PAP: 4 right, 3/8 down -- Speed: 15-16 -- Rev Rate: Tweener (medium)
Layout: 4 1/2 @ 75 degrees -- Pin in the ring finger
Ball Surface: Out-Of-Box
Lane Condition: House Shot - The oil pattern tends to be Medium-Heavy from 8 to 8 and then a lighter blend from about 8 to 5 on both sides, with outside of 5 being fairly dry....typical bank shot setup.
Ball Motion/Reaction:I've bowled with this ball for 2 sets now and have shot 726 and 660(which should've been 750 except for some operator error!). Both sets yielded a 279 game, 1 being the last game (front 9, 4pin strike) and the other being the first game (front 8, stone 9, sheet).
What is great about this ball with this layout is that I'm able to play roughly 10 to 5 starting out and because of it's predictability and very controlling motion off the break, it has allowed me to maintain the pocket with small moves during the transition where other balls would create trouble before having the opportunity to move with the shot.
As both nights went on, I was able to move in to 13 and keep a small bump to 8, however anything right of that was nothing but friction and the HPS let me know it had encountered too much. What I really liked about this ball was being able to keep it in the oil and maintain a tremendous amount of hitting power as it picked up very nicely on the backend.
I did learn during the 660 set that this ball will tell you exactly how to play the lanes. I say this because I did encounter some over/under reaction with how I migrated my feet and mark the last game. Sticking with my plan from the 726 series, it was proven that some nights are not always like others based on who you're bowling with. The last game of the 660 series I was trying to play 14 to 10 as I did before and the ball just wasn't giving me the same results. Not allowing myself to let the lanes dictate how I should play them, I continued to try and force the tighter shot when the HPS was literally trying to slap me in the face to tell me I need to go around the shot. Needless to say, the fill-ball of the last game I made a large move and threw my final shot 15 to 5 and the HPS banked right of the dry and destroyed the pins. So I guess you're wondering what it was that I learned....well, the over/under told me I was either throwing the wrong ball or playing the lanes wrong. I think it's obvious it wasn't the ball!!
With the reaction I'm getting and the hitting power this ball is producing as it enters the pocket, I'm looking forward to some healthy honor scores very soon.
P.S. - What I really like about this ball more than anything is that because of the color of the ball and the color of the logos, you are able to really watch the ball move down the lane and how it reacts at different areas of your ball path. To me this is extremely helpful as I'm able to really focus on the balls breakpoint location, which in turn enables me to maintain a higher carry percentage.--------------------
Stephen Hahn
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