My daughter is not really the gameroom kind of kid some of the guys here have. She likes the pins better than the vids, but has been doing the typical kid monkey flipping (both flippers together) since the beginning and getting frustrated. I tried talking to her about using one flipper at a time and slowing the ball down, but she wasn't getting it.
I decided to try something new. We started playing two player games, and when it was my turn, I had her put her hands on mine to feel what I was doing. When it was her turn, we switched... Same deal with me doing most of the flipping, but her fingers were on the buttons.
It was amazing how well this worked. I could feel her wanting to flip and would tell her to wait. Within 4 games like this she was single flipping and trapping. Another few games and she's a different kid. It all just clicked. We both went nuts when she opened up Pinbot and scored a multi-ball. Final score was just shy of 1.1 million and she popped a match on top of that.
This is the first night I had to tell her it was time to quit, and all the way up to bed she's making plans on playing tomorrow. She told me not to move the toolbox (her other secret weapon)
What a fun night!
I decided to try something new. We started playing two player games, and when it was my turn, I had her put her hands on mine to feel what I was doing. When it was her turn, we switched... Same deal with me doing most of the flipping, but her fingers were on the buttons.
It was amazing how well this worked. I could feel her wanting to flip and would tell her to wait. Within 4 games like this she was single flipping and trapping. Another few games and she's a different kid. It all just clicked. We both went nuts when she opened up Pinbot and scored a multi-ball. Final score was just shy of 1.1 million and she popped a match on top of that.
This is the first night I had to tell her it was time to quit, and all the way up to bed she's making plans on playing tomorrow. She told me not to move the toolbox (her other secret weapon)
What a fun night!


