Hey... where are all the replies?

I set my preferences back as far as they would go, but that was only to like the last 120 days... it used to go back to to the last 365 days.

Why did they change the preferences so that we couldn't go back as far as we used to could?



Ps... If you read my theory above, just to let ya'll know - I'm still having success on Heavier Oil with my theory above, about 95% of the time! Try it out, you'll see!

Ric,

You and I have talked about this a bit in the past.

I have found that the heavy rolling low rg balls, work great on league heavy oil(where there is dry to the outside of the shot).  The reason they work great is because the low rg and heavily loaded coverstock give the ball a tendancy to work and start hooking even in the heads and midlane.  This allows the ball to be swung from the inside oil out to the dry and then the dry kicks the ball back to the pocket.  Balls like the Mayhem, Reaction Roll, AMF Evo Tour, Phenom and Throttle all fit this bill great!

However on tournament oil.  ie long deep and OB outside of 10.  I have found higher rg, whether sanded or not works great.  One of my best balls was a polished Demolition Zone.  I've also done well on shots like this with a shiny pearl Brunswick Battle Zone Bullet!

As you and I discussed this different oil shot, any swing(which low rg balls force one to do, does not allow the recovery on this shot once one aims even the least bit away from the pocket!!!  As there is no dry to the sides but only at the end of the pattern.  Therefore the key to this shot is to find a ball that allows one to point at the pocket.  I often find a 8 at the arrows to 11 line at the breakpoint works real nice for me on this really tough shot!

After I find the ball that allows me to point, balls I've very successfully used have been my Demo Zone, BZ Bullet and also like you the trusty Track Spell(mine is at 1000 grit sheen).  All medium to high rg.  I then just fit the backend to the shot.  If I can pick a correct backend for the condition and point(all high rg balls lead to a point more easily) plus slow my speed down to about 12 mph while still acceleratingsmoothly thru release.  Then many are in trouble.

REgards,

Luckylefty

That is one of the reasons I do not throw any particle.  As a high rev player, I almost have to use mostly reactives.  Most particles tend to lose the energy way too fast and the ball just dies on the backend causing weak hits.  EX:  I have a Enforcer still with only about 30 games on it.  I can only use this down and in and it is polished with Track's Clean and Smooth with Magic Shine over the top of that just to help it through the heads.  It still comes around the corner, just not hard enough if I have to move a little deeper.  Unless the gutter is really walled up, I can't create enough entry to kick corners.  For me, taking a reactive whether on heavy oil or drier conditions, tends to work best for me.  Then again, the particles of today are improved since the particles of 5 years ago.  That Navy Fuze was a piece of junk.  Compare that to balls such as the Sheer Havoc, Phenom, Phenom Unleashed, and Animal, there really is no comparison.  But, that is just my opinion.  You could use a particle ball for heavier oil, but to me, using an agressive reactive is more beneficial is some cases.  Granted, I have not hit 40+ feet of oil in a very long time.  But, when they are tighter than normal for this area (Atlanta, GA), my Crunch with Clean and Smooth does the trick nicely.
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