My shot inaccuracy is driving me mad - how do I figure out what I'm doing wrong?
I am extremely consistent at being inaccurate with my shots and I'm getting so frustrated that at times I have to take extended breaks from playing and even consider quitting. I have really good ball control and nudge habits, which occasionally results in me being able to put up some pretty high scores, but those games are mixed in with a lot of mediocre games and always a ton of inaccuracy.
Here is what it looks like for me in practice, which is fairly consistent across all machines
Shots that are around the middle of the playfield I can shoot likely 85-90% of the time. Examples would be Theature of Magic trunk, middle ramp, lane that goes around the trunk and captive ball. Jaws boat/shark bash toy, chum bucket and middle ramp.
Shots to the left of the playfield - roughly 30-35% accuracy. Almost always miss to the right just a bit, so shooting early. Good examples would be Jaws wave ramp and leftmost shot (not an orbit exactly but like the orbit shot)
Shots to the right of the playfield - roughly 10-20% accuracy. These misses are completely varied, sometimes too early sometimes too late. Good example would be Theature of Magic right ramp and right orbit, Medeival Madness princess ramp (right ramp), Jaws fishing reel and right Quint's Shack shot. I can miss these shots over and over and over again.
How do I improve this? I watched Tim Sexton's video about watching just the flipper and the release point of the ball, but even trying that I'm still struggling. And I have problems knowing exactly where to release on the flipper even when watching it because it seems some shots (like Jaws right orbit Quint's Shack shot), there is such a tiny minute difference in the spot on the flipper that results in it making the shot vs missing to the left or to the right. Also the ball speed seems to make knowing the exact spot on the flipper hard to hammer down.