Layout
   50 x 5” x 40

The Trident Odyssey is the newest member of the medium-heavy oil MOTIV family and carries its progenitor’s name well. The new Coercion FYS coverstock (finished at 2000 grit LSS) has been formulated to provide traction in oil without early-lane burnout commonly prominent in aggressive equipment. To help power this ball’s motion, the Turbulent core (2.49 RG, .054 Diff, .017 Int. Diff) has been triumphantly brought back, creating the right amount of flare to compliment the cover’s strength.

I wanted to lay this ball out to be successful in my typical medium-heavy (towards the medium side) house shot without being too much, too early. The 5” pin gives me more loping through the heads while the 50-degree drill angle helps the core find its stride earlier. What I now have in my hand is an excellent fresh-oil ball to start the day that can get me through a couple of moves until the lanes open up enough for me to perfectly step down to the Iron Forge. The best word to describe the motion would be ‘glide.’ Pushing through the fresh heads, the midlane read is a controllable action that sets up a smooth, driving motion off of the friction that continues though the pins. I have yet to see this ball just jump if it finds dry unexpectedly, which is fantastic to keep you out of bad backend angles that create interesting pin-leave designs. The Odyssey is at its best when you can keep your angles tighter as opening the lane up too steeply will force it to bleed to much energy to turn the corner and hit the pocket at an optimal angle; those situations are where the Iron Forge and Rip Cord Velocity step in. So far I have not been disappointed in my early block games and how the ball helps set up the track for a strong lane, and ball, transition. The Trident Odyssey is a great way to continue the legacy of the Trident line.

Trent Overbey
In the Zone Pro Shop
MOTIV Staff
www.motivbowling.com

Motiv Trident Odyssey



The new Motiv Trident Odyssey features the Coercion™ FYS Solid Reactive overstock, wrapped around the Turbulent core from the original Trident ball. This cover and core combination creates an extremely strong ball in the oil, with a generally smooth shape.



For me, I’m seeing this ball take the top slot in my bag for fresh patterns, especially when there are very strong backends and urethane isn’t in play, as well as high volume patterns where other balls are just too clean. In comparison to other balls in the line, the Jackal Legacy is a little weaker in the oil, the Jackal Ghost is quite a bit cleaner, sharper, and few boards weaker, and the Pride shapes very similar, but is just overall less hook than the three mention prior. 



My progression is typically Odyssey, to Ghost, to Shock on most higher volume patterns, until the pearl balls have a defined hook area and are in play.

 Video review below features the Ghost, Pride, and Legacy and both a house pattern, and the 21 USBC OC Team pattern.

Video: 

Layout used in the video for all balls is 50X4-1/2”X70



Thanks for reading,

Mike McClure
MOTIV Staff

For me, the Odyssey is a great piece that I like to go to when I need a bit less shape down lane. For as big as this ball is, it is very continuous and really creates a shape that compliments the other great pieces in the MOTIV lineup!

It reads the mids when most other balls on the market will not, and still has the continuation to go through the pins incredibly well.

Must have!

- Zack
- Motiv Staff Member