BallReviews
Equipment Boards => Columbia 300 => Topic started by: AdrianS on August 18, 2004, 02:07:37 AM
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The Rock Pearl is an alright ball but how does it stack up to it's 'next generation' sibling? Is the Ricochet more versatile or a little more readable in the midlane than the Rock or is it just as clean through the front 40 with a bigger backend?
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I owned both balls.
Ironically, I tried both drilled pin axis. With the Pin-Axis drilling, the Rock Pearl did better. (I guess it's a more "rolly" core.)
However, having thrown both balls with somewhat normal drillings, I think the Ricochet has a cleaner backend -- as a new ball. Once the cover changes, it reads the mid-lane pretty aggressively.
So I guess it works like this:
New Ricochet = HoloFlex read of skid-hook.
Used (20 games or so) Ricochet = TEC2 midlane read.