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intergalactic

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Please help with ball selection
« on: June 23, 2004, 06:44:05 PM »
Hi all, I need a new ball for league. My ball is totaly dead and want I something for medium oil normal house shot I want something for playing around 4th arrow I liketo throw it out and watch it come back with medium revs medium track throwing around 14 and a half mph. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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intergalactic

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Re: Please help with ball selection
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2004, 01:23:38 PM »
I bowl on wood lanes the lanes are oiled right before it starts I don't know everything about bowling doin the best I can.

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Re: Please help with ball selection
« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2004, 01:33:13 PM »
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bamaster

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Re: Please help with ball selection
« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2004, 01:41:18 PM »
Fresh oil on wood lanes playing fourth arrow?  Never heard of it.  Get the Ebonite V2 Clean.  Best ball in a decade.  Buy a case of them because they won't be for sale next year.

Phillip Marlowe

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Re: Please help with ball selection
« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2004, 01:50:03 PM »
The real question is what ball had you been throwing.  Assuming it was a heavy medium ball, with your ball speed, you need something that will get through the heads.  I'll give you three ideas based on what I have thrown extensively or tried and watched a great deal:

1.  Dynothane AU79.
2.  Triple X Factor.
3.  Brunswick Raging Inferno.

Each, on the average house condition, seems to give folks some room to the outside, with some control on slightly pulled shots.  All move.  None is overly flippy.  I personally vote for the Element because of the coverstock's longevity.  But I have and like the Raging and have thrown a Triple X and it has worked marvelously well for many, many people. You could also try a regular Element or Thing set to about 1000 grit.

If you are interested in other companies, let me suggest the Throttle UP (petedw is right), a ball that gets through the heads very well and is clearly the best of the Throttle line (I have bowled very well with it, largely playing a deeper line), and Track's Phenom Unleashed, which is also pretty clean through the heads with a strong recovery for a lot of folks with below average speed and average hand.

I have no stock, I'm on no staff, and I'm not exclusive to any one company.  Just my observations.
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intergalactic

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Re: Please help with ball selection
« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2004, 01:10:38 AM »
Thanks for all the help guys gonna run this by the guy in the pro shop and see what he thinks.