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komike

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Balls drilled at Nationals?
« on: March 03, 2014, 01:14:20 PM »
This will be my first year attending Nationals. I watched the USBC Open kick-off show and most of the ball companies had balls for sale. Do the prices include drilling/inserts/slug? I use tri-grip and Vise IT so I'm not sure if the drillers would be able to accommodate my setup given that they might be using Turbo switch grips or not familiar with tri-grip. Does each company have their own driller or is it done by the pro shop. Any insight would be much appreciated. I will be going up next month to check it out before bowling it later this summer. I'm deciding to either get my balls drilled locally or at the stadium.


 

komike

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Re: Balls drilled at Nationals?
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2014, 04:33:49 PM »
If you are comfortable with your current ball driller, why bother getting a ball drilled out there?  They may have stuff "on sale" but the majority of the time the sale stuff is either older balls or maybe international stuff and they aren't that cheap.  Sure the guys at the booths can tell you what's working and what not, but if you're within distance to go get a ball drilled before you bowl you can simply go watch people bowl and get an idea of how to play the lanes or what type of equipment is working.

That's the thing...I'm in the market for a new driller. I live 3 1/2 hours from Reno and I am driving up there for a lesson with Mike Jasnau a month before I bowl. I figured the experts would be up there and could give me the best advice on how I should lay each piece out. If they could do Tri-grip I was willing to build an arsenal while I was there since most all my stuff is ancient. I'll try pinging Bill Hall to see if he knows if anyone that knows the Tri-grip will be up there.

Do better than that. Call the stadium, and get the numbers for each of the booths there. Tell them when you are going to be heading up there, and ask if they know about Tri-grip. If so, that will get you at least headed in the right direction, That way you have at least half of the answers you are looking for. Jasnau will help you get lined up and recommend what gear you need, and the booths there can get it punched up.

However, you may find yourself in a Catch-22; Jasnau can recommend what gear you should get in your coaching session, and you get the gear.. but you've blown your coaching session, especially with getting lined up with the gear on the patterns there.. But you can't get the new gear punched up until you know what you want, so you can have the coaching with the new gear.

Either way, definitely call, because you probably have something in mind that you are looking at, but aren't sure.

BL.


I do have an idea of what I want but that could change depending on what Mike says. I was planning on a combination of some Storm/Roto gear. None of the gear I have now will be used when I go to Nationals. My lesson with Mike wasn't to get lined up it was more to tweak my game. Throwing on the nationals pattern would be a plus.

I'll call the stadium and get the numbers to booths. Hopefully someone up there will know how to drill Tri-Grip. Hopefully someone at the Storm/Roto booth knows.

komike

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Re: Balls drilled at Nationals?
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2014, 05:00:21 PM »
komike
Please let us know what Bill has to say.
Thanks
Bob

Bill said he doesn't know if anyone will be there. I will call the booths and will report back.

Joec1619

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Re: Balls drilled at Nationals?
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2014, 09:33:35 AM »
I ve had numerous balls drilled at nationals and ive had nothing but good luck..all the drillers there know their stuff...
300x 9 i think
800x2. 814,805
Sport league 300x1
To many 299s and 298 to count...still looking for 297