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Zanatos1914

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Selecting The Wrong Ball
« on: December 23, 2008, 04:22:18 AM »
Every now and then you buy the wrong ball and you have done all you can besides just throwing it out the window...  Thats how I feel about this 1st generation Kenetic....

Anybody purchased a ball and really cant use it...


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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2008, 02:30:45 PM »
I had 3 drills, with at least 4 different surfaces on each drill, throwing at 2 houses (one wood one synthetic) on my Black Widow Bite which I just gave up on and gave to my dad. That damn ball frustrated me to no end.
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No Open Tenths

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2008, 02:42:46 PM »
For me it was the Track Slash, which really surprises me as it was great for alot of people and is a pretty simple ball that you would think I  could make work. I could, but only 3-5 frames a game.
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CARDSFANAM

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2008, 02:45:16 PM »
Has to be Hammer Toxic. Never have got a really good feel out of that ball, real bad over/under for my preference.
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nutsforbowling

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2008, 05:09:14 PM »
You know not every ball matches up with everyone. I just shot 300 with my Kinetic last Friday, and I left it at OOB finish. I will say the Total Inferno didn't work for me. Bad ball for lane condition we bowl on.
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neverbackdown_x7x

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2008, 05:17:22 PM »
The One and Xception, just didn't give me the right reaction on the lanes like I needed.
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JD74

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2008, 05:18:12 PM »
Hammer Anger - HATED so much I  shot it with a 30-06.
Hammer BWP - would either skid 40 feet, or hook 10 feet down the lane and punch the nose

Hammer Toxic - looked like puke going down the lane, hit like crap and when it hit friction it was a 90 degree right turn (lefty), also shot.
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Jay

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #22 on: December 23, 2008, 05:29:25 PM »
SR300 and CrossFire.  However, I have pruchased more balls that were useable, just didn't really it too much: No Limit and Angular One, my Counter Strike is on its way there.
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jch922

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #23 on: December 23, 2008, 05:32:31 PM »
raw hammer dooom could never get a feel of it, just kept getting different reaction. It had a major over under problem for my game
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NtheDitch

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #24 on: December 23, 2008, 05:33:15 PM »
Black Widow Bite, tried every surface imaginable,3 layouts and all I got was 60 feet of wobble. Tried it on all 5 named patterns 4 houses nothing ball flared a ton and did nothing.
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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #25 on: December 23, 2008, 05:34:41 PM »
every asym ball basically
they just hate me
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strikealot

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #26 on: December 23, 2008, 06:11:43 PM »
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Tried and tried to believe in my Fury.  Different surfaces, polished, no polish, etc.  Thing just was not consistent.  One ball a dead flush strike, next ball a flat ten.  Looked at tape of releases on both balls, no difference!  Picked up an Ultra Zone and put the Fury along ways away.


fury was a terrible, and i didnt like ultra much either...
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David Lee Yskes

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #27 on: December 23, 2008, 08:36:01 PM »
I think the only ball I didnt like, was an old Lighting Storm I had drilled up.

If i could do it all over again, i would have had it drilled differently, cuz the ball was so touchy on oil.   I could litterally use the ball on a league shot, and be 15boards different depending on the lane lol.   I remember the first time i used it during league, first shot during practice, i went right up 10, to see how the ball would react, and i hit flush in the pocket, goto the next lane and go up 10, and the ball misses the head pin, i ended up moving 3 dots left just to get the ball to the pocket.    

Now i dont think the ball was bad, just the drilling, cuz i had bought another Lighting used and the ball was a monster!!!!!
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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #28 on: December 23, 2008, 08:41:40 PM »
The Break Pearl just doesn't work for me.  I've done everything short of redrilling it.  3 surfaces, 2 houses and a balance hole.  I think it's too strong for the conditions we have.
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bestbudzs24

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #29 on: December 23, 2008, 11:34:45 PM »
for me it is the cell pearl without a doubt. too condition specific and speed sensative. tried surface changes and a redrill nothing worked. its now a 200 dollar paperweight lol.
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APheLion

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Re: Selecting The Wrong Ball
« Reply #30 on: December 24, 2008, 11:45:04 AM »
so far for me has been 2

first is my spare ball, dynothane vendetta maxx, that thing never hooked, even when it hooked, never  hit hard, too much deflection.

second is the lane master XSPower, tried different surface, nothing worked, gonna plug it and try it with a different  drill
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