Derek
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I thought it said tilt, tilt.
So that's the natural consequence if you move it too much.
So you got to know the sort of cadence of the game in order to move it how you need to.
Because sometimes the ball is coming straight down the middle.
You got to do something.
Well, there's one thing you can do is give that game a good shake and then you can make it happen.
So if I shake it, it won't say tilt?
You might if you do it too hard.
Yes, yes.
You got to have like that finesse.
But yeah, but the patience element that I wanted to mention was in terms of, you know, when the ball comes to the flippers, I think it's very, and I'll demonstrate here, is that as soon as it gets down there, you just start going crazy.
You're just trying to get the ball right back up to the top, which is, you know, natural inclination.
A lot of times, one of the key skills I think you want to build is what's called the dead flip.
And the dead flip is essentially you watch that ball.
If you see that's coming to one of the flippers, you let it strike that flipper without flipping and let the natural carom of the ball go to the other flipper.
And maybe even you hold that ball, then you can cradle it, you know, hold it in sort of stationary position or, you know, just at least get a slower shot off.
So you can control your pace of play.
So you cradle the ball.
You can cradle the ball, yes.
And then, yeah, you figure out that sweet spot on the flipper.