New pinball skills tutorial videos: looking for feedback from high level players

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I’ve heard them called “shatz saves” or simply “one-handed slaps”. There’s some discussion here:

Can you aim your slap saves?

There’s been a lot of talk and attention lately to doing one handed slap saves as a way to save the ball without getting it out of control. Whereas a traditional slap save involves hitting both flippers, one just after the other. I am trying to learn to do the single flip, but my brain is just programmed to hit both flippers. I find that quite often when I do a slap save, instead of the ball flying off wildly in some random direction, it goes to a major shot like a ramp or scoop, etc. Often the…

edit: and here:

Slap save technique tips?

One flipper slap saves are almost always going to put you in better shape than two flipper. I had to break myself out of the “one-two” slaps and saw a big difference in the type of control it results in. Like you said, flipping both puts you at risk of “saving” it to the underside of the opposite flipper, or at best, the second flipper throwing the “saved” ball out of control, and back at risk of draining. Practicing one-handed is a good way to help break this habit. When you’re making the sla…