I´ve just got my Recovery, and I´m asking Storm:
Why peppermint scent?
I´m gonna bowl with the ball. Nothing else. Please no scent.
I could understand if Linds made a shoe that doesn´t smell,
but I guess we´re not there yet.
However, I hope this ball is as great as the other Traumas.
I´ll pop mine tonight.

WOW!!!!

Starting Specs: 2-2.5" pin 2.04 ounces top (I think).
Setup: Leverage. 3 3/8 X 4 3/8 (MB stacked with CG). Finished with 3/8 ounces side...and quite a bit of finger weight (I like finger weight).
Condition: Synthetics, oil 40 feet with an OB 7 out, backends not touched

This turned out to be more ball then I expected.  Yeah I set it up strong, but I thought that I would do that so that I would not have to do so much on my end (I am trying to stop strapping the ball. Bad wrist.

Now I followed the oil machine.  I started standing 25 laying the ball on 23 crossing 14 out to 9.........WHOA.  I could not keep the ball out of the nose.  So I slipped left five boards and RRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!.  This one is a lot stronger than the original Trauma to me and I loved that ball.  IMO it is definitely stronger than the ER (because it conserves more engery).  Now when I say that I don't mean that this ball goes long...not at all (at least with the layout that I have).  It has a very smooth roll, as I expected with the coverstock.  It is smooth rolling like the SP Pearl with a backend that will lift the pins so far off the deck you will feel the need to wear protective goggles and helmet. This will be a beautiful compliment to my SP Pearl.  I am going to throw it on 42 feet of oil tomorrow, if there is a significant difference I will post those differences.

Whew!  I plan to sweep the pots in my Friday night league this week with it...if I do...I am buying another one!

With the help of Storm Rep and Team USA Member David Garber, I drilled my Trauma Recovery the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.  We had two PBA Regional tournaments Thanksgiving weekend, and I wanted the ball for them.

The ball is 15lbs with 3.74 top weight before drilling.  The pin was out about 4 inches from the cg and the pin, cg, and mass bias were all almost on line with each other.

We used about a 4 1/2 inch pin from PAP layout with the mass bias in a strong or 75 degree position.  We didn’t want to use an extra hole, but used a small one to get the ball back to legal.  For me, the pin is over my ring finger almost on my span line, and the mass bias is below right of my thumb hole.  Remember the look of the layout may vary depending on where your Positive Axis Point is.

We bowl doubles on Thurs and Fri of the holiday weekend, and my partner was David Jay, also from Houston.  There was only one squad, and we bowled two (5) game blocks on Mendes synthetic lanes and approaches.  They had brand new (AMF I think) pins in, that made carry tougher than normal.  The shot was outside 5.  I played about 15-20 with my feet looking about 4-7 down the lane.  I tried two different Tour Powers, and could hit the pocket at will.  My break point was just too far down the lane to carry very well.  I tried a shiny Nino X It, but had trouble getting it to turn the corner.  The lanes were drier inside about 12 to around 25, so the lay down area was not very good.  Then very slick again from 12 to about 5.  I shot -73 the first 5 with David’s +38, we were in about 16th place of the 29 teams.

The second block, I decided I was going to throw some more aggressive balls and try and open up the lane.  Playing farther right was not an option for me.  My dullish Super Power was pretty nice, standing about 25 looking about 7 down the lane.  This gave me a little more room left, but it was worse trying to make the corner from way outside.  So I pulled out the Recovery with a couple minutes left in practice.  Now I am 35-38 looking 14-15 at the arrows trying to get the ball dead right off my hand.  I had to get the ball to the slick at 5-10 as fast as possible.  Suddenly, I had the WHOLE lane, or it seemed.  As long as I got the ball right of 10 it went in the pocket and hit VERY hard.  The ball did not quit on the back end finishing over the 8 pin all the way through the pin deck.  I love balls that do this!  238, 229, 300, 258, 181.  The last pair hooked a lot more and I should have changed balls, as I had 3 big splits.

This ball revs up faster and hooks earlier than a Super Power or Trauma ER.  It has a sharper break point than both of these balls also.  It will not be a heavy oil ball as the pearl makes the ball go too long.  The tweeners and straighties will be able to use this ball a lot.  The big hand players will need some oil in the fronts.  Higher speed players will be able to use this ball on most medium lane conditions but will have to put it away on oily lanes.  Hope this helps ya.....

