I just had my Trauma Recovery plugged and re-dilled,from off label to pin by ring finger and mass bias kicked out to my pap. Wow, what a difference!I did not beleive how much moving the mass bias around affects the Trauma line. The ball sailed down the lane, and made a strong move to the pocket. I have since bought another Trauma and put the mb in between the two other Traumas.These are some of the best balls I have ever thrown.I typically by 10 to15 balls a year, those days are over!A big thanks to Scott and JT in the pro shop.

Once again, I have bought yet another bowling ball from Storm, and for the Nth time it is awesome. Recovery 15 lbs, stacked drilling with a balance hole. Put a little shine on the ball, I believe it was the Storm polish number 3, to give it a little more length. Compares right now to my Erase-it which is dulled up pretty good as far as hook, but the Recovery has more backend and tears the pins apart. As Pedersen would say on ESPN, "there's shrapnel all oer the lane". Only put 2 games on it so far, had to get outta the way for a summer league and if I dont leave 3 7 pins and 1 washout (testing out how deep I could get) I would have gone 230, 260 easily. Carry is excellent, couple flat 7's which was me missing by 1 board. My "house" shot is a 40' top hat, 10 to 10 spread. Was playing between 3rd and 4th arrow getting out to about 5-6 before it comes back at the breakpoint. Once I play with the surface a little more I could probably get in 5 more boards, or shine it to glass and move 5 more out. Will post another review once I get more games and more shots on it. Until then 9 out of 10 for sure. Once again, great job Storm!

                                     Eric Lane
                                         "erock666"

Well, this is my first review of a ball here....Got this ball to replace an aging Ebonite Grey Wolf (500+ games) The wolf still worked pretty good, but wasn't getting the carry. I had one night where I had only 1 open the whole night but only 4 strikes...couldn't carry a strike to save my butt so I thought I'd try a new ball. Decided after reading alot of reviews I'd go with the Recovery. I'm a 190+ average bowler, medium speed, medium revs, and had this 16 lb ball drilled leverage I believe. (Pin under and slightly right of my ring finger) Anyway I had mixed results with it ....I liked the carry I got with it, seemed to get a pretty good hit in the pocket, but it seemed like it was very sensitive to speed and carry down. I bowled one good series with it (696) but had 5 below average series with it. Not sure if it was the drilling, but my Grey Wolf actually out hooked this ball. Not what I wanted!
I have a 15 lb. Voodoo on order to replace it.... I'm sure the Recovery is a great ball, but not for me...Lol, did like the Peppermint smell though...kept my bag smellin fresh

This is an update on the Recovery