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oracle3410

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Coming back after about... 5 years..
« on: February 29, 2004, 02:43:20 AM »
I'm 18 now, and about 5 years ago i started growing, and lost all coordination i ever had..  now that i'm done growing, i've decided to come back to bowling... problem is...  

I had bought a 13 lb Gyro Pro, Reactive ball, very little (if any) weighting on the inside, and so now i'm starting to notice i come in light an awful lot.  I didn't take very good care of the ball when i had it, and as such, the cover is shot, i barely get 4 or 5 boards out of it, so I'm in the market for a new ball.  Right now I don't have a whole lot to spend on 3 different balls for dry, med and heavy oil, so i'm looking for something that i can throw in pretty much any condition, that's going to get me a bit more push through the pins.  

I wouldn't feel comfortable going into a pro shop and asking to be watched because i'll basically be developing my game around whatever ball i choose.  

I'll probably keep my Gyro as a spare ball, because if i put any sort of speed on it, it barely reacts at all.  

Any suggestions, or good questions to ask the pro shop guys?


 

oracle3410

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Re: Coming back after about... 5 years..
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2004, 10:58:00 PM »
not sure i want to take the advice of a Nittany Lion (GO HAWKS), but that seems like the best idea... To go to a proshop (only good proshop around is about 30 miles north, grumble), and look at the used balls they have, and if they haven't got anything, either order one online and have it drilled there, or buy a new one from the shop?

Thank you for giving me a list of several balls to look into. Being in the middle of nowhere (iowa) it's tough to locate a single ball..