Do you know which high 8 to shoot? The high 8 on your opponent’s side is the most difficult to roll on. Do you know how to score on a high 8? If your opponent puts one on his side, you move over to the 3 position and shoot right at it. You will roll [...]

We've all experienced it more than once. There we are, facing the situation on the board and are unsure about what to do. So what next? Even though I've only been playing for six years now, I think I have experienced the situation often enough to answer this question. There is no general answer as [...]

You’re opponent is about to win, but you have one shot left and a clear board. What do you do? Almost everyone will say shoot a high 10; a few will say a high 8. Wrong, get the block on the board, the other guy is nervous, he’s trying hard, often he will roll off [...]

How many times has your opponent been behind and gone on the 7; you miss so he goes on the other 7, you go for two and get them and there you sit in the center of the board, right where he wanted you to begin with. Bonk, in you go, darn! And by the [...]

If you need one block you have no business being in the middle of the board on the opponents hammer. Use a St Pete, a little wide and high enough that you can see the whole side behind the hide. It the opponent shoots it for the kitchen and goes long, shoot the next one [...]

How many times have you tried to play kitchen by going out on the board only to hit the 7/8 line and have the opponent cover the block with a hide of their own. Be careful to go on the board close to the centerline on your side or away from the centerline on the [...]

How often have you seen it! A player is in the kitchen and the kitchen is covered by a hide but instead of hiding the player tries to hit the hide into the block in the kitchen. Look at the score, in many cases the right move is to hide. The other player then has [...]

Ever notice how when someone runs the alley and is successful it seems to turn the momentum of the game around! Dale Williams was so good at it in his prime that players blocked the alley on him in respect. It can be the difference between winning a Championship and not winning. A few years [...]

We’ve all asked that question and we’ve all been asked that question too! Often that question comes along the lines of should I clear or do something else. I advise when in doubt “Clear”, although I don’t always do that. I look to give the opponent the most trouble that I can, put the pressure [...]

If it looks too good to be true, maybe it is. Maybe you can’t get in and they know it or maybe they need you on the board somehow. I remember being at 68 with the hammer from the foot against Lary Faris in my early years and he put up a poor Tampa for [...]