One year ago I purchased the Reax V. 2, my first new ball in about 12 years. The pro who drilled it said that he would run it through the spinner for me for no charge, if needed.
To me this sounded strange, because I have had quite a few balls in the past, and was never told that before.
But after reading a bit on balls of the last few years, it is common to "change the surface" of the ball quite often.
So I am going in to get a new ball drilled and I guess I should also have them do this at the same time.
My question is, what do I tell them? Should I request them to get it back to the original "out of box" condition? The very first series I had, without even practicing with it, was 698. Which was my highest all season, except for a 702 the next to last week(2 different leagues).
So I think I liked it the way it was originally. This is complicated by the fact that he put in one wrong-sized grip. I bowled so well the first couple weeks with it, I never took it back in, until my finger got so sore it affected my bowling. It took me half the season after that to get back to normal. At that point I don't know if I forgot how I bowled so well with it the first few weeks, or if the ball's surface had already changed enough to affect its performance.
This kind of info seems to be common knowledge for seasoned bowlers these days, but it is all new to me!
