Ok, let's be honest here. You won't become a Grand Champion just by reading about pinball. You need to play the game to master it, baby! But where to begin, what skills are there to master? With this Pinside.com can help out! Or Pinside.com..? Why reinvent the wheel if it's already there? There are already some excellent guides on mastering pinball available on the web. Just take a look at the information provided in the links below and you should be on your way to becoming a great player:

http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/skills/index.html
http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/skills/index2.html
http://www.ipdb.org/playing/skills.html

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#3 15 years ago

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Martijn

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Alkmaar

21y 81,650 373 15 6

Yep, this one is harder to pull off, but very rewarding when you manage to do so. Just don't forget that on some machines it's easier to pull of then on others. So be careful when using it during tournaments on machines you haven't played on beforehand. The post pass looks really cool when executed rightly, but plain stupid if you drain the ball because of it. So it will make you look like a wizard, or like a fool .

And don't forget the bounce and the shot pass. They won't require your fingers to bleed as they are much more easy to pull of, but using them made my game lots better!

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