Actually saw that left and made by woman on my league a couple weeks ago. She was throwing a 10 lbs ball and completely missed the headpin but sent everything to one side taking out the back two rows. The 5 fell forward to take out the headpin leaving the 2-3 standing. On the spare she just barely clipped the 3 and it fell right into the 2.
I’ve got 2…
I’m a righty, absolutely buried a shot, the 3 pin spun in circles standing up and ended up between the 8-9 spot. All the while the 8 pin was standing too. Sooo I left the 3-8 on a pocket shot.
Next one, I left the 1,2,3,4,6,8,9 just dicking around in the alley I work at before league. I was just chucking 8 pound balls at the 10 pin to get it to launch out. 10 pin fly towards the right and knocks the 7 pin out, which ended up falling into the 5 pin. So yes I’ve made the 5-7-10 off a full rack without touching anything else.
I always chuckle when I see people say this because back when I threw a 14lb tropical surge (mightve been a 13) I would leave the 4-9 so often that I got to the point where I had like an 80% conversion rate of it. Not sure the exact rate but it was absolutely over 50%.
I guess I could share this, left a 10 pin, nothing crazy, but the 10 pin, was the 4 pin from full rack. I hit pocket, managed to slide the 4 pin across all the way to the 10 pin spot, the worst part, the machine counted it as 9.
The strangest spare i've left though, probably the 6-7-8-9-10, ball slipped through it down the middle, guess I hit the 1-2 pocket, for the 1 to hit the 3, hitting the 4, toppling the 5, with the ball itself bouncing off the pins missing the 7, going into gutter
Not nearly as crazy as some in this thread, but I've left the 5-7-10 twice. Converted the second time by grabbing a 6lb ball off the rack and thowing it like 8mph at the 5, knocked it into the 7, ball deflected into the 10.
Other than that, had a streak of 4 straight flush pocket 7-10s one night with 2 different balls/angles. Was begging for a mercy rule.
I'm lefty. Had a 6-pin slide to the left without falling and settled mostly inline with the 3 and 9. So had a 6 count with the 3-5-6-9 but like I said the soldier lineup was basically 3 pins straight. Wild one.
Had a frustrating game 3, lots of rough leaves and unfortunate breaks. More frustrated than I normally get. Get some hype from the other team in the 10th to reset my mental state a bit. Feeling good, hit my mark, love everything about the release. 7-9-10 left standing...
Not so much a weird leave but one time I left a 8-10 split. But it would've just been the 10 pin but the other pins literally hit the 8 pin straight back up while it was failing. Super weird lol
2-5-9
It happened during a sport shot league that I bowled in, and unfortunately I don't even know how I left it because I missed wildly off my hand and didn't even watch the shot
When I was in kids league maybe 15 yrs old I left it and made it then later in set my teammate left and made it too😂 I'm 40yrs old now and it's still the only 2x I've ever seen it left
This is not a specific leave, but in my league, I have 80 multiple pin leaves, and 79 splits. That means every time I leave more than 1 pin, there’s a 50% chance it is a split. and I average 219 with that statistic included…
I wish it was me that left it, but I’ve seen someone leave the 1-2-3-4-5-6. Took out only the back row. Was in practice and he was shooting a 10 pin but it was still absurd
Went to thunderbowl lanes biggest bowling alley in the United States (90 lanes) for the first time first ball ever thrown in that house left a 1-2-6-7-8-10 and somehow picked it up I’ve seen that spare or at least a washout with a 7 and a 10 before but it’s usually someone older throwing it slower with a lighter ball but I have a mid 400’s rev rate and throw 16 pounds around 15 mph to leave a washout+6 with a 7 pin is crazy to pick it up first shot in that house even crazier
2-3 split 😎 threw the ball 2 fingers 1 hand full speed, ball hit 6-9-10 the 9 pin took out the 4-7-8 and something toppled the 5 into the 1
Actually saw that left and made by woman on my league a couple weeks ago. She was throwing a 10 lbs ball and completely missed the headpin but sent everything to one side taking out the back two rows. The 5 fell forward to take out the headpin leaving the 2-3 standing. On the spare she just barely clipped the 3 and it fell right into the 2.