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Mike Austin
Mike Austin's Precision Pro Shop
Houston, TX
strikes4days@aol.com

drilled 4 x 4 small deep hole on PAP.

My new favorite ball
It is great on drier conditions, but not too much
with the factory polish

On mediums it thrives from different angles

On oil there are better choices, but I imagine if scuffed this would
be just fine.

I love the versatility of this ball.
When I compare it to my first Trauma that I thought was squirty and
sometimes too long,it is a great upgrade

And I usually hate Storm products so this ball is for real.

dry-9
med-9.5
oil-8


This ball was tested in out of box condition

I first have to say this, WOW, what a ball!
A little backround info.
I've been lurking around this site for awhile, but this ball has "forced" me to finally write a review.

I am a league bowler with a 170 avg.  This year I have been frustrated cause I don't hook the ball as much as I would like.
In an attempt to fix the problem I bought Three new balls this year.  I have the purple monster, Reaction Roll, and the Raging Red Fuze.  None of these balls was hooking the way I thought they should.  So with the help of my pro shop guy, he told me about this great new ball, the Trauma Recovery.  Says it hits like a truck.
Oh my, was he ever right.
With all my other balls, I sanded them down, even the Fuze was brought down to 320, still not enough hook.
I notice at the house I bowl at, the guys who play the inside line and bring it back into the pocket carry more strikes then me playin the outside line.
I normally would throw the bowl strait out over the thrid dot, and hope it came back into the pocket.  With the lanes being normally fairly oily, I was only getting about 5-10 boards of hook.  My dad says I throw the ball too fast, but I'm only at 15.5Mph.  To get the hook I wanted, I needed to slow my ball down to a point where it felt unatural.
Bring in the Trauma Recovery.
At practice, played the outside line, over 2nd dot, and it came in very strong.  But, I was leaving 7 and 10 pins on almost every shot.  Brought it into the pro shop, and had it sanded down to 1200. (factory is 1500) It was already hooking more than any of my other balls, but I was looking to play inside.
After sanding, Oh lordy did this ball hook.  I was able to play inside.  I started the first game standing on the 2nd dot over from the middle, and out over the 2 dot.  and it came back every time.  By the third game, I was standing in the middle of the lane, throwing over the 3rd dot.  Ball was going out about 2/3 the lane, then WHAM! back into the pocket.
I absolutely love this ball.  The only problem will be on dry lane conditions, which I don't have to worry about at my main house.  But, I think this ball might be too much on the dry stuff.
I give this ball a 10!

Sorry about the long review, hope this helps!
breezyjr
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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.  -Ben Franklin

I was skeptical about buying this ball. I hated the ER, to much over under for me.  As a matter of fact the last storm ball that I liked was the green bolt.  Enough blabbering. I drilled this one with a 5 inch pin from my pap.  My pap is 6 over and 1/4 up.  We put a weight hole in it to make it legal and the MB is kicked way out at 25 degrees.  On dry lanes put it up, I don't know what BTM was talking about saying this is a good dry lane ball.  On heavy oil put it up there a a lot of better choices.  On your basic house shot tell everyone else to put there balls back in the bag and go home.  IT IS A MONSTER BALL.  It revs up in the midlane and revs up some more when it hits the dry.  Someone told me that this balls changes gears down the lane.  On the fresh shot I stand 20 roll it out to 13 to 7.  This ball does a pretty bannana and hits hard.  When I release it I wait until it hits the dry and I yell out RECOVER, and recovers it does. Awesome ball.

Ok, well i got this ball on dec 29th, and used it on the 29th and the 30th. Well i got this ball for some heavy oil, and my pro-shop guy, decided to go with the Storm layout #1, with the pin under the fingers and the Cg in the Pos. and a side hole 45degrees from my pap. And he hit it up with 1000grit.  Well i bowled with it, one a open bowling shot, light to med oil, with carry down from the night before, and the ball works well and hits like a mack truck.  And this ball almost like pivots and then starts to hook, lol. and it hooks very nicely,  well, i am hopping that this ball works cuz my Trauma ER isnt cutting the mustard right now, and my Trauma is hooking a bit too late lol, and my Recovery is drilled like my Trauma except for the Cg on my Trauma is in a weak pos. but anyways, so far i like what i see with this ball and i shall put up a report on this ball on Weds, after i use it that night,