on all sport shots, my hand stays behind the ball. but i like my rico'd Twisted at 4000 to play the shorter stuff. other than that, i use anything that gives me a smooth transition from the oil to the dry
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so say a street rod solid about 5x4ish
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Age:16
Avg:210
High Score:300(2)
High Series:766
arsenal:cell,rapid fire,vapor zone,spit fire,street rod pearl,spare ball
400ish revs:
power stroker
high track
gotta hate the 9 pin

A Street Rod Solid drilled 5x4 would be a great choice

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do you think my vapor would work its about 4 and a half from pap if i knocked all the polish off and put it at mabey 2k
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Age:16
Avg:210
High Score:300(2)
High Series:766
arsenal:cell,rapid fire,vapor zone,spit fire,street rod pearl,spare ball
400ish revs:
power stroker
high track
gotta hate the 9 pin

Most people are suggesting balls to use, but the most important thing is to attack the pattern from the right part of the lane.  On shorter patterns the ball is going to move a lot on the longer dry back end, so you need your ball farther right at the breakpoint.  Many people make the mistake of treating short oil like "dry" and move left, which is wrong.

If the pattern is 36ft or less, you want your ball outside 5, and on patterns as short as 34 you will need a breakpoint at the end of the pattern on the 3 board.

These patterns are usually laid out so that you have to start your ball farther right too, so you will indeed need a tame ball, probably a low end reactive, or even urethane.  I have been using a Neptune or a "prpoer core" Urethane recently on these patterns, both with a 2" pin so that the ball kicks less off the backend.

Ryan

yes i do keep my breakpoint out were it needs to be i just cant get it to be consistent. thanks for you replies.
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Age:16
Avg:210
High Score:300(2)
High Series:766
arsenal:cell,rapid fire,vapor zone,spit fire,street rod pearl,spare ball
400ish revs:
power stroker
high track
gotta hate the 9 pin

I like my World Class Reactive on this. Pin above bridge, CG an inch right of center of the grip. This ball from the outside looks like its not really doing much. But it just seems to knock all ten down on anything that finds some headpin. Like the others said, up the back of the ball does more than the ball choice does. More roll is key. The less a ball wants to flare the better.