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txbowler

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What Questions Do You Want Answered In a Review?
« on: January 28, 2010, 10:40:16 AM »
Since most of us want this site to help us (Bowlers) learn as much about a ball as we can.  Can someone put together their list of questions they want answered so that reviewers can learn to create useful & knowledgable reviews please?


 

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Re: What Questions Do You Want Answered In a Review?
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2010, 07:10:55 PM »




       An exercise in futility! Most people will make their own choices anyway.

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Re: What Questions Do You Want Answered In a Review?
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2010, 09:48:39 PM »
Ball Review Template

1) Company and Ball Name

2) Ball Specifications

    a) Gross Weight
    b) Top Weight
    c) Pin Placement
    d) Coverstock Type
    i) Particle,Reactive,Urethane,Polyester, Solid or Pearl.

3) Drill Layout/Pattern

    a) Pin to PAP distance
    b) CG to PAP distance
    c) Extra Hole Placement (if used)
    d) Mass Bias Placement
    e) Layout system Used (Degree, Dual Angle, etc.)
    f) Company Drill Sheet Layout Number (if used)
    g) Ball Photo and/or Video link (if available)
    This really helps if layout information is not known.

4) Surface Preparation

    a) Surface Type: Sanded, Matte, Polished
    b) Grit and/or Polishes used

5) Bowler Specifications

    a) Right or Left handed
    b) Cranker, Stroker, Tweener
    c) Ball Speed (estimated)
    d) Rev rate (estimated)
    e) Positive Axis Point (PAP)
    i) If not known use high track, low track, full roller, 3/4 roller or spinner.

6) Lanes

    a) Type of lanes (synthetic, wooden, guardian surface etc.)
    b) Oil pattern Length
    c) Oil pattern Information (Typical House Shot “THS”, Sport, PBA etc.)

7) Ball Reaction Characteristics

    a) Length
    b) Mid-lane read
    c) Break point
    d) Backend (arcing, angular, controlled)

8) Miscellaneous Information

    a) League type or open play, Lane play used, comparison to other balls used etc.

9) Summary

    a) Your comments, likes, dislikes etc.

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dizzyfugu

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Re: What Questions Do You Want Answered In a Review?
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2010, 04:26:30 AM »
Aloarjr810 has put up a very good list - and this should IMO cover several different houses and patterns. But since all these imprtessions are subjective and, how SB83 states, some vital information is simply not available, we won't be able to conduct a "clinical" review. It is always individual and very limited in scope, so that the multitude of reviews and impressions yields the bigger picture of a ball.

And, yes, there's always the problem that reviewers do not know much about their own game. But still these subjective impressions giev some input, even though I always wonder how the "experts" tell between 'hitting like a truck', 'hitting like a freight train' or 'hitting like a ton of bricks'?
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Re: What Questions Do You Want Answered In a Review?
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2010, 05:09:07 AM »
Very good list! Maybe also type of angle the bowler was throwing or which boards they were using from release to breakpoint. I don't think just a short review posting a high score or series and no actual information on the ball surface and reaction helps it.

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Re: What Questions Do You Want Answered In a Review?
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2010, 06:35:40 PM »
Maybe the owners/admins/mods here could set up reviews so that anytime you try to review a ball, a template pops up that REQUIRES certain information before allowing a review to be posted.

 The information could be set up with parameters to prevent ridiculous entries.
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