7 Pro Tips for How to Improve Your Skee-Ball Game

(via Mental Floss) On December 8, 1908, a little more than a year after submitting his application, Joseph Fourestier Simpson was granted a patent for a “game apparatus.” Simpson’s contraption featured a long alley where players rolled “small moving bodies” up an inclined plane, with various point values awarded, depending on where the small moving body—usually a ball—landed.Though Simpson saw little financial benefit from his creation, people have been playing Skee-Ball ever since. There’s even a competitive circuit that awards prize money. Whether you want to turn pro or are just looking for an advantage when you play on a night out, here are some tips to improve your game.