Tiny Tip 8

It is important to note that sufficient ball speed is required to clear the
gap successfully:

The ball rolls partway up and back down the flipper, settling into the cradle created by the raised flipper.

Dangerous! Insufficient ball speed to clear the gap puts you at risk of losing the ball down the center drain.

Evel Knievel style, sometimes called a ski jump or ski pass. A successful jump will clear the center drain, setting you up
to cradle the ball on the far flipper.

The beauty of this particular pass is that it requires little in the way of timing: simply an awareness of ball speed and the inclination to raise a flipper in advance of the ball’s arrival.

Also known as the Dead Flipper Pass or Dead Flip, this pass is executed by allowing a ball to bounce off an inactive flipper in the down position. This pass transfers the ball from one side of the playfield to the other—and often absorbs some energy from the ball, effectively slowing the ball down. When executed properly, a bounce pass nicely sets up the ball for a ball capture/cradle in the opposite flipper.

A tip pass uses the tip of a raised flipper to nudge the ball across the lower
drain to the other flipper. If the ball is dangerously close to missing the raised
flipper on its way toward the drain, a slight sideways nudge of the machine
can promote enough engagement with the ball to send it safely across the
gap to reach the other flipper.

The tap pass begins with the ball in a cradled position. After the flipper is released, allowing the ball to roll down the flipper toward the gap, a featherlight
pulse of a flipper button delivers just enough energy to tap the ball across the
center drain. A successful tap pass requires a light touch, since too much energy will launch the ball up the playfield rather than passing the ball to the other flipper as intended. This pass works best on electromechanical machines.