With the bowling ball market being filled with so much high end and stronger equipment in today's game, I think it's gone a bit overboard, but I'm starting to think there's actually good reason for it. I'm thinking that stronger balls(medium to heavy oil is what I'm talking about) are very helpful on today's conditions. Now I know you're probably thinking, "well duh." But what I really mean is that(and this is my opinion based on my experience) is the stronger equipment allows us more area on fresh conditions.
For example, my strongest ball is the Columbia Rival. That is a medium oil ball by today's standards. There's not too many conditions I've bowled on that I would want a stronger ball, because it hooks enough. However, on some of those conditions, I've recently felt that a stronger(medium/heavy oil) ball could have helped me in opening up the lane just a bit more or just giving me a better look in general. The Shark on Pro Anvilane is a good example of this. I could throw the ball up 5 and it would hit the face, which meant I had to swing the ball a bit(13 out to 11 or something like that) in order to find the pocket. When I did, I had no room for error, and now I feel like if I had a medium/heavy oil ball(say, a Momentum Swing) I could have possibly moved everything right, or even played deeper and created a little area.
So the reason I created this thread was to get opinions on whether this is agreed or disagreed upon. One thing I will say is I'm not implying the strongest ball you have isn't going to be optimal, just that just because the ball hooks a decent amount doesn't mean it will allow you to score.
