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nd300

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Today's equipment...............
« on: November 07, 2004, 06:41:24 AM »
I've seen several posts about the "hook in a box" balls that,according to some people,are too strong and allowing less skilled bowlers to get honor scores and average 200 or better when thery don't deserve it.
 Okay..............here's my idea..........
 Golf ran into the same problem with technology. Their answer????? Limit the COR to .083 as golfers are well aware. Anything else used in competition is illegal.
 Do the same thing to bowling balls by limiting the differential to something lower. I've seen balls with the diffs over.050 which is very strong. There's even one that I saw that had a diff of .073!!!!!!!!!!!! That's INSANE!!!!!!!!!
 Thoughts???????????????  
 

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J_Mac

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Re: Today's equipment...............
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2004, 02:50:56 PM »
The core isn't the only key to the ball's reaction or strength.  Balls don't throw themselves after all.  Try again...
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laner7pin

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Re: Today's equipment...............
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2004, 03:04:06 PM »
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Chris
In Golf, the reason for the COR limits are as such, because of the springiness of the club face, which creates and allows for distance. Not always accuracy but distance. It allows the golf ball to come off the clubface faster and hotter.
In Bowling, it would have to be COF (Co-efficient of Friction). This is what creates hook, not the differential. Differential is merely the amount of potential the bowling ball core has. If the cover surface/prep is not right, the insides are irrelevant. You could have a polyester cover and a core that has a .082 differential and I could take a particle power groove that the differential is .041 and it will out 'hook'or react the polyester ball. Why? It's because of the surface or the amount of friction as well as the porosity of the cover and the material.
Hope this makes sense.





Exactly, when Lane 1 had (or still has) the XXXL, diamond core, plastic cover, hooks about 5 boards total on dry lanes. Take the same core and put it in a reactive pearl coverstock and the ball hooks closer to 15 boards. Same core, same differential, same RG, but the coverstock is the part that touches/grabs the lane. Plastic is meant to go straight, thats why house balls/spare balls are made of them.
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nd300

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Re: Today's equipment...............
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2004, 04:30:46 PM »
Brunsich and laner7pin,
 Good answers and very revelant points. Thank you for correcting me as I was wrong on my post.
 All I was trying to do is suggest a way to even the playing field and bring back ability to our game.
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nd300

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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2004, 04:31:28 PM »
ooooooops!!!!!!!!
 I meant relevant---not revelant-----lol.
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