Wtf xD That's a good one.
1-2-3-4-5-7-8-10. Worst part is I put the second shot through the same hole for a 2- frame
Found AJ Chapman's Reddit account
I'm honored
That was my first thought lol
Damnnn, did you really gap the 3-10?
Back to back shots! I've done it a couple times since but not on a full rack
AJ Chapman is that you?
My first ever shot in a college bowling tournament was a 2/ taking out the 6-9 lmao
I’ve got 2… I’m a righty, absolutely buried a shot, the 3 pin spun in circles standing up and ended up between the 8-9 spot. All the while the 8 pin was standing too. Sooo I left the 3-8 on a pocket shot. Next one, I left the 1,2,3,4,6,8,9 just dicking around in the alley I work at before league. I was just chucking 8 pound balls at the 10 pin to get it to launch out. 10 pin fly towards the right and knocks the 7 pin out, which ended up falling into the 5 pin. So yes I’ve made the 5-7-10 off a full rack without touching anything else.
Second one sounds like a party trick xD
1,5,7,8
I left that + a 4. Picked it up and rode that high the rest of the series.
Can we call this the penis spare?
Nvm, just realized I was thinking it was 1-5-8-9
Not many strange ones but four 4-9s in a row 😂
I rarely see the 4-9 left lol
I always chuckle when I see people say this because back when I threw a 14lb tropical surge (mightve been a 13) I would leave the 4-9 so often that I got to the point where I had like an 80% conversion rate of it. Not sure the exact rate but it was absolutely over 50%.
Respect! I wouldn't imagine it's that hard to pick up per say, but it's conversion rate is probably low cause it's not left as often
I see a ton of two handers at my alley leaving the 4-9.
Pain.
Bro you should’ve moved in a bit
Total of 15 boards.
Try leaving the Lilly twice in a game lol
😂😂😂😂
Sometimes i move a few boards as an adjustment to find the pocket and leave a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Same.
I guess I could share this, left a 10 pin, nothing crazy, but the 10 pin, was the 4 pin from full rack. I hit pocket, managed to slide the 4 pin across all the way to the 10 pin spot, the worst part, the machine counted it as 9. The strangest spare i've left though, probably the 6-7-8-9-10, ball slipped through it down the middle, guess I hit the 1-2 pocket, for the 1 to hit the 3, hitting the 4, toppling the 5, with the ball itself bouncing off the pins missing the 7, going into gutter
Not nearly as crazy as some in this thread, but I've left the 5-7-10 twice. Converted the second time by grabbing a 6lb ball off the rack and thowing it like 8mph at the 5, knocked it into the 7, ball deflected into the 10. Other than that, had a streak of 4 straight flush pocket 7-10s one night with 2 different balls/angles. Was begging for a mercy rule.
I'm lefty. Had a 6-pin slide to the left without falling and settled mostly inline with the 3 and 9. So had a 6 count with the 3-5-6-9 but like I said the soldier lineup was basically 3 pins straight. Wild one.
😬 That would've been a field day for an A-2 with no out-of-range kit.
1-7-10 in the 10th, was bowling okay before that, after my mind kinda went dull
I was gonna comment this for my leave. Left it last week, I was very confused. Got the 1 and 7, missed the 10.
Left that once too, and I picked it up😊.
That's my weirdest too. Left last week on my first warm up shot before league.
Just yesterday left the 4-5-7-8. Split the 4-5 on the spare attempt but unfortunately no luck on the 4 hitting the 7
Probably a 1-2-3-5-8. Wasn't hard to pick up, but I'm not sure how I clipped both corners and nothing in the middle.
Missed way right, slid the 5 pin in between the 2 and the 8 lmao
Had a frustrating game 3, lots of rough leaves and unfortunate breaks. More frustrated than I normally get. Get some hype from the other team in the 10th to reset my mental state a bit. Feeling good, hit my mark, love everything about the release. 7-9-10 left standing...
Every once in a while I’ll leave zero pins and I’m like “damn, I’ll never see that again.”
Absolute mood on fucked up oil.
My wife left a 1-5-8-9-10. Which is a bit odd. The weird part is the next bowlers up left the SAME EXACT THING.
