which one is "better" to have? i know you have to be within one oz of finger thumb as well as left/right. but i was wondering the difference between having more finger weight vs having more thumb weight? i know for weight holes, the further down you go with the weight hole the more it increases flare...so does that mean that having more finger weight is better if you want a ball to flare more and hook more?

I prefer when possible thumb and some positive side weight only for weight hole options.  Otherwise I just care about being within regulation.

Cover is first, core strength effects if the ball slows down properly...surface is 75%

Cover is first, core strength effects if the ball slows down properly...surface is 75%

so what about the layout then? or is that part of the core?

Quote from: JustRico on February 18, 2015, 11:24:13 AM

Cover is first, core strength effects if the ball slows down properly...surface is 75%

so what about the layout then? or is that part of the core?

Yes.

As far as I understand static weights in today's environment ---
As has been implied, thumb, top, bottom and side weights are no longer applicable in helping to determine how the drilling will affect the roll and other traits of the vast majority of today's dynamic cored balls.

They are/were significant for what is termed pancake cored balls int he 70s/80s and part of the 90s. Today, maybe 1 in 10,000 sold balls used for strikes have a pancake core; most polyester and many urethane balls still use pancake cores, but again the majority do not use dynamic cores (obviously some do).

Most people only consider static weights to insure a ball is technically legal AND to leave room for a potential weight hole to affect the flare and the dynamics of the drilled ball.