I'm looking for any help or suggestions I can get. I'm new to the forum scene, so let me know if my question would be better served in another area.

After a long two years of being out of town, I'm able to get back into league play on my local lanes and am looking for a new ball to throw.

My current arsenal of balls are in order I typically bring them out of the bag:

1) Lane #1 - Big Curve - most consistent smooth arcing hook
2) Lane #1 - Supernova - strongest reaction and backend
3) Brunswick - C-system 3.5 - hardest hitting, weakest hook
4) Brunswick - Inferno (old faithful, ha) - have had for over 10 years, ball i learned on!

I don't know all the terminology very well yet, but I've asked my local pro shop to drill each of these balls pretty aggresively as I like to throw with more revs and speed rather than slow my arm motion down, where I lose consistency. My guess is that I throw around 19 mph with 350-400 revs from watching some videos online.

Right now with my supernova I'm throwing from the second dot on the left and usually thrown out to somewhere between the second and third arrow from the right. On nights where there is a little more oil I have trouble getting my ball to come back to the pocket even if I move my feet significantly to the right with my approach.

I'm looking at getting the hyper cell for nights that I need a stronger ball and can rely on the ball to make it back to the pocket without slowing my throw down.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Elimeno Pee - Thanks! one question for you.

What kind of line are you typically throwing with that speed and rev?

feet 12 boards left of center, ball crosses around or just left of 3rd arrow, out to break point at reflection of the top of the 10 pin.  i play on wood, with a relatively heavy ths.  on dryer days, it plays further left at feet / arrows, or further out, and never gives up the ability to come back.

Thanks man, with my throw being a little faster/higher rev, i think it'll give me the line to the pocket I'm looking for. I always stress when trying to pick a new ball though.

Elimeno Pee - Good to know, threw a 288 and 289 in the month of January because I had to move to a straighter shot and left a ringing 10 on the 11th shot both times. That's when I decided I needed a stronger ball in my bag and soon. More than likely will be picking one up this weekend. Much appreciated


Hoping to get a few other's responses on this topic before I jump the gun though.

I'll definitely take a look. I'm open to options and suggestions, just had liked what I was seeing from the hyper cell, so figured I'd inquire more on here about it.

thanks!

Soul is awesome so pissed I sold mine. The Disturbed is also very strong and a bit more forgiving. The hyper cell is great as long as you know when to put it away. If you are using in ths I would not drill it too strong. Mine flares over 7 inches and burns up easy on my ths league.  Great on a lot of volume.

Soul is awesome so pissed I sold mine. The Disturbed is also very strong and a bit more forgiving. The hyper cell is great as long as you know when to put it away. If you are using in ths I would not drill it too strong. Mine flares over 7 inches and burns up easy on my ths league.  Great on a lot of volume.

Why would sell the Soul?

Quote from: vkowalski1970 on January 29, 2014, 06:58:41 PM

Soul is awesome so pissed I sold mine. The Disturbed is also very strong and a bit more forgiving. The hyper cell is great as long as you know when to put it away. If you are using in ths I would not drill it too strong. Mine flares over 7 inches and burns up easy on my ths league.  Great on a lot of volume.

Why would sell the Soul?

Because I'm an idiot!