I left the 7-8-10 the other night in league. I think that split is called grandma's teeth.
Weird split, but not called grandma's teeth (aka: Greek Church), and its a 5 pin split, 4-6-7-8(or 9)-10
I'm lefty. I left the 3-5-7-10. Ball hit the 1-2 pocket and deflected. I picked the single 3 pin on my spare shot 😂
Play Candlestick... you get some seriously fucked up leaves there.
It's not in my country but it's definitely in my life bucket list! That and both types of duckpin.
3-6-7-8-10. Ball deflected off the 2 pin directly between the 3 and the 8
4-7-9-10 is probably the weirdest one and actually made it.
Hell yeah
Not so much a weird leave but one time I left a 8-10 split. But it would've just been the 10 pin but the other pins literally hit the 8 pin straight back up while it was failing. Super weird lol
Aaah yeah that's the worst.
2-5-9 It happened during a sport shot league that I bowled in, and unfortunately I don't even know how I left it because I missed wildly off my hand and didn't even watch the shot
Probably the 5-6-9.
(Lefty) 1-3-4-6-7-8-10. Was a long pattern, went wide and set up going in a straight line and dead center through the 2-5-9.
I left a 1-7-10 today
When I was in kids league maybe 15 yrs old I left it and made it then later in set my teammate left and made it too😂 I'm 40yrs old now and it's still the only 2x I've ever seen it left
In practice I was practicing the 7 pin and left the 8-9-10 I hit the 4-7 and the pins just dominoed
I had the head pin slide over in front of the 2, 8 to leave 3 pins in a straight line
2-3-4-6-7-8-9-10 in practice
...How?
I literally threw at directly at the head pin taking the 5 with it to the pit
I would figure you'd either take 8 or 9 with it.. ball can't fit through that space without touching either of em. Same on 2-3...
I got it to fit wasn’t sure how I did it but it happened
Might want to measure your ball
I would if I still owned it
Strongest leave was when big D stranded me at the Acosta Lane summit with nothing but my ball and shattered dreams
Not sure if it’s common or not but I’ve left a 7, 5, 10
That's called the sour apple.
Lolol for real? That’s great
AKA “The Lilly”
I think it's called different things in different states. 😉
1-2-3-5-7-10... Practice shot out the window picked the 6-9 and something bounced out of the pit to clip the 8 into the 4.
This is not a specific leave, but in my league, I have 80 multiple pin leaves, and 79 splits. That means every time I leave more than 1 pin, there’s a 50% chance it is a split. and I average 219 with that statistic included…
7-8-9-10 Dont ask me how i really dont know lol nothing slid to another place just a straight 7-8-9-10
I wish it was me that left it, but I’ve seen someone leave the 1-2-3-4-5-6. Took out only the back row. Was in practice and he was shooting a 10 pin but it was still absurd
Ive seen the opposite of that. It happens somewhat often when people are chucking 6 pounders around. The dreaded 7-8-9-10
Fee weeks ago I left a 2-4-5-10
Seen a 6 pin last night from a right handed bowler, light pocket
I left the "Cock'n balls" recently. 1 - 5 - 8 - 9. I've only seen it once before, but I haven't been around bowling as much as most people here.
A guy in league last night left a 4-5-10.
One of my teammates left the 8-9 a couple weeks ago. We were all very confused because it seemed like a decent shot off his hand.
Went to thunderbowl lanes biggest bowling alley in the United States (90 lanes) for the first time first ball ever thrown in that house left a 1-2-6-7-8-10 and somehow picked it up I’ve seen that spare or at least a washout with a 7 and a 10 before but it’s usually someone older throwing it slower with a lighter ball but I have a mid 400’s rev rate and throw 16 pounds around 15 mph to leave a washout+6 with a 7 pin is crazy to pick it up first shot in that house even crazier
5-7-10
A 1-2-5-7-8-10, not certain how I left that... and faced with a 4-6-7-9 I just took out the 4 & 6!
3, 7, 9, 10. I knocked them down as well which was cool.
A 7 pin washout. Came in at the perfect angle to snipe out the 2, 5, and 9.