All right this is something that's starting to get to me now.
I will admit that I have used medium load particle balls on fresh THS. Also a low load (Golden Nugget). Now in the past month I have begun to get much more confident in my game, mainly because I ditched the wrist brace. I will just quickly say that it was good for starting out with and trying to get the right feeling down for releasing the ball and what not. I went through an adjustment period with getting an idea for throwing the ball without. Essentially my game is becoming much more versatile because I can play straight up 5 or 10 if needed or I can throw a huge hook. Ultimately I can change releases much easier when need be.
What does this have to do with particle balls you're probably thinking.
With the improvement in my game I'm starting to use balls that are not these big hooking particle balls. The most aggressive ball I am throwing right now is the Track Xception. Haven't needed to throw the other stuff I have. (Balls are in profile) I'm watching people throw hook monsters like the BVP Goliath or the Track Animal on light oil lanes and I'm left wondering why they are. What the heck do people need to throw these things for? There is absolutely no use for them whatsoever. I'm starting to wonder if people really have any idea what some of these balls are intended to do on the lane and how they shouldn't be used on medium oil at best conditions (my house). I understand maybe if there is carrydown, but I feel if you can change your release to get the ball into an earlier end over end roll with a resin ball like say the Xception that's not a heavy oiler ball, the carrydown shouldn't be a major problem. It's usually a quick adjustment for the most part except in the case of heavy carrydown. Instead these people just continue sucking off the oil on the lane and continue using the particle balls. Then they wonder why they keep beaking it right through the nose.
Tonight was a prime example one person was using the Ultimate Inferno (Not Particle, but still a heavy oil ball regardless. If the speed dropped just a little, the ball went right through the middle. Me, I just continued moving deeper with the Xception and kept on striking. End result, 236-235-248 for a 719 series. The next closest series on my pair was 660 and the guy was using plastic for all 3 games. But the people who use these heavy oilers act bewildered when they can't control it on the lanes.
I wish people would actually research balls before buying them, or at least learn to adjust somewhat. Might be a meaningless rant but it's been bugging me for a couple of weeks now.
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Somewhere in the far distant future Lane #1's slogan will be..."Lane #1, out-carrying Storm for over 50 years!"
