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Juggernaut

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Here we go-USBC bans 2016-2017 purple hammers from the Open.
« on: March 07, 2022, 05:07:17 PM »
https://www.bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622337345

At least you can get a replacement ball.

Find it a bit odd that they said it was still USBC approved, you just can’t use it in a national tournament.
« Last Edit: March 07, 2022, 05:12:23 PM by Juggernaut »
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Re: Here we go-USBC bans 2016-2017 purple hammers from the Open.
« Reply #31 on: March 10, 2022, 11:55:45 AM »
Avabob's solution is the best one. Perhaps it's too time consuming and labor intensive to resort to the durometer solution.

Welcome to the present day world where you now need a 2 tractor trailers just to haul all of the balls to a tournament.

You know,  sometimes the old-schoolers have the best solution to a problem. Avabob's is one of them.

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There really should be some kind of limit to the number of balls a player can bring.  It is getting ridiculous.  You can barely walk thru the seating areas anymore... there is crap everyplace.   In golf, you can have no more than 14 clubs in play.  You can have 114 in the bag, but only 14 can be determined "in-play".  Why not institute a rule that says you cannot have more than 6 rocks in any session?  Maybe 3 rocks?  That would help to end the gripes about the lack of shotmaking.  It could begin to roll back the advantages the 2 handed/thumbless bombers have.  Power is awesome, but it shouldn't be as important as it is.  I've seen good 2 handers shoot 270s and barely hit the pocket.  It's like a bomb went off when the ball hits the pins.   I know 2 handed and thumbless bowling is growing in popularity, but I'm old school and think it is hurting the game more than it is helping.

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Re: Here we go-USBC bans 2016-2017 purple hammers from the Open.
« Reply #32 on: March 10, 2022, 12:42:49 PM »


THIS !!!!!

There really should be some kind of limit to the number of balls a player can bring.  It is getting ridiculous.  You can barely walk thru the seating areas anymore... there is crap everyplace.   In golf, you can have no more than 14 clubs in play.  You can have 114 in the bag, but only 14 can be determined "in-play".  Why not institute a rule that says you cannot have more than 6 rocks in any session?  Maybe 3 rocks?  That would help to end the gripes about the lack of shotmaking.  It could begin to roll back the advantages the 2 handed/thumbless bombers have.  Power is awesome, but it shouldn't be as important as it is.  I've seen good 2 handers shoot 270s and barely hit the pocket.  It's like a bomb went off when the ball hits the pins.   I know 2 handed and thumbless bowling is growing in popularity, but I'm old school and think it is hurting the game more than it is helping.


Isn't the objective to knock down pins? If a bowler can do that consistanly without hitting the pocket, then more power to them. No one gets paid for making "pretty" shots.


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Re: Here we go-USBC bans 2016-2017 purple hammers from the Open.
« Reply #33 on: March 21, 2022, 06:07:06 PM »

It goes even further now. The USBC has banned all 2016-2017 Hammer Purple Pearl Urethane balls from EVERY type of USBC competition.

https://www.bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622337464

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Re: Here we go-USBC bans 2016-2017 purple hammers from the Open.
« Reply #34 on: March 21, 2022, 08:42:35 PM »
It appears consistent that USBC can't make a decisive decision at all. This should have been done from the beginning vs for USBC national tournaments then later all together.
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