BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Good Times Good Times on July 16, 2012, 08:23:34 AM
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Hypothetical:
You are bowling the US Open this week. Yep, 1:1 and completely FLAT, 42 feet in length. Lane surface is Synthetic and has medium wear in the track. That is all you know.
You get 3 pieces, PLUS a plastic. (If you throw your strike ball at spares you get only three pieces).
Pick your arsenal and ball surface.
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Marvel Solid - 4.5" p3 hole pin down
2000 abralon
- would be used on the fresh, gets into a roll very quickly and would allow me to play inside until some friction developed
Infinite Theory - 5.5" x 3.5" pin down p3 hole
4000 abralon
- when the Marvel ran out of gas I would switch to this and move a little further in
Victory Road Pearl - 5" pin up no hole
box finish
- For the rest of the time when the lanes start to get silly and the shot moves to the left gutter
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Due to my rev rate, my arsenal is going to be different from Russell's. Mine would go like this:
Start with a mild solid like a Freeze Solid (if I went newer) or my Ebonite Black Ice with a 2 inch pin to PAP for control at either 2000 or 4000 abralon until some friction outside comes about. Once that starts rolling too soon and I have to migrate inside:
Go to a solid reactive with a stronger core with a 5 inch pin to PAP and 2000 abralon plus polish. Something with more on the backend than the 2 in pin ball but yet still controllable on the backend; not skid flippy. Once that starts to roll up to quickly:
Ball down to an entry level reactive like a Tornado or Slingshot at box finish also with a 5 inch pin to PAP to help the ball through the front part of the lane and increase my axis rotation to help create some angle on the backend.
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Rather than worry about specific balls and/or drilling patterns make sure you have equipment with three(3) different surfaces: dull, smooth sanded, and polished.
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Me and my Scroggins-esque style and rev rate would be using:
-Nano at 500 Abralon to open things up
-Modern Marvel at 2000 Abralon once the lanes opened up.
-Fire Road at 1500 polished once the MM was too much.
All 3 drilled 55x3.25x40 with a p1 weight hole.
Like Draper said, something dull, smooth sanded, and polished...