And I've always noticed that on oil, that particle carry's the 10 pin better. Reactives don't seem to get into a roll soon enough (because they don't have TEETH in them to start grabbing the lanes) to drive into the pocket to carry the 10 pin consistantly, and Reactive's never grab the lane and get into a roll to carry the 10 pin, they just keep sliding and jme in behid the head pin and leave 10's all day long.

Anybody else notice this?


I'm wanting some replies on this matter, so that I can print this off and give it to him so that he will understand better.

I want him to see that Reactives DON'T hook earlier than Particles like he thinks they do... and that Reactives DON'T hook in oil better than Particle... and that Reactive's DON'T handle carrydown better than Particle...

Agree?

He says that Reactives were hooking in the oil way before Particle ever came out, but I say that Reactive's were sliding in the oil and just hooking on the DRY backends... and NOT actually hooking in the oil like Particles do!

Think about it - Reactive Resin is something that they came out with to put into balls to make them be cleaner and get length through the heads... not to make balls hook earlier (that's the Particle's job!)!


Agree?








Edited on 7/31/2004 2:49 AM

Well it is an interesting question.

My best league heavy oil ball(oil to the sides) is a Reaction Roll.
But on really long flat patterns I've had great success with a Track Spell,
lower load or Demolition Zone, pure reactive.

Yesterday I went to bowl and conditions were deplorable.  Little oil in the heads and tons of carrydown.  I tried pearl particle forget about it!  Solid particle with polish Victory SPT and finally a solid reactive Hot Wire and this ball started striking.  Up till then nothing hardly wrinkled!

To give you an idea of the type of condition a guy next to me had a Throttle R and a Full Throttle.  The Throttle R couldn't hook at all(except a little in the heads)  The dull full throttle hooked in the heads and went Brooklyn every time.

Summary.  I actually believe that inthe backs pure reactive always hooks more IF two balls enter the hook(dry board area at the same speed)!  The parenthesis area is the important part.  Enter at the same speed.  

Because as detailed above if one throws a particle and a reactive with the same arm speed in heavy oil the particle will tend to be going slower as it hits the breakpoint at the beginning of the hook area.

Since I am a person that has the ability to slow down my ball speed easily, (many others can speed up easily) it is very easy for me to go up and throw a reactive like a Demolition zone very slowly.  Arm speed that may be 10 mph at the pin deck on a normal condition is about 12 mph on heavy oil and will hook and drive if it finds any dry.  

The comparison often given to explain this phenomenon is that Reactives are like racing slicks when the surface is dry they have more surface contact with the  lanes when the lanes are dry or dryer.

Particles are like studded snow tires they are great if there is wet but on dry surface they have less traction due to less surface contact.  Just like studded snow tires on dry pavement only the protruding studs(particles make contact).

My assessment is that reactives ALWAYS hook more on once they contact dryer, However that is IF they enter this dryer area at the SAME speed as a Particle.

So given that, my stategy for carrydown and long oil is always the same.  Tighten up my line, decrease swing area, move up one approach and use a light load particle left dull(track spell) or a reactive with a big movement usually.

It seems to work most of the time.

REgards,

Luckylefty