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Using the center arrow to pick the corner pins. To pick the right corner, move left. To pick the left corner, move right. Move until you can draw a line from yourself through the center arrow to the pin then walk along that line and throw the ball at the center arrow. Because you have moved the ball will hit the corner. Moving to the opposite side of the lane gives you a better angle on the corner. If you tried to thrown the ball directly along the gutter to pick a corner pin, a little mistake puts it in the gutter and you miss the spare. Across lane bowling allows you to make a little mistake and still hit the corner. You don't have to line up the corner each time. Once you've found out where you should be standing for the corner, just look down and remember where you are standing on the approach.
Another form of using spot bowling to pick the corner pins is to use the arrows next to the centre arrow. These arrows are on the 15th board from the gutter thus giving this method its name. You stand at the same place you would for a strike ball but you point your feet to one of the arrows next to the centre arrow and throw the ball over that arrow on a line to the corner. The major advantage of this method is the avoidance of obstacles such as walls or pillars. For example, a right handed bowler moving left to throw across the centre arrow may be bothered by the closeness of a wall when the left hand is extended for balance. It is a good idea to learn how to pick the right corner using the 15 board as a second method of sparing just in case this happens to you.
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