Alley Passes

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After watching the Pin 101 DVD a bunch, I finally figured I'd try my hand at Alley Passes. I was able to do it pretty consistently. We'll see how this improves my game. Anyone else try these risky passes?
 
saw a thread about pinball 101 on here and picked it up. it is as cool as you folks said it was. After rebuilding my flippers I started trying some of the crazy skills. Not too good at alley passes, but I practice the others a bunch. I start up a 4 player game and just concentrate on flipper skills and try not to make any shots, just keep the ball near the flippers under control. It is amazing what it has done for me. When I go out and play in the wild it really shows how practicing at home has helped.
 
I was kind of disappointed in the movie to be honest. Hopefully their next one concentrates more on gameplay and less on fluff. I love watching those overhead cams of the top players, that is the best way to learn IMO. Hope pinball102 has some of them. I gave my copy away to a fellow pinball fanatic...

Most important trick in pinball is probably the dead pass. You don't even have to do anything haha

The "dead flipper pass," is performed by not flipping when a ball is heading toward a flipper. If done properly, the ball will bounce off the "dead" flipper, across to the other flipper, where it may be trapped and controlled.
 
I was kind of disappointed in the movie to be honest. Hopefully their next one concentrates more on gameplay and less on fluff. I love watching those overhead cams of the top players, that is the best way to learn IMO. Hope pinball102 has some of them. I gave my copy away to a fellow pinball fanatic...

Most important trick in pinball is probably the dead pass. You don't even have to do anything haha

The "dead flipper pass," is performed by not flipping when a ball is heading toward a flipper. If done properly, the ball will bounce off the "dead" flipper, across to the other flipper, where it may be trapped and controlled.

I agree, I was a lot disappointed by it. I did learn a few things but not much really.
 
I thought I was pretty good at playing pinball for about 10 years there. I could make shots well. Pinball 101 showed me some things i had only done on accident. All the goofy stuff I could do without, but it has made me a better player.

The dead flipper pass is awesome. It helps me a ton on BOP when the ball comes out of the pop bumpers.
 
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