Did anybody hear Randy Peterson's comment last telecast about how Pete Weber almost quit bowling when the newer balls came out?

The reason was due to the new equipment (coming out in the 1990's) hooking too much.  

He had to learn to stay under the ball longer to reduce the hook, which is what I do and it works fine with oil laid down.  

Now when I think with centers not having enough oil laid down, it's no wonder people are leaving. If you've spent years developing a strong release and suddenly it is negated by the lane conditions and newer balls I can certainly see why Pete Weber would want to quit.

I think we lost a lot of good bowlers when resin came out.  It just took time to get used to all of that hook.  Just 3 years ago when I bought new resin balls, I had a tough time getting used to all of that hook.  I used to bowl with urethane and plastic.  I had an old LT-48.

My guess is that there are others here on this board that had the same problem.

Edited on 11/25/2003 4:14 PM