Author Topic: Saw a "demo day" (Read 4195 times)

MegaMav · « **on:** December 16, 2006, 08:27:44 AM »

i witnessed an ebonite demo day here in the NY capital region, I didnt participate in it, as i throw brunswick, but i did notice that most of those ebonites just didnt measure up on flat patterns like the one that was put out today. A lot of flat 10's and splits, who knows, maybe not enough power players.

Thought i would pass that along.
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Jeff Ussery · « **Reply #16 on:** December 16, 2006, 06:42:52 PM »

My 3 Favorite Statements in Bowling today. And statements that I tell EVERY student that comes through our class:

"There are no bad bowling balls, only bad bowling ball reactions"

"You cannot out execute bad ball reaction"

And

"There is no replacement for the well-executed bowling shot"
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Strider · « **Reply #17 on:** December 16, 2006, 06:53:08 PM »

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't tend to score well with

1) New equipment until I get a feel for it, especially on
2) Difficult shots, especially with
3) Balls not exactly drilled for my hand, and one's with
4) Generic drill patterns

C'mon, you're trying to get a feel for if a ball will work for your game, not score well with a ball that you just picked up that isn't really drilled for your hand. I went to a Hammer Challenge a few years ago. I'm one of those guys who is really picky about my fitting. If it's not just right, I won't throw it anywhere as good as I can. It was hard for me to throw the ball well enough to tell if I really liked any of them.

Kudos for the center for putting out a flatter/harder pattern so the participants could really see the differences in the balls. Nothing worse for evaluation purposes than a big old wall that makes everything look the same.
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MegaMav · « **Reply #18 on:** December 16, 2006, 08:40:43 PM »

great post Strider, I 100% agree!

if anything THS should be replaced with a crown shot.

J_Mac · « **Reply #19 on:** December 16, 2006, 08:47:08 PM »

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great post Strider, I 100% agree!

if anything THS should be replaced with a crown shot.

Hmm... still sounds like you're trying to push Big B....

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MegaMav · « **Reply #20 on:** December 16, 2006, 09:24:22 PM »

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Hmm... still sounds like you're trying to push Big B....

LOL, trust me, that wasnt intended to be a sales pitch.

if they put that flat pattern down every weekend, i'd be there every weekend.

it was a great challenge, if anything it made me focus more on my shots.

I notice that my focus wanes on THS, getting too lazy with a few shots.

It was a refreshing experience to earn my marks.
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Brickguy221 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 16, 2006, 11:51:48 PM »

I've watched 2 demo days where I live the past 3 years and both times the 2 different houses that held them put out a house shot that anyone could score on.

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RSalas · « **Reply #22 on:** December 17, 2006, 12:11:15 AM »

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I have attended two demo days in the last 2 years and both
were very well done--one at Texas Station, the other at the
Orleans. Both were THS and made the equipment shine.

I was at the Demo Day at the Orleans in 2001, and they ran it a bit differently. They put the house shot on one lane on each pair, and the shot from the Summer Mini-Eliminator on the other, so that the bowlers could compare the reaction of the equipment on two different lane conditions.

What was more fun was watching Carolyn Dorin-Ballard and Cara Honeychurch practice on the "tough" lane on one pair before the actual on-lane session started. Flush after flush after flush...like BrunsNick after he eats too many taquitos.

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gsback · « **Reply #23 on:** December 24, 2006, 06:09:05 AM »

The demo days I've attended in the past have been done on different sets of lane conditions. At our lanes where jkiser01 and I bowl, they've had semi-sport shots and THS over 4 sets of lanes (2 set for each condition). This allowed bowlers to judge the ball condition for differing lanes.

In regards to the balls and layouts, I think the point to laying them out with simple layouts is to give you an idea of what the ball does as a general impression. I like the ball laid out a certain way and I can guarantee you that with my hand size and thumb offset, I will not get a ball that is comfortable and comes off my hand like anything I currently throw.

However, if I know that layout A is going to react a certain way, then I can judge that reaction with different balls and get a feel for it...regardless of leaving flat 10s.
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