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nerdytoes

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sweet 14lbs!!!
« on: June 18, 2008, 04:31:00 PM »
i average about 191 with a ball speed of 17-18 mph.  i've been reading about all this new coverstock that 14lbs can carry as good as 15lbs ball..  so i said what the heck..  i'll give it a try..  but at first my driller/coach kept telling me don't do it..  well i gotta get it out of my system so he drilled me up a 14lbs total nv.  i was having trouble at first..  my timing was off..  way off!!  and this was like last week..  but tonight, my wednesday night league, i slow down my approach just a bit and since its a lighter ball the total nv was revving like no tomorrow.  out of the gate i shot 217 and then 297 choked on my last shot never had 11 in a row and last game 225.  my first 700 series.  737..  so 14lbs my sweet weight,,,,
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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2008, 01:54:27 AM »
I too have had success in the past with a 14 lb. ball.  During a sweeper on New Years some 5 years ago, I did a number on my wrist and decided to drop down to a 14.  A 14 will carry just as good as a 15 will.  I shot an 800 with a 14 lb. Brunswick Igniter.
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nerdytoes

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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2008, 08:05:17 PM »
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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2008, 05:35:32 AM »
I also use only 14lbs, like a lot of guys in my center/Belgium in general.

As long as you can keep your speed up, they will carry as good as 15.

Top-guy at our center averages somewhere around 230 in about every league and he also only throws 14lbs stuff, so nothing wrong with it

grtz.
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nerdytoes

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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2008, 07:38:41 PM »
yeah..  my first night using a 14lbs shock the hell out of my teammates because they were all up on my case for bowling a 14lbs...  coz they used 16lbs and called it the men weight..  i showed them the men weight...  LOL
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MI 2 AZ

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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2008, 07:53:47 PM »
Congratulations on your 737 series.  Whoops, I just added up your scores and it should be 739 series.




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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2008, 02:44:00 PM »
i'm like the worse asian ever..  i can't do math
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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2008, 02:57:06 PM »
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i'm like the worse asian ever..  i can't do math


That could be the funniest thing I've read on here in months!!!!
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MI 2 AZ

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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2008, 05:36:47 PM »
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i'm like the worse asian ever.. i can't do math


Ok, I caught it and I'm only half-Asian.  


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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2008, 10:37:51 PM »
i threw 14lbs last summer, and it fugged up my game.  started over rotating the ball cause it was so light.  took me forever to correct it.  but i did throw up some big numbers with it.  you could hit on it so much it was unreal!  but only chicks dig the BIG hook.
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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2008, 10:40:16 PM »
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but only BIG chicks dig the BIG hook.


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Re: sweet 14lbs!!!
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2008, 12:48:54 AM »
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but only BIG chicks dig the BIG hook.


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