I would never deign to call myself a skilled player, but my technique of nudging the shit out of it seems to be working for me Simply put, you cannot afford to let it go into that area. Nudge it of the first rubber it hits and get it out. I took a cue from Bowen, who in a video he answered the question of "how do you get it to go in the inlane versus the outlane" to which he replied "Don't let it go in the lanes at all" - On TWD only use the ramps to get in there. Anything else and you're playing with zombies.

I have 3 pins. PoTC, Xmen, and TWD. I would summarize them as follows.
- PoTC, you're having fun sailing the 7 seas with Pirates (Minimal nudging)
- XMen, you're fighting evil super villains to save the world (Active play/nudging)
- TWD, Try not to die (Go hit the gym to bulk up, and start manhandling that table)