Totally Defiant : Layout: 40 x 4 ½ x 55 at box condition… 
Tested on: 41 ft THS with HPL with ICE oil and Beaten Path with ICE oil.
The Totally did really well for me for the house shot, standing at 22 and looking at 6-8, the ball have excellent distance and even getting to the friction and thru the backend of the lane the cover did not overreact like a “typical” pearl cover for me… I am used to seeing longer and move angle with the pearl covers… On the KEGEL pattern, I was able to move left on the approach and keep the ball inside of the track area and play pretty straight with it looking at 12-14… What I love the most about this ball is the overall performance on both patterns, for me it’s hard to find a ball and layout combo that I can use on sport patterns and THS without changing the surface. I look forward in having this ball as my benchmark ball for the fall of 2013.

  I had my Totally Defiant drilled 5 x 3 with a medium sized weight hole 3" to the right of the thumb hole. The ball had a 3-1/2" pin. This is my favorite layout and I left the 1500 grit polished factory finish on the ball.
  On a 42' THS I was able to slide , put the ball down around 22, hit 15 at the arrows, 9 at the break point, and strike for a long time. if I missed right it would recover, but if I missed in (left) it would hold but hit strong and carry the weak ten.
   The ball is very clean through the heads, I was surprised to see it was 1500 out the box. The lower grit prevented squirt on medium heavy oil. The midlane reaction was very consistant and I got a strong angular finish. The ball has that Defiant snap and outhooks everything else in my bag.

The Roto Grip Totally Defiant is in the HP-4 Line.  The Totally Defiant is the pearl version on the Defiant Soul.  Which is a very popular and successful ball.  I drilled mine at 5 x 4 x 3, pin above.  My PAP is 4 up 1 1/4.  This ball gets through the fronts real clean as expected with the pearl cover, but still has good midlane roll and good continuation through the pins.  When the Soul starts to labor a little downlane I can switch to the Totally Defiant and stay in the same part of the lane.  The carry was really good from many different angles.  This ball may be the strongest ball motion downlane that we have in our Asymmetrical line today.  If you liked the Critical Theory, then you will love the Totally Defiant as it is stronger and creates more angle at your breakpoint. 

My Axis is 4 7/8 right, ¼ up, my speed is average and I would consider myself with higher revs but more up the back.  So not a cranker but not really straight either.

This ball I drilled with the pin above the ring finger and the MB strong without any hole. 

The ball gets through the front of the lane very smooth and easy then when it turns “look out”.  It is very angular and sharp on the back end which helps when I have to move inside, deep on a pattern and need it to snap around the corner.  The way this one is drilled I left it shiney so playing straight through the front of the lane isn’t my first choice because then it may go too long and be too angular at the pocket.  If I give it a little surface that will fix that problem.  For those who want skid flip this is it.

Totally Defiant

Right Handed
Ball weight:  14
Rev Rate:  378
Ball Speed:  18.2
Axis Tilt:  6.67
Axis Rotation:  45*
PAP:  3 7/8 horizontal, 1 up
Layout:  5 x 3 1/8 x 3 7/8

My plan for this ball was to have a high-end ball for burned up patterns, when everything wants to check up early.  Not the best idea I’ve ever had…

I’ve used this ball on a couple of THS and a 39’, 3:1 sport pattern.

The first night out of the bag was on older HPL synthetics on a late-shift league.  This league tends to give me problems as the lanes break down and the ‘major’ transition occurs.  At the beginning of league, I was standing about 25-28, rolling at about 13-15 at the arrows with my normal cupped wrist position.  I had a great look as long as I got the ball out of the oil by 30 ft.  If I tugged the ball inside or it didn’t make it out early enough, it would skate through the breakpoint or finish in the hole for a flat 10.  As the lanes broke down, I continued to move deeper, but the look got nasty fairly quickly.  Instead of making a ball change, I changed my wrist position to flat, making sure the ball was resting on the ball of my index finger.  I was able to move a little right and keep my look about the same.  I continued to have the problem with missing inside, but as long as I used the friction to the right of puddle, the ball rolled quite well.

