hello, this is my dads account but i use this alot on here to find balls for cheap or just get tips on bowling and peoples opinion on equipment, im a big morich fan, but also throw hammer too, im 26 yrs old and been bowling for bout 12 years now, i need some opinions on drilling equipment,

Heavy Oil balls with strong drillings, well me myself bowling i throw around 15-16 mph max and not with alot of hand, i have drilled hooking balls in my day and but super strong drillings on this equipment and it just seems to be dead honestly, and i buy them brand new so meaning they dont have oil soaked in them, so do you think a person that needs a heavy oil ball with low ball speed and not alot of hand should put the pin above the fingers and the cg kicked out, so the ball saves energy and still had back end, because im thinking when im drilling for instance a LevRG strong, which is a super strong ball, you cant deny it even if you hate Morich, this ball does move, i drilled it the strongest drilling for me, i think the ball was burning up before i hit the pins even on heavy oil, i think my ball speed is causing my balls to lose its energy before it actually gets to the backend of the lane.. i redrilled my LevRG to Midlane hook and it works alot better, so im thinking if you have alot of ball speed and hand than drilling a ball super strong works but not for a person with low ball speed,
just tryn to get some opinions from people... thanks

Three things to consider:

1) always think about what you want from a ball before you even decide which one. Thinking in recation shapes and/or utilities is IMHO more useful than thinking in a specific ball ("it has to be this one"), hook or hitting power (yeah, the truck thing...)

2) it is always the complete picture that has to be seen: bowler, conditions, coverstock material, core properties, surface prep of the ball, and many more. Going for the maximum in one direction can really limit the usefulness of the piece - to conditions mortal bowlers rarely encounter in person outside of tournaments or defect oil machines.

3) Modern coverstocks have become VERY aggressive. I have the impression that many average players have a hard time getting such pieces actually down the lane "alive", because these balls create so much friction... add slower speeds, low revs and a THS which tends to dry out quickly, and you have lots of people who complain about their newest high end piece (see: Invasion).
Applying strong layouts with these pieces will only make things worse. You can play with the surface, but a strong drilling will be hard to overcome, esp. with a low RG/high RG diff. core.

Just my spontaneaous 2 cents...
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Edited on 2/25/2010 8:13 AM