They're trying to sell the ball, that's why.  If they showed the bad shots, it wouldn't get hyped

No one wants to see videos of a ball going face, missing the pocket, leaving splits ect. They want to see the motion of the ball and it hitting the pocket. The conditions your bowling on anything entry to mid level would probably be all that is needed along with a great ball sander for resurfacing often.

Kinda like watching a commercial for a new sports car sitting in traffic. No one cares.

Now as for these ball review video's  when they are always striking...  my thoughts are if these guys are so good.. why are they not out killing all of the regional tournaments and such??  or why are they only known for their ball videos??

Yes it would be nice to see them do a full game video or to actually show the ball on a fresh shot and then in game 4 or 5, with 5 other guys playing on the lane..  but that would be asking way too much..

Obviously they want to make the ball look good, but honestly it's because you can see true ball motion the best when a good shot is thrown.  Yes, everyone would like to see how the ball reacts on bad shots, but if you're looking harder at how well the ball bails you out on bad shots than how it reacts on good shots, you're focusing on the wrong things.  Also how the ball reacts on bad shots has more to do with your ability to play the lanes and read ball reaction than the ball itself, but I digress. 

Yes it does serve a marketing purpose as well, but it's harder to get a good read on the ball motion if you're wading through inconsistent shots.  A lot of people especially can't see when a shot that doesn't strike was a ball issue or an operator issue.  They throw the best, most consistent shots to take the bowler out of it as much as possible so you can accurately see the ball reaction. 

I remember "sawbones" saying the same thing about bowling videos....the ball doesn't go on the same board but strikes, etc.....

Here's an idea...

why not make videos like how BTM does their review. i.e.....Take your high end ball and bowl on light, medium, broken down, and heavy oil patterns. at least two extremes... I know it'll be difficult to have the lanes set up with different patterns, but it would be nice (for Joe Bowler) to see how a ball like a Zero Gravity would do on dry.  You say the ZG is not meant for dry? well most all of us here on BR knows that, but everybody else at league don't.

But with bowling itself, you can only do so much with videos IMO....Plus it's a lot of work. So to the people that put out vids for the rest of us, thank you....

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I have been saying basically this for a while too. While I understand you want to show the ball at it's optimum, you want it to look it's best to sell it, to promote your brand, etc etc etc. But show the limits of the ball. Show what happens when you miss right, show what happens when you miss left, etc. And this can't be done on THS. Every ball looks great on THS. Videos really should be done on tougher patterns. That being said, it doesn't have to be Shark or Bear (I think that is the 52 ft one, lol), but how about USBC Blue (which I think is the harder of their "THS" versions). Then you can really show the ball doing what it's supposed to do, especially for the high end balls.
 
Dogtown, I don't see how your theory helps you. By doing what you are doing you can get an idea of relative strenght of balls, maybe. Being filmed on a THS though it can show a lower end ball hooking almost the same as a higher end ball....that doesn't mean it will for you. But saying you look to see what line they are playing?!? Even on THS, the actual topography of the lanes you bowl on could greatly change the reaction of the ball. Unless you are bowling on the exact lanes they filmed on, their line won't mean anything for you. You don't throw it the same way as the tester (probably), your lanes don't react the same way as the testers, and your house probably doesn't oil the same way as the center they are testing at. If you want to see what type of motion you can expect, it might help with that a little, but it is still muted somewhat by THS. And to your car reference.....they don't have an everyday Joe driving those cars either. They hire professional drivers/stuntmen/racers to film those commercials. So just because they can make the car hug the corner at 90 MPH, doesn't mean you can do it too. Most people I know, don't buy a car based on the commercials....so why should people buy a bowling ball based on a video?