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txbowler

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Simple Question:

I have to much hand, not enough ball speed.  Old school bowler.  Not good at taking hand out of the ball on a consistent basis (need more practice, that's a different discussion).

Plain and simple, I am looking for the weakest reactive ball available now to drill pin in axis?

I am open to any brand.  I have urethane's (super natural and pink hammer from the 90's) and a XXXL that work for me when I need them, so no one needs to bring those up.  Please do not bring up stuff hard to find or no longer available.  I'm only talking about the balls available today on the market.

I have a Lane master's Hornet drilled weak that works great for me most of the time.

But sometimes when you are at a tournament, you don't want to throw urethane and plastic because it affects carry down and your fellow left handed teammates.

Opinions please?

Thanks in advance.

 

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Re: Too Much Hand - Not Enough Ball Speed - What is the weakest reactive?
« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2014, 06:45:29 PM »
I would take one of your old balls and do a pin on axis drilling to see how that works for you. I have found that to work great. It really tames the reaction down but it's very adjustable by playing with surface prep.
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Re: Too Much Hand - Not Enough Ball Speed - What is the weakest reactive?
« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2014, 07:02:38 PM »
Have you looked into any of the TSE balls by Seismic?

I bowl on 33ft and 36ft ths for league, and am rev dominant.  I've been throwing the Desperado TSE and Solaris TSE, nice weak covers on these TSE balls.

My Blackout, with my favorite layout, 2" pin to pap, use to be my go to ball on the 33ft, which use to be 36ft.  But with summer they shortened it and skimped on the oil.  I was throwing the Desperado TSE, but wanted a bit more room and switched to the Solaris TSE, which is drilled the same.

Here's a comparison of the Blackout and Solaris TSE I did for a customer who also asked your question to me.  For comparison, with the Desperado TSE, I am almost 5 more boards right of the Solaris TSE.  The Desperado is drilled 60x3 3/8"x30

The Blackout is first, than skip to 0:48 for the Solaris TSE


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Re: Too Much Hand - Not Enough Ball Speed - What is the weakest reactive?
« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2014, 07:20:50 PM »
Drill a Tropical Breeze, put the pin in your middle finger and drill the middle finger as deep as the press will allow. 

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Re: Too Much Hand - Not Enough Ball Speed - What is the weakest reactive?
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2014, 11:09:16 PM »
Try a scout you'll be surprised

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Re: Too Much Hand - Not Enough Ball Speed - What is the weakest reactive?
« Reply #20 on: June 27, 2014, 09:38:43 PM »
I love my Desert Hook. They've been "discontinued" but you can probably still find one. It's great on the burn.

I second the Desert Hook. It has a very mild coverstock, and has a nice smooth arcing reaction. I have tried to make the ball turn over hard, and I just can't do it.

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Re: Too Much Hand - Not Enough Ball Speed - What is the weakest reactive?
« Reply #21 on: June 28, 2014, 07:12:39 AM »
maybe find something with less cover, or drill out negative weight
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