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bowler04

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Plastic ball arsenal
« on: July 22, 2004, 10:03:26 AM »
With todays lane conditions, types of oils etc.  Do you think it would be possible to compete in leagues,tournaments,  with 3 piece plastic only?  I don't think so, but  just wondering what some others think?
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TheBowlingKid25

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Re: Plastic ball arsenal
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2004, 01:06:04 AM »
Straight up 5, I think it would work. Thats just me though.
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Saw Mill

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Re: Plastic ball arsenal
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2004, 01:11:45 AM »
I think it would be a possibility, and my three plastic balls of choice are:

XXXL

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Strider

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Re: Plastic ball arsenal
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2004, 02:59:32 AM »
On a drier house shot, probably.  Unless you have slower ball speed and you have a bunch of revs, you'll never hang with people using resin.  On any kind of serious shot or tournament where every pin counts, you wouldn't have a prayer.
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Goof1073

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Re: Plastic ball arsenal
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2004, 12:49:49 PM »
It's possible...we have a bowler in one of my leagues who averaged 208 by the end of the year using a Blue Dot!  Yup...really hard plastic at that!!
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Ernie McCracken

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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2004, 01:01:22 PM »
Don't see why not.  I use plastic for sport shots.
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MichiganBowling

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Re: Plastic ball arsenal
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2004, 01:32:42 PM »
There's a guy around here that only throws plastic (white dot) and averages 220's consistently.  Another kid throws only plastic and urethane and is a 2 teen average.
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stanski

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Re: Plastic ball arsenal
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2004, 12:35:46 AM »
a few baggers around here throw plastic to keep there average down for tourneys. i throw plastic personally when the lanes allow for it, and three peice plastic at that.
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Re: Plastic ball arsenal
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2004, 09:36:44 PM »
I use 2 plastic balls because of my revs. One is highly polished drilled for length for absolute toast and a xxxl sanded to 1000 drilled 4 x 4 for medium- light to dry and heavy over/unders. Works well for me, not always the case for everyone else. Anyone in colorado springs knows of steve anderson who averaged 230+ with an axis weighted white dot in three different houses for several years. the guy was a machine!

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