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hersheywj

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Recommend me a layout...
« on: February 04, 2013, 08:05:34 PM »
Hello everybody!

I've somewhat recently gotten back into bowling pretty heavily after being out of it for over three years(graduated, got married, got a job etc..) and i'm feeling pretty good about my game, but not so much about my equipment.  I have been throwing two MoRich balls i had drilled my Senior year of High School(2009) which are the Awesome Finish and LevRG. These balls have quite a few games on them, but still roll decently well. I knew i had to upgrade though...so i got a good deal on a DV8 Nightmare and a 900Global Freight Train.  I got the Nightmare first and took it to a pro shop to be drilled.  It looks like he laid it out with a 60*x4"x50* layout with the MB only about a quarter inch from my thumb.  This ball won't do anything for me. It reads the mid, breaks about 3 boards, and then ZERO backend.  I've never left more pocket 5-7's and pocket 8-10's in my whole life.  I had told him I wanted a really sharp breakpoint on this one, and got quite the opposite.  I don't blame the driller, he wasn't too familiar with my stats and i should've spoken up and been more specific about what i wanted.

I have yet to drill the Freight Train but have drawn up a layout roughly as a 35* x 3.75" x 25* with the MB kicked out about 3" from my PAP and Pin up @ about 2 o'clock to get the desired power i am looking for since i decided to join a Sport Shot league this spring.  However now i am perplexed as to how i need to layout this Nightmare ( I am DEFINITELY having this ball re-drilled this week).  The freight train will have the pin up a bit, so should i look to this Nightmare as a pin-down version of the 35x4x25 drilling as this ball's characteristics lean more towards an even arc reaction anyways?

Disclaimer: I know these are pretty extreme drillings, but I am gearing up for a sport shot, and not to mention I have a fairly high speed-low rev style(see below in signature)

So if anyone has any recommendations for a layout for me, please respond!
PAP: 4.875" x .875"
Rev Rate: 275
Ball Speed: 18.25 mph
Axis Rotation: 40*
Axis Tilt: 13*

 

J_Mac

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Re: Recommend me a layout...
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2013, 10:27:42 PM »
The sum of angles being 110° on that Nightmare is not where it should be for your speed dominant style.  Your recommended sum of angles should be close to 80°.

Don't get caught up in the pin up/pin down rut.  This isn't the 80's anymore.  Coverstock type and surface preparation dominate reaction, not whether the pin is above or below your fingers.

Your benchmark layout should be a good place to start on the Nightmare.  Should be something like 50°xx4.5"x30°.

Your proposed layout on the Freight Train looks okay, should be a stronger reaction than the Nightmare.  If anything, I'd suggest tweaking it to 40°x3.75"x20° for a little more midlane.