If you want to see a ball move, I would not go for dull particles. Dull particles are NOT MEANT TO MOVE! If you want to see them move, put a little polish on them. People get confused with balls with a lot of surface because you have to play a lot straighter with them to keep your carry up! There is not a lot of room to swing, because by the time it swings back, all its energy has been used up!
I have never run into a condition (Even when the lanes were flooded like at the mjma tournament today, those who bowled it can attest to this) that a polished solid/particle will move less in the backend for my style than a dull reactive/particle! I would like to see some mjma members reply to this and affirm the fact that the lanes had AT LEAST 70 units inside of the 5 board to start with carrydown from open bowlers. I ended up using a POLISHED saw blade because the little backend reaction that it gave me was better than the burning out reaction I was getting from my other equipment!
Before I bought another ball, the first thing I would do is polish it. If that doesn't work, you might think about getting a different strong ball and polishing that!
I think many on this board can understand what I am talking about when i say that yes, dull balls hook more throughout the lane, but to the average bowler, slightly polished strong equipment LOOKS like it hooks more, even on the heaviest of oil, and can often hit better.
The crankers today were all even bringing gp2's, wmb's, scb's and the like and playing up the 10 board! The oil was very heavy to start with, but playable as the scores could attest to. I played straight up 5 with a 3 board hook at the end (yes, 3 boards) for a bowler that is used to swinging 3rd arrow out to the 5 or 6 board and watching the ball come screaming back! Luckily i have played on enough conditions that i could exploit this condition to the best of my ability (cut was to 16 out of 77, i was 17th, missed the cut by 17 pins).
Prime example of polished ball hooking more than similar dull ball- My track phenom, 1000 grit polished, pin under ring versus my 500 grit diesel particle, pin under ring. I have NEVER run into a condition where the diesel allowed me to swing the ball more than the phenom, never!
posted from another thread for those that didn't see it there, thought it was worthy of its own thread! Skip over the whole thing and read the bottom for a summary. Comments and criticism of my analysis are welcome.
I believe this is the biggest misconseption about dull equipment, especially particle. People ask for balls that hook, and drillers give them balls with a lot of surface and early rolling drills. Now, for some bowlers with a lot of speed or little revs, this works, but for all of us inbetween, THIS IS NOT A GOOD OPTION BECAUSE THEY DON"T KNOW HOW TO USE THE EQUIPMENT! Dull balls are just not meant to be swung!
btw, a kid today had a gp2 and a wmb drilled similarly, and they both hooked the EXACT same amount (little joke based on another thread). Sorry for the long reply, I think it was worth it to make my point though.
Summary-dull equipment must be played straighter than polished equipment on nearly all oil patterns (Dull i consider 800 and below). Higher grit sanding can also act similar to polishing. It is very hard to swing dull equipment!
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stanski
