ok i stopped bowling for a couople years and just started again.. i throw the ball around 17-18mph and i put a lot of revs on the ball. my balls i use to use dont react for me anymore then a guy gave me a ball called freak out? he said it hooked 2 much for him. so i tried it when when i throw it i lay it between 2nd and third arrow and arch it a little. im use to swinging the ball i throw the ball weaird my oil track comes up on the right side of my ball like im throwing it left handed but im def. right handed lol but anyways so i got the black widow bite thinking im going to have to stand way left and throw it way far out. the guy the drills balls around here was watching how i throw and then finally drills my ball i throw it a couple times and he got my oil track where it should b but the ball doesnt hook at all!! i stand at the middle dot throw it right over the 2nd arrow to hit the pocket. i dont kno what happened i dont kno anything bout drilling balls or anything. anybody have any help for me please!!

This sounds like an issue with the way you release the ball, not how it's drilled. You can take the most aggressive ball on the market and use the most aggressive layout, and if you throw it straight it will go straight.
 It sounds like he used a variation of a full roller layout, and these typically don't produce any major change of direction. Try working on your release before spending $200 on another ball. When you release the ball, it should look like you're going to shake hands. Your hand should be behind the ball until you are about to release it, then it should rotate around the side as you release it.
 Once you get comfortable, you should see your track staying more to the left of your grip, and more of a change in direction with the ball. Then you can go for a different layout that will compliment the new release better.
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I'm gonna take a guess that it is a control drill that is used for completely fried lanes. Or it is a bad attempt at a negative layout

on edit: I've never seen a layout like that
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Edited on 8/12/2008 5:36 PM

no thats not his name.. i think all the guy tried to do was get my oil track on the left hand side of the ball.. do u think if he pluged everythin up and redrilled it that the ball would b all messed up? and does anybody have any recomendations on how i should drill it? ill get a pic of where my oil track is. actually if this helps any heres a pic of a peice of tape he put on my ball and when i shoot spares u c it like where weight holes r

my fingers r facing up when i look at the track.. do u think if he plugs it and redrills that my ball would b ruind? and if not how should it b drilled i want it to b aggresive. or my friend might just by any ball i want and were going to trade.. if u think thats best for me which ball should i get? i want something for heavy oil