This is a question raised in another thread that has since turned into a CG battle, but it's made me curious for awhile so I'd like to get an answer...

Is Rico supposed to create the same reaction for all bowlers when all external factors are equal (ball choice, lane conditions, speed, rev rate, surface prep), but PAPs are different?

I'm 4 over 3/8 up. I have a Storm Thunderstruck drilled and I get the "classic Rico reaction" out of that ball. But what if my PAP was 6 over, 0 up? Or 3.3 over, 1 up?

That would seem to put the pin-to-PAP distance at wildly differing places depending on bowlers' PAPs.

Historically in my life, pin-to-PAP distances of 4-5 inches are my "magic zone." For whatever reason, those match up well for me, my game and the conditions I see often. so Rico with a 4 over 3/8 up is in my wheelhouse.

But for others, it might not be -- do the other components of a Rico drill render pin-to-PAP irrelevant?

Jess

Rico typically smooths out your ball reaction by getting the ball into an earlier roll. This is due to the pin being down and the CG being down in the thumb quadrant(acting like thumb weight). Thumb weight makes the ball roll early.

Now for lower track bowlers, this usually creates more backend because now their ball gets into a roll, instead of sliding past the breakpoint.

Most of what Absolute has said is correct in this. =:^D

This is interesting, because I am thinking about putting a rico drill on an elnino X-it, my pap is 5 1/2 over and 1/2- 3/4 inch up. Would this drill be a good one for making this ball role sooner?
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