It may have something to do with the way I throw the ball and/or the lane conditions I normally throw on and/or my general dislike for heavy load particle equipment.

But I have never retired a ball because of lack of performance and I never clean my bowling balls. I have retired them because after numerous resurfacing they have gotten to small. I have retired them because I got bored with them. I have retired them because I wanted to use a different drill pattern. But on the THS I have always still been able to make a ball work even after 100’s even 1000’s of games.

I used my original x-calibur (a nu-line one not the Columbia ball) for years even after the core separated until it simply got too small after a resurface. Same for my original Red Pulse.

Sure, some of the balls lose a board or two or hook over time but that has always been a minor adjustment on the lane for me.

This maybe a bigger issue on sport type shots but in normal league play I find it a non-issue.