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icefiction

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Urethane on a house shot
« on: December 05, 2011, 12:50:57 PM »
So i joined the fad and drilled my first new age urethane ball; i chose the blue hammer. I throw 16 so the numbers are just poop no matter what. i watched my friend struggle with his before he knocked the shine off so i took the shine off before i even drilled mine. long story short i was able to play 10 to 5 and still have too much hook and hit. Are u serious? I know our sport has gone down the tubes but really. I thought urethane meant i will not hook? I could play in the same spot that people throw a virtual gravity; i am kind of dissapointed that my urethane ball hooks as much as it does. I guess i was hoping for more of a challenge. Anyone else have this same feeling? I feel like even though this ball is urethane it doesnt bring the game back to the roots like i thought it would.






 

icefiction

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Re: Urethane on a house shot
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2011, 03:21:27 PM »
ea i guess my whole point was that i wish everyone else saw how bad people can be but have the ball cover up their mistakes. as for starting a sport league, been there done that, no one wants to pay to bowl on tough patterns  and get their ego crushed around here. even just trying to have a scratch league was impossible because people thought it wasn't fair . I wish the USBc .would toughen stuff up instead of trying to push ball sales .






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Re: Urethane on a house shot
« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2011, 08:34:38 PM »
I used my Storm Natural tonight in league and shot 663 (180,249,234). The league I bowl in is a low volume THS. When I started, I was trying to swing the ball a little bit, and started hitting light. So then I moved my feet 1 board right, and threw straight up 10. My release was giving me problems as I wasnt being consistent with it, getting an inconsistent roll. 2nd game, I got my release straightened out, still playing up 10. 3rd game after after noticing my line drying up, I simply turned my shoulders out, and played 10 to 5. 
It is my first Urethane ball, and from what people told me, is they leave a ton of corner pins.  I let 1 7 pin which I went a little light, and carried all but the 7. I didnt leave 1 single 10 pin all night. 


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