I am looking for some help completing my arsenal. I am a 190 average bowler, who usually stands around 15-20 and throws over 2-3 arrow. I currently have 2 balls, a polished Prodigy, and an out of the box Burst. I recently changed houses, and the new place is a little heavier on the oil. Typical house shot. I have been opening up with Prodigy standing 12 and throwing 2nd arrow. Nice reaction, but as the night goes on, the Prodigy loses some back end. I was wondering how I should adjust to this. Should I mess with the balls' surface, or should I look into another ball with more hook on it. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

JJ

Why are you losing reaction?  Is the ball dying or do you hit carrydown and the ball is sliding too much?  If I was to guess, I would say the ball is dying.  My first suggestion would be to migrate left a couple boards at a time and chase it.  Make your moves more lateral rather than 3 and 1s or 4 and 2s.  

Have a person on my Tuesday Night team that has to do the same thing.  The mids are too heavy to start so they have to play the track and migrate in.

Keep your lines more up the boards as I believe if you try to much to go stand on 35, play 18 out to 7, you will get into more trouble.  Hair too far right to fast, hooks up too soon.  Not fast enough, have 2-8-10 staring at you in the face.
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Pure Physics would be way too much ball I would think.

You stated you get good reaction with the Burst. I would just make the move to the Burst once you start to see the loss of backend with your Prodigy. After a couple soft 10's the ball is telling you to change.  For a THS really only need 2 balls. For me I only take a 900 Global Favorite and a 900 Global Break Pearl highly polished.  Covers most THS conditions I will see.


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I would look into the World Beater.  Sounds like it is going to be the next big hooker.  You could have a good 3 ball arsenal there.  Start with the World, go to the Prodigy when it is too much and then the Burst for when they really start hooking.  If you get a new ball, are you going to change the surface of the Prodigy at all or leave it?
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I wouldnt change a thing.  Have your oil ball with a duller surface, the polished Prodigy, and then the Burst.  That would be enough to encounter what you see from night to night.  When you start bowling more tournaments, you may want to find something to go underneath the Burst.  Have you considered that yet?
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