?

I left 278 ten pins in my league last yr. I hardly ever leave 8 or below. I’m hitting the pocket good with all my equipment but what in the world do I need to do to kick the ten out? It’s a solid ten at that with the 6 pin keep wrapping around it. Every game I leave at least 4-6 ten pins a game.

Great great video..haven't seen anything like it

All well and good, if you've got an unlimited budget for bowling balls. Most amateurs usually don't have more than a couple of balls at their disposal. What would be more helpful would be something about how to adjust - using the same ball - when you keep leaving the same pin. Because that's the only option most of us have. Or are you suggesting that someone with only one ball just has to live with whatever leaves they get that day?

Even with the 10 pin leave and then the tripped 4 right after, there is a lot to be learned from shots like those. The 10 pin leave was more a bad break than anything else since it was a wrapped 10. The six lay in the gutter or goes over the top will leave you with different information with how to adjust.

3:38 Kris Prather Reference from 2020 TOC

Good lesson