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General Category => Coverstock Preparation => Topic started by: ignitebowling on July 20, 2016, 10:29:52 AM
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A lot of good discussion recently about ball surface, and building arsenals. Most bowlers feel you have to have some type of arsenal to compete depending on what level you are discussing ex: league, local tournaments, bigger tournaments, sport conditions.
Most bowlers have more then one bowling ball, but don't pay much attention to surface. This video is to show how the ball surface can change after initially being adjusted, and how surface adjustments can give even an entry level bowling ball more options for use.
Because most bowlers have a few different bowling balls it is easy to go through and make a more diverse arsenal just by adjusting the surface.
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Very nice video.Entry level balls are really all you need on houseshots.Shows how slowing down the ball with surface really takes away the strong backend.
Videos like this are much more informative than the staffers throwing the latest greatest hook monsters on a houseshot.Staffers need to be throwing the hook monster on something like 47ft patterns.Then you actually see the ball isn't such a hook monster.
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where is the link to the video?
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Video is embedded in the post here is the actual link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTxAHJHW0Jw
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Good video. Since, we know ball surfaces change fast within a game........to me this means to keep surface one would need to touch up every set. if you use a spinner 2 to 4 sides to touch up depending on amount of pressure you can actually cut away quite a bit of cover.....touching up after/before bowling another set. My suggestion is to hand scuff which will take away less surface and retain surface better and actually will be closer to a Haus type of surface.
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Surface maintenance is key. How often you touch it up can vary by ball, and what surface you have the ball at.
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Reason #1,389 why I will be buying a Ball Spinner before fall leagues start.
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Poor man's Sandbagger. Take a see-saw put Mirlon Total pad in bottom of see-saw and touch up prior to starting bowling or after practice if you need more surface and prior to competition in USBC leagues. 360, 1500, 2500. It leaves a nice cross hatch ala Haus machine which is what you want unlike a spinner. Spinners IMO are for resurfacing and polish. Spinners run at too high of an rpm.
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This is an excellent thread. Surface does matter and it gives you options. Case in point, I just recently returned from a Vegas tournament. I had sent my desired 4 ball equipment ahead of me to my hotel. Unfortunately, the hotel bungled the receipt of my equipment, so I never received it upon my arrival. I was forced to play the entire tourney with a heavy oil ball at 800 grit and a spare ball, which were the only two balls I had carried on the plane.
What I learned from this was invaluable though. Being forced to play on a medium shot with a hvy oil ball, forced me to play in, away from everyone else, as well as change hand positions and choose a different entry angle. However, my carry was excellent!
Do get a spinner though. It will be excellent for fine tuning your arsenal!
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Excellent vid OP.......surface is key!
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Good video. Since, we know ball surfaces change fast within a game........to me this means to keep surface one would need to touch up every set. if you use a spinner 2 to 4 sides to touch up depending on amount of pressure you can actually cut away quite a bit of cover.....touching up after/before bowling another set. My suggestion is to hand scuff which will take away less surface and retain surface better and actually will be closer to a Haus type of surface.
I couldn't agree more,great point! I've found that touching up by hand will be closer to oob surface,I think you actually can polish a ball on a spinner with abralon and I have done it. My freakshow looks to have a high polish on it but no polish was used,just abralon and trizact. and I like the reaction much better then polished.