Some companies (at least I think so... right now I can recall only LM's Terminator and Lane#1 indirectly for the BB) say their bigger core designs generate more power.

True?

Well from a simple point of view I say yes.

Just see it this way:

the bowler plays the same speed and revs on two different balls:
one with a small core where most of the core material is concentrated in a small volume
one with a bigger core, where more material is on the "out" side of the ball

now what happens is this:
with same revs the ball with the bigger core needs more energy to get into rotation - meaning it gets more energy - as more material is brought into not only the forward motion by throwing but the rotational motion by revs;

the smaller core does not need so much energy to get the rotational motion as not so much matter has to be moved

you can make an experiment about this:
take two tin cans with exatcly the same size (diameter and volume)
fill both with water and freeze one of them (the trick is to keep the weight equal of both cans while getting one with a fluid and one with a solid material)

Now let both roll downhill and you will see that the one with the water will be faster... the one with the ice needs more energy to get moving as the oce has to be moved... the water not.
well so the one with the Ice should carry more energy when it arrives down there.

so simply said:
the bigger core has more energy (assuming the bowler plays both balls with same speed and rpms)

However how this "more" energy is depleted into the pins and hooking motion is another question.

Did I make a mistake with my idea?Discussion please
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Sebastian Koch
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