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marauder181

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New Ball Advice
« on: January 26, 2009, 12:03:18 AM »
I don't have one sole manufacturer I use so I thought I'd post this here.  

I'm bowling in two different houses, one where the lanes are well-oiled and consistent, and one where the lanes are typically drier and inconsistent week to week.  (They made us bowl on lanes after a tourney used them yesterday, I tried every adjustment I know of and couldn't get a consistent shot)

Right now my arsenal is the Colombia Dr Jekyll, a Phenom Unleashed as my secondary ball / spares on the left side and a plastic ball for my 10 pins.

At the well-oiled house the Jekyll is working very well and I can hit the pocket flushly 80-90% of the time.  At the dry / inconsistent house right now it's like I am a different bowler, I can hit the pocket flushly only 20-30% of the time which obviously is unacceptable.  The majority of my strikes there seem to be of the Brooklyn variety right now.  Oddly, during the Summer there I had no problems and had an average 25 pins higher in the same house.

Now the Dr. Jekyll http://www.ballreviews.com/reviews/reviews.asp?BallID=657&ManufacterID=3 is showing the ball as being one for dry lanes already. Can someone give me a suggestion for a new ball to use on dry / inconsistent lanes?

Some additional info:  I'm a righty, my first ball speed is about 14.5 mph and I throw with a moderate amount of revs.  I'm weak at playing an inside line to the right and prefer to stand at the middle dot or to the left of it if needed.

 

charlest

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Re: New Ball Advice
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 09:27:53 AM »
Usually milder, smaller hooking control balls are better for such conditions.

For resins, I strongly recommend the Visionary Blue/Green Centaur. It comes 1000 grit matte and is a solid. Its cover is easily adjustable for any dull finish up to 4000 grit Abralon or any level of polish.

Otherwise, urethane balls, both solid and pearlized are much better than most resins because of their controlled backedn. Visionary also happens to have a pearl urethane with a real core (most have pancake cores) called the Slate Blue Gargoyle.

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leftyinsnellville

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Re: New Ball Advice
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 09:46:17 AM »
I have pretty good luck with all of these on dry lanes, or burnt lanes that are a little spotty.

Dyno-Thane Crisis Solid
Lanemasters Counter Strike
900 Global Creature Pearl
Bruswick Avalanche Slide
Roto-Grip Neptune

All are polished to a pretty high sheen using Ebonite's Factory Finish, and/or Storm's Reacta-Clean, and/or Valentino's Snake oil.  I know the Counter-Strike is not intended for dry lanes, but mine was so smooth that I thought I'd try it polished.  I think it works better as a dry lane ball than what it was designed to do.

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