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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: BigBZ on May 03, 2004, 11:23:46 AM

Title: Can I use a 12lb. spare ball, if my reg. ball is 15lbs?
Post by: BigBZ on May 03, 2004, 11:23:46 AM
Fellas-I have a old plastic Brunswick Galaxy 300 that fits my hand well.(need to move thumb a little, but that's it) I was wondering if using this ball(12lbs)to get 10 pins and other various spares would be OK, when the normal ball I throw is 15lbs? Do you think the lighter ball would help with accuracy, or do you think it would mess-up my rhythm too much? Thanx Brian
Title: Re: Can I use a 12lb. spare ball, if my reg. ball is 15lbs?
Post by: MI 2 AZ on May 04, 2004, 03:48:24 AM
Okay, here is the opposing viewpoint, LOL.

Lately I have been using a plastic ball for single pin spares and it is 13#.  All of my strike balls are 15#.  I dont really notice any timing issues by going back and forth between the two weights.  

I have noticed that I can throw the 13# harder if I want to, but then my accuracy was off a bit because then I was muscling the shot and that is never good for me.  If I keep from trying to throw harder, my accuracy is just as good as normal.

Earlier in the year I was using a 15# Glowing Amulet for spares but noticed that I would miss the occasional spare because it would hook a bit more than I wanted so I switched over to the White Dot.
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Title: Re: Can I use a 12lb. spare ball, if my reg. ball is 15lbs?
Post by: the shadz on May 05, 2004, 01:26:29 AM
I use 16 for striking but my spare ball is 14. I do not notice any effects on my game from it and it makes deflecting into baby splits much easier.
Title: Re: Can I use a 12lb. spare ball, if my reg. ball is 15lbs?
Post by: MSC2471 on May 05, 2004, 02:31:08 AM
For myself I would get a spare ball around the same weight as my strike ball. You don't want to start really going crazy with increased ball speed at your spares, which I think would happen due to the 3 lb difference in ball weights. Naturally being able to throw 2-3 mph faster at spares is fine for me, but anything more and I know that it would affect my strike game and then I think I would see my average decrease...

Matt