Game version
Pin-pick game: pick a spare leave and aim for it. The pair keeps one total of spares made and tries to top its own last session.
Two Pin Spares
Practice side-by-side and front-and-back two-pin leaves.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
A coach sets or picks two-pin leaves like the 3-6 or 2-4.
Core: Three. Beat your own best spares.
- Ages
- 11 and up
- Time
- 12 min
- Space
- Gym or court
- Bring
- Bowling ball, lane
- Level · skill
- Developing · Spares
The steps
How it works
- A coach sets or picks two-pin leaves like the 3-6 or 2-4.
- Aim to hit between them or the front one fully.
- Bowl 12.
- Count clean conversions.
Coaching point
Hit the key pin.
Safety: Never step past the foul line; the lane is oily and slippery. Wait for the pinsetter to finish before you bowl, and never go down the lane.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a leave: Less (two pins), Core (three), More (a split you choose). Beat your own best spares.
Story
You are a detective cleaning up the last pins one by one.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own best spares. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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