I bowl in several different houses and I get different reactions at all of them. Is it the ball? Is it the lane conditioner? We've used different lane conditioners at our center until we found one that cut down on carry down and didn't break down before the first game was over. All synthetic lanes are created different and don't react the same. I've had experienced bowler tell me they bowl on synthetics and didn't know they were all different. The surface hardness isn't the same and change depending on manufacturer. We stopped using Kegel oil cause we had out of range nightmares from all the carry down. So this being said, you'll get balls that are super clean through the heads at one house and it may hook at your feet at another house. It's impossible for all the manufacturer to give bowlers the exact reaction they are going to get or expect. I have a high axis rotation and what a ball will do for me, isn't the same reaction other see when I let them test the bowling balls that I drill. When I drill a new ball I always take the balls out with other and place a piece of tape on my pap. By doing so I can tell how the ball transitions going down the lane. Without a way to read the ball it's impossible for me to tell what's going on and where the ball actually gets into the final ball transition stage of rolling. It's better shows me the skid phase, hook phase, and roll phase. I tell you that the Strike King and Ringer are drilled the same and the tape on the pap shows me they roll different. The drilling makes a big difference in ball reaction and placing a drilling to create early roll isn't going to help the ball go long especially when the lanes have opened up! Stepping off my soap box now. Just my $.02, Bruce
P.S. I've been working in the bowling business since 1978 and have drilled hundreds if not thousands of different bowling balls from almost all the manufacturers since starting to do ball work in the early 80's. The hype was the same back in the day as it is today and it happens in all areas, just watch tv and it shows.
