As a low rev player, I had my Prodigy drilled pretty strong. I wanted it to have decent length and plenty of backend. At the beginning of the season, the Prodigy was the most aggressive ball I had, so it was the first ball I used at many tournaments.

I always liked the Prodigy’s smooth, continuous roll with plenty of hitting power. The Prodigy is great on medium length patterns. I found that the Prodigy gave me a lot of area on house shots. Especially when the Prodigy was new, I remember feeling like I could strike from anywhere, no matter how much I missed, which is something the typical league bowler will love.

While I liked the way the Prodigy performed on house shots, I’m not sold on its matchup with various sport shots. As I mentioned before, I used the Prodigy on pretty much every fresh shot in collegiate tournaments this season, many of these being medium-long sport shots. At least for me, the Prodigy tended to have an inconsistent reaction from shot to shot and gave me no room for error in tournaments. It matched up pretty well on fresh shots as long as you could be consistent, but as soon as the lanes broke down I had to switch to something that goes longer.

To conclude, the Prodigy is a solid ball for medium-longer shots. The Prodigy’s smooth, continuous roll and power at the pins are its strong points. The house shot bowler will love this ball, but the tournament bowler may want to consider a different ball because I have found that it can be inconsistent on sport shots.

Julie Wright

STORM’s release of the Prodigy marks the beginning of a new Master line for the company. The engineers at STORM wanted to develop a ball that would guarantee consistent action at the breakpoint regardless of the drill pattern, and that is exactly what they did. The bulb-shaped Centripetal core provides a smooth look for most angles. Thanks to the R2X Pearl coverstock with E.T.M (enhanced traction mica) this ball can also handle a variety of oil patterns, especially heavy-to-medium conditions.

The Prodigy is the first ball I pull out of my bag, and often stays with me through the majority of a tournament. For those of you with higher rev rates and speeds, this ball is an ideal fit between a heavy-hooking matte-finish ball (such as the Invasion or Virtual Gravity) and a hybrid or pearlized ball drilled long (like the Hy-Road or 2Fast). 

Personally, I had my Prodigy drilled on the long side, and I have found success on everything from flooded lanes to your typical house shot. The only time I have not used this ball was on burnt lane conditions, where the dry heads and carry-down would cause the ball to hook off my hand and lose energy through the shot. Overall, however, I would definitely recommend this ball as a necessary addition to anyone’s arsenal.

Angie Kahn

The Prodigy is a great ball useful for heavier conditions. I got the Prodigy with a 4.5-5 inch pin and got it drilled pin up. The mid-lane action is very strong and controllable, and the ball has immense hitting power. The pin up drilling on this ball gives it a strong back-end, something to complement the Reign of Fire. It fits very well into my arsenal, and I look forward to purchasing more equipment from Storm.

Matt Gender