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jfvstorm5

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trick layouts
« on: January 17, 2013, 07:06:38 PM »
boomer, voodoo, etc what they will do, what ball to do it on, and how to properly lay them out

 

Rightycomplex

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Re: trick layouts
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2013, 08:56:22 PM »
The "Boomer" layout is designed to smooth out the balls motion by putting the cg in the palm and the pin below the thumb in line with the cg. PBA uses it to smooth out the reaction for the tv show. That layout has a lot of info and you can google that and read up.

The "voodoo" layout is designed to maximize ball reaction without sacrificing backend motion. Sad to say, you need blueprint from what im told to properly layout out the bowling ball.
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jfvstorm5

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Re: trick layouts
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2013, 11:00:44 PM »
i have blueprint lol and i have an idea on all them, but mainly the voodoo. the boomer will invert the track and make it hook set. but besides that and rico, are there others?

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Re: trick layouts
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2013, 12:45:39 AM »
In many cases putting the pin below the thumb will cause the ball to track across the thumb. If you have the blueprint software and try graphing several different layouts or just keep the same layout and adjust the pin to pap distance you will see that the graph of the ball on the lane changes very little. Surface changes has a large effect on the balls reaction when graphed.

If you take the same layout across 5 very different bowling balls you will see it is the ball and box surface that makes the difference more then a layout. I no longer believe in trick layouts
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Rightycomplex

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Re: trick layouts
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2013, 07:02:22 AM »
If you have Blueprint, then you can come up with your own layouts. It allows you to do that much. Do your research and then continue it with Blueprint.
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Re: trick layouts
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2013, 10:19:47 AM »
Trick layouts are cool but quite honestly these come into play in extreme situations...the main priorities are controlling the surface...flare is irrelevant is the surface doesn't match up and allows the ball to slow down properly so the flare has an effect.
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Re: trick layouts
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2013, 10:42:45 AM »
Great point. I have used the Rico layout on many different bowling balls over the years and loved some and others got very little out of. After drilling and throwing lots of other equipment as well I've learned how many times having the right ball and or surface for the condition/s was more import and a bigger factor then anything else. No ball reacted the same when on the Rico layout(for this example because I've used it a lot more then any other layout) even on very similar bowling balls from Brunswick. The cover made the biggest difference in most cases.

Playing with the blueprint software also showed me that and how with the exception of some extreme layouts that really decrease the flare of the ball many of the other layouts only moderately change the look of the ball on the lanes. Trick layouts are appealing but more times then not it is more to do with the ball and the surface then anything.
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