Totally discouraged tonight. I am fairly new to pinball I have only been collecting for about 6 months. I am totally in love with the hobby but I have a goal to someday be good enough to play competitively in a league. I have watched every tutorial i can get my hands on, I have read everything I can get my hands on as far as technique. I practice every night but honestley i don't feel like my scores are getting any better.........It seems lately I walk away from my pins more discouraged and bummed out then when I turned them on which is a big problem. What am I doing wrong? I watch alot of guys and it looks like they barely ever have to nudge the table while myself i find the need to nudge almost constant, am I doing it right? Hell I don't know I guess i just need to vent more than anything. I am about to start facing the fact that I will be in pinball as a hobby of collecting rather than playing them?

Thanks for the pep talk guys I am back at it and swinging the flippers again..I will not give up!! Glad I'm not the only one who sucks but just can't get enough of these damn machines.

Well here is an update. I haven't given up and my scores are definitely improving but I also have kinda eased up in my mentally. I play because I enjoy playing. All the advice has helped a ton and I do use it. My only problem now is my wife has become totally addicted to pinball and is my biggest competition lol. It's a good problem to have. I will try and post a video in the future of my game play and see if you guys have any other ideas. Thanks for all the help