My second league with this one was in a different house on HPL synthetics with a fresh THS.  I didn’t start with the Totally Defiant, but my first ball choice was just ringing 10s, so around frame 5 in the first game, I pulled the trigger on the Totally Defiant.  Right out of the bag, I was standing 27, rolling 14 with a swing.  The room right this ball created was absolutely amazing!  If the trajectory was off and I missed right, it came screaming back, if I tugged it, it held and crushed.  Started game 2 with front 10 and a flat 10 for 289.  The amount of room this ball gave me on a fresh house pattern was crazy.  As the third game started, I had to chase the shot left and begin hitting some burn.  As it was checking up early, or leaving a half 10, I had to make a ball change. 

Using this one on the 39’ sport pattern was quite unsuccessful.  I was really hoping for more length, but the ball just didn’t want to get down the lane.  I believe this is more due to the layout than the ball itself.  The layout made the ball more of a banana than skid/flip.

All of that said, this ball has a place in my bag.  It rolls quite well on various levels of the THS, but I’m still looking for a tourney pattern that it will hit as well as the THS.  My only complaint is that I missed the layout, which has created duds in the past, but with the Totally Defiant I still have a ball that will be quite useful.

I may have to drill another one of these just to try a more angular layout.  I believe this ball wants to make the left turn, so why limit it to the banana shape?

Hand: Left
Ball Speed: 16-17mph
Ball Weight: 15lbs
PAP: 5 left 7/16 up
Degrees of Tilt: 17
Layout: 5 x 4 x 2

The Totally Defiant is drilled pin above the ring finger cg out and preferred spin axis (mass bias) is 2 inches away from the thumb. I must say I knew it would be a skid-flip kind of ball but it performs way more than I ever expected with the paragon and the pure pearl cover stock without the micro bite technology.

With the pure pearl cover compared to the pearl micro bite cover from the defiant edge I get more down lane recovery and a cleaner push in the heads. I am able to stand more right than I could with the Defiant edge, watch the ball rev up and once it hits the dry it would make a strong sharp right turn to the pocket. Even on the longer and higher volume patterns like the PBA shark I can stand left and it makes a small turn down lane to the pocket but more than I ever had with a strong pearl ball on a long pattern like the shark. With other pearls on the shark I am not usually able to see a motion on the back end but with the Totally Defiant I am able to get a read and see the movement to the pocket

I used it for the first time at a tournament called the triangle where you bowl at 3 different houses, 3 games at each center in 1 day! First bowling center with synthetic lanes I used it game 2 and 3 when I needed something that got down lane with a strong back end because the reaction was so define if you did not have something strong that would get to the pocket down lane and not something that started early you were not gonna have a good set. The next time I used the ball at the triangle was at the last bowling center with fairly new synthetic lanes the last game. I was still in the hunt to cash and needed a big game. I brought it out to give me recovery when my other stuff wasn't getting to the pocket to my liking. The Totally Defiant gave me the read I needed which was long and strong and shot 278 to make cash by 8 pins. For the Roto Grip fans out there here is a great skid-flip strong pearl for your arsenal!

If you have any questions about the Totally Defiant email me at garrett.richardson@pinolebowlerssupply.com

Garrett Richardson
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Weight: 15 lbs.
Pin Length: 4”
Drilling: 65 x 5 7/8 x 45 with a hole down
Pattern Length: 41 ft.
Pattern Volume: Medium
Pattern Type: THS
Right Handed
Wow, the Totally Defiant is totally awesome. This ball speaks for itself, the Paragon core wrapped with a pure pearl cover is a great addition to the HP4 line. Many of you might think this ball will be similar to the Defiant Edge; well scratch that thought from your brain. The Defiant Edge was an all around smooth rolling ball, but the new Totally Defiant is cleaner through the fronts and more angular down lane. This ball really gives me the opportunity to stand left and wheel it when the track area begins to burn up in the front part of the lane.

LD Dawn
Roto Grip Staff Member