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Equipment Boards => Brunswick => Topic started by: Cranking_Inferno on April 20, 2006, 12:05:45 PM
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I am going to try 14lbs and I am curious if anyone did this... if so how does it differ? Is it better? Please explain.
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Currently in the bag:
EPX-T1 - Stacked Leverage - Heavy oil
Action - Stacked Leverage - Heavy to Medium
Inferno - 1:30 Label - Medium
Smoking Inferno - 11:00 drill - Medium to Dry
White Dot - Spare ball
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Eight seconds of searching would reveal several threads on this topic. Bottom line is there is little difference today between 14#, 15#, or 16#. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. 14# may give you more deflection to carry the 9 pin, but you may overthrow it or leave 5-pins on shallow angles (some additional revs may offset this). 16# may drive too hard, leaving more 9-pins. 15# may do either, depending on whether you're dropping from 16# or increasing from 14#.
Throw what's comfortable. All balls today are available in 14#-16# with the sole exception of Insite stuff.
SH
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i guess the reason i posted was because i used to have more spedd and cranked it pretty good... i have a little less speed now due to my style, and i still turn the hell out of it, but without opening m,y shoulder,,, so when i was loking for a way to carry more 9 pins and hold my line better with a little lighter ball to get to that break point repetitavly.
thnx for the feed back...
and if you fins some good threads on this post em here for me..
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Currently in the bag:
EPX-T1 - Stacked Leverage - Heavy oil
Action - Stacked Leverage - Heavy to Medium
Inferno - 1:30 Label - Medium
Smoking Inferno - 11:00 drill - Medium to Dry
White Dot - Spare ball
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If the back ends are flyin' you'll be able to carry the 10 pin with a 14 pounder, but on most tournament conditions and on a THS with carry down you will definitely leave more soft 10's than with a 15 lb ball.
I went down to 14 pounds last year for about a month after suffering a wrist injury. I was able to still score well but did leave a lot more 9 counts and had fewer messengers, etc. After some experimentation using a 12 inch drill bit to take additinal weight out of a 15 pound ball I found that 14 pounds 9 ounces was my optimum weight in that my carry was as good as anyone else throwing a "normal" 15 pounder and my wrist could handle it without too much discomfort. Now, all my equipment is drilled down to 14.9, it seems to be the perfect compromise between a lighter weight while maintaining the hitting power under a variety of conditions.
This year my average was up 9 pins to 226 (composite 223 between 3 leagues) and I bowled the entire season with little pain.