This may be a hard question to ask, but I'll ask it anyway.
I'm looking now to standardize my layout across all of the balls I have,
If interested here's article (in pdf format) that might be of interest.
Layouts: Keeping It Simple
https://gofile.io/d/tVinmgExcerpt:
Finding what works
Whether or not you already know your PAP, the following system will help identify the kinds of
layouts and balls that seem to work most often for you. Here’s where the homework begins:
1. Take every single ball you own, whether its three or 30, and put them on the floor in your
living room. I even want you to include the balls you don’t use anymore.
2. Put the balls in order from your favorite to your least favorite. Don’t worry about which ball is
your favorite for which condition; just pick an order that makes sense based on your gut
feeling. If you have 10 balls, for example, order them so that the first one is your favorite ball
and the tenth one is your least favorite ball.
3. Now I want you to record the layouts and ball type (asymmetrical or symmetrical). You have a
couple of options to do this:
a) You can take them all to the pro shop and ask them to write down the layout for each
ball. This would most likely be in terms of the Dual Angle system or the Pin Buffer system
(more on these in a future article). The more balls you have, the less likely you’ll want to
actually do this.
b) You can draw a picture of each layout, noting the pin and CG locations (all bowling balls),
and the mass bias (MB) or preferred spin axis (PSA) for any asymmetrical bowling balls, in
relation to your grip. These are all clearly indicated with some kind of dot or small
logo/image engraved in the ball. See the sketch and image below for examples.
You can simply draw a quick sketch and indicate the pin, CG, and mass
bias relative to your grip.
c) Or, just take a picture of each ball from the same angle and then label them.
Three balls with their pins circled in green, CGs circled in yellow, and
mass bias circled in red.
Feel free to use whichever of these three methods works best for you. (Just remember to put the
balls away before your significant other or roommate gets irritated that they can’t walk in the living
room. Not everyone loves a bowling ball collection in the middle of the floor. For us, though,
revisiting old friends is fun!)
Now comes the hard part. We need to figure out what the similarities and differences are between
our favorite balls and our least favorite balls. The easiest way to do this is to break them up in
groups. For example, if you have nine bowling balls, you can categorize them into your favorite
three, your middle three, and your least favorite three.
Start looking for trends and similarities:
Where is the pin on your favorite balls? Where is it on your least favorite balls? For example,
maybe your favorite balls are primarily pin up, meaning that the pin is above your finger holes
somewhere.
Where is the CG? Is it in the middle of your gripping holes, or way out the right/left?
Where is the mass bias, or PSA? Next to your thumb or far away?
Are your favorite balls mainly symmetrical or asymmetrical?
