I stumbled across this online and thought it was interesting.

http://above180.com/2012/08/top-10-bowlers-hurt-by-reactive-resin/

Brad

Disagree totally about the 175 hacks.  Most of the 175 hacks during the urethane era were playing strike or no count and couldn't pick up a spare to save their lives.  Resin certainly didn't help their spare shooting.  The guys who were helped by resin were the tweeners like me.  We couldn't rev the ball enough to carry going away from the pocket on the short patterns, and we couldn't throw it straight enough to play up the boards for a more direct angle to the pocket.  Resin allowed me to play closer to the oil line and still get stronger reaction going into the back end, something I couldn't do with urethane.   Yes resin gave me an extra board of out angle, but it helped me more when instead of trying to use the extra board, I played closer to the oil line and let the later release of rotational energy help my carry.  It was the guys who tried to exploit the extra out angle who were hurt.   

Resin hurt the guys who wanted to rev the ball and slow hook the lane like Monacelli and Ballard.  Also, the biggest thing that has impacted the way the game is played in the resin era is the amount of oil that is used to combat the friction created by the resin balls.  Long high volume patterns reward the old practice of end over end roll rather than trying to open up the lane from coast to coast.  Look at all the best pros and they have all gone way more end over end than they did 10 years ago.  Rash, Barnes are best examples.  Even Pete has cut his axis rotation a bunch.  Look at the way Russel and Barret play the Badger. 

Major changes in the playing environment have always forced fundamental changes in the most effective release, and hurt those who could not make the necessary changes.  Resin balls didn't hurt power players any more than short oil and urethane lane finish hurt slow speed strokers going in to the mid 70's. 

The inevitable evolution of the playing environment also explains why the best players go straighter as the progress through their career.  Examples: Duke, WRW, Barnes.   I knew half a dozen scratch bowlers at my local level who suddenly became dominant when short oil came in.   

Bottom line resin didn't hurt the Ballard Monacelli type of player any more than urethane lane finish hurt the great strokers of the late 60's like Neff, Stefanich, Ritger.   

Who cares. Either you are great enough to adapt and survive or you are not. The only thing that hurt PDW in the 90s was WRWJr.

I love reading how this bowler or that was too powerful and couldnt control the new balls…..that is down right funny.

I think it's hilarious that WRW is put on a pedestal when he had one only one title from 1988 - 1991 preceding Ebonite's Crush R release in 1992 when he won more titles in a single season than in his previous 10 years on tour but the balls didn't help him? Without reactives, he's a HOF with 20 titles at best based on the first 10 years of his career and in what sport do you see a very good player become the greatest player in the history of their respective sport 10 years later without a substantial change in technology.

Quote from: kidlost2000 on June 12, 2015, 01:49:10 PM

Who cares. Either you are great enough to adapt and survive or you are not. The only thing that hurt PDW in the 90s was WRWJr.

I love reading how this bowler or that was too powerful and couldnt control the new balls…..that is down right funny.

Guess Earl Anthony was great until plastic,sucked until urethane,than was POT 3 more straight years,while Roth and Holman became ghosts.Avabob,totally agree!What you couldn't do physically was now available for purchase.Anyone not able to throw 18 mph with a lot of hand,lost a lot of control.I have proposed a minumum of 40 ft and 29 ml of oil with % the same become the rule,but the BPAA fights it(can you say Bowlmor,Amf,brunswick) whose customers come to grab a house ball,throw it in the middle straight and drink $50 booze and pay 75.                                       
Btw kidlost you want to put up $$$$ on a pro sportshot name it,have enough to lose.I probably out averaged you on urethane than you do on this joke... 191 sport shot,3 time jr high avg champ(217) and 1999 all events in nationals

Most of what you wrote i cannot deciphere. But im guessing you think you make sense. Earl Anthony was great no matter what ball was in his hand even on the senior tour throwing resin. He can adapt. He doesnt make excuses, or need others too. Thats my point.

Congrats on whatever it is you bowl, i guess it makes you feel good about yourself. I have no issues bowling anyone, not sure what that has to do with what is posted just like the rest of your response.


I can assume after reading your profile you dont like todays bowling balls?

I will tell you exactly who was hurt the most by resin.  The list is identical to the guys who were helped by urethane when it replaced plastic.

Power ( in terms of rev rate )trumped accuracy during the urethane short oil era   Resin  helped guys who were accurate enough to make use of it. 

If you go back in the history of the modern game the greatest players of any era were never the guys who hooked the lane the most, except during the 10 years from 1981 to 1991. 

Very accurate analysis Juggernaut.  If it is correct that resin balls hurt some styles, then it would be equally correct to say that urethane balls also hurt some styles. 

The fact is that every significant environmental change in the game over the last 70 years has hurt certain styles.  When lacquer replaced shellac, the looping figure eight full rollers ( Ned Day )and soft spinners became obsolete.  When urethane finish then synthetics replaced lacquer the end over end soft roll became obsolete.  When resin enhanced urethane balls replaced pure urethane, slower speeds became a liability