New Ball

[tah161]

Well I'm not exactly new to bowling, but I'm not to knowledgable on it either.
Today was the first time I bowled in over a year, and my balls are a bit outdated.

Right now I have and Storm Xfactor, and a Brunswick TimeZone. I Just started a new league and bowled terrible, and although I know its probably not my balls, I still feel I'm in need of some new equipment. The lanes where I live now have much more oil on them then the ones I use to bowl on.

I need a ball that going to snap, with some good backend on oily lanes.

I was looking at a few balls.

1: Black Widow
2: Storm Special Agent
3: Resurgence (might be to much for me to handle, lol)

If anyone has any sugestion please feel free to help me out. If there are any other balls please list them.

Thanks, Tah161

PS: I will post pics of my drillings later

[mrbowlingnut]

Go with the new NVS and you will be very happy, great ball will hook on about anything and it does have length believe it or not.

[Dead Flush]

IMHO..
Although those are nice pieces, in todays conditions they are for medium to medium light oil (in OOB condition). Any volume of oil on synthetic lanes will make those balls skate and not carry..

[Dan Belcher]

Also, you mentioned you were looking at the Storm Special Agent.  That ball will not snap.  You can drill it for length, but it's still going to have a fairly smooth hook thanks to its core and its solid coverstock.  The NVS definately will give you a skid/snap reaction however, and it is quite a bit more aggressive than your current equipment!

[shelley]

Since there's no profile or any information on how you bowl, I'll go with everyone else and throw out the name of a ball I like because it works for me on the lanes I bowl on.

Try a Yeah Baby!.  Matte, high-load particle but for me it's very angular.  It may not go as long as you want, though; the cover reads the heads and the mids a good bit.  It's very strong in the backend considering its cover.

SH

[MC]

I would suggest that you find a good coach and get a couple of lessons under your belt before you decide on what to buy. He would also be able to give you some ideas based on how you bowl.

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[NJStroker]

Get the T-Road Solid. Its a good ball for heavier oil at a good price-point

[TWOHAND834]

I like how everyone is throwing out suggestions all while being totally blind.  How do you throw the ball?  Ball speed and rev rate are very important in order to give you legitimate information.
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If anyone out there is worried about the scores being too high, try duckpin!!

[canesrock82]

Whats a good avg for a blind bowler?

quote:I like how everyone is throwing out suggestions all while being totally blind.  How do you throw the ball?  Ball speed and rev rate are very important in order to give you legitimate information.
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[tah161]

Let me give you guys some more info.

Im left handed, and I guess im about a tweener, with average ball speed (13-15mph?)

I play about 2nd arrow to 3rd arrow, boards 10 to 15 counting from the gutter and would have to say a medium rev rate.

Scratch the backend, its not what im looking for.

Hope this helped, lol, like i said I KNOW how to bowl I just never got into the "numbers" of it all.

Heres a pic of my TimeZone, hopefully you can tell where everything is



and here is the xfactor



Edited on 8/11/2007 2:09 AM

[canesrock82]

161 give tis a try...

http://www.stormbowling.com/products/balls/matchmaker/

[Nails]

As long as you have "normal" PAP coordinates and an average rev rate, you should be just fine with what you have.  I and many of the people I know do better than average with equipment older than you have now.  The Time Zone with some surface, say 800 grit, should be just fine for medium/heavy oil.  The X-Factor should be great for opening up the lane on medium conditions.  Maybe you might want to give both a resurface and consider deoiling the covers to return both balls to near new condition.

Since you haven't been bowling much lately, maybe your timing or release isn't up to par yet.  I'd wait until you're sure it's the balls and not you before you possibly spend some unnecessary money.  Once your physical game is tuned up a bit, you might have some different equipment wants/needs.
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[Juggernaut]

The timezone is an assymetrical weightblock and the x-factor is a symmetrical, but both look to drilled in a strongish ( in general) pattern.

  Given that, it looks like you are in need of a ball with a stronger coverstock, given that you already have both types of weight block systems, and neither seems to have enough roll/traction in your new, heavier oil environment.

  The x-factor is a pearl, and several years old, so it would only be considered a "mild" ball by todays standards.  The timezone is a solid cover, but is also a couple years old.  Add to that that the ball surface looks "shiny" ( maybe lightly polished ) and, it too, would only handle a medium amount of todays oil conditions.

  If you are looking for a suggestion, given what information we have, I would say a very strong solid reactive, or maybe even a med/heavy load particle ball might be in your best interest.

  Solid coverstock balls tend to read the lane conditions earlier and be more "rolly" than pearl covers, and solid particles even moreso.  But, remember, balls designed for use on high/heavy volume oil patterns tend to be higher maintenance than others.  The dull surfaces let them soak in more oil at faster rates than polished balls and need more T.L.C. than others.

  Good luck
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[tah161]

Thanks Juggernaut.

I know the balls could use a good cleaning, and they need to have all the oil taken out of them. The balls were also stored in my garage, and my garage gets very hot. Ever since I moved until about a week ago they have been in there.

I think Im going to go with 2 balls.

My choices are:
Black Widow
Total NV
NVS
Black Widow Pearl

Im going with either the black widow or total NV for one of the balls and either NVS or Black Widow Pearl for the other.

Any suggestions would be great

[Xfest]

If your going with two from those two balls. I'd definatly go with a Black Widow and an NVS. Definatly could handle many types of oil with those two balls.
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