Maybe see if there is a belles and chimes in your area if you feel like linking up with other women players.
My better half recently joined the local belles chapter and loves it!

Aside from that, get out and play as many games as you can wth others, male or female, and watch, talk, learn.

Welcome to a great hobby.

For any new player with their own game in the home, I suggest taking the glass off and training.

This may seem silly but it is a great way to efficiently use time to get better quickly.

Put a sock in each outlane and spend a full session just shooting specific shots. Avoid multiball (turn all settings to hard to make it less likely to happen) and just try to specifically work on making left orbit, then left ramp, then rocket, then right ramp, then right orbit.

Do these shots in 2 different ways. First is from a trapped ball. Second is on the fly from returns.

A few hours of this pretty boring style of play can really help.

While doing this, try to focus your attention on the flippers (not the shot). Keep your eyes on the flippers and pay attention to the point on the flipper where the shot is made. Then repeat.

I think aiming is the biggest skill that does not come naturally for most players. After you get better at aiming and making shots at various ball speeds, then you can learn more intermediate stuff (dead pass, post pass, loop pass). After that come nudging and other more advanced stuff.

I know many think that nudging should come earlier but honestly nudging is the crutch skill. It is essential to learn, but if you just make 100% of your shots perfectly, then nudging will never matter

I think those practice sessions could work really well on GOTG since it is a mode based game. After you get good and repeatedly making the same shot, then start a mode and ONLY play that mode. That will challenge you to make multiple shots (sometimes on the fly and other times from a trap).

Just keep in mind that the main skill to work on at the start is all aiming. Dont get distracted with the other things just yet. Focus on aiming and you will get better very quickly.

sure, block all the drains

It is your game and you should do exactly whatever you want. this training suggestion is just all about learning to aim with the least time investment possible by getting lots of reps.

I do this when tuning in a game or adjusting a rebuilt flipper. I just go for a specific shot over and over and over again. If I miss then I just grab the ball by hand and put it back in a craddle position (flipper button pressed to keep it upright) and start over.

It really is about learning the 'right; technique to aim that works for you. I personally find that keeping my eye on the ball is very important. I watch the flipper and get in the zone to hit a shot over and over. Really helps to get the 'feel' of a game.

I work through each shot and the mechanics and then make it into a game. > can I hit the left ramp 10 times in a row? I will keep at it till I learn the spot on the flipper and get better and making each shot, 1 by 1.

Then I move on to back hand shots.

Then I work on stuff that returns and shooting on the fly (i.e on GOTG you can try to continuously combo the R ramp and L ramp back and forth). Or play games like left ramp, r ramp left orbit, live catch.

You may find that something besides a sock works well for you to block drains.

I have used a toiler paper tube with painters tape to stiffen it up and adjust for fit to an outlane drain. Sock was a just a suggestion, but use whatever works for you.

Have fun and let us know how the progress goes after some training sessions. Making it a game is what keeps it fun for me.

not sure if it has been mentioned, but if you want to play pinball with other females then see what is the closest B&C chapter to you and get out and play.

Playing pinball with others is also a great way to learn more pinball.

http://bellesandchimespinball.com/

I dont think the website is up to date as there are way more chapters.
My wife joined the Madison, WI chapter which recently started and she has really been liking the female camaraderie.

To the OP, dont listen to Levi. He is a top ranked player that has lost all insight to some of the practice that is valuable to a new player.

The blocked outlanes is a GREAT way to speed up your repetitions and muscle memory. It provides FOCUSED practice on a single skill to start; aiming.

The idea is you dont waste time with saving bad shots. You spend time learning a way to aim that works for you and you do it with as many repetitions in as short a time as possible. The goal is muscle memory and repetition... nothing more.

muscle memory is not the right term, sorry.

Techincally it is the repeated practice that just helps acquire the skill.

The point being that continual, rapid repetition is a great training exercise, esp since so many players dont aim properly/very well and then often reply on other skills like saving bad shots rather than just making the shot in the first place...

Hav you tried out the aiming practice/ blocked inlanes yet?

Would love to hear if you like it/think it has helped you to learn to aim better?

How many times have you combo'd L and R ramp?

Also, wanted to extend the invite if you are ever in Madison > Hit us up and you can come play a few games with my wife and I. She is a damn good player and pretty fun to play pinball with. She likes to get better and also enjoys when she finds other nerd ladies to play with.

she mainly lurks and rarely posts (I post enough for the whole family, lol)

She hangs out in the ladies of pinside thread and the dog thread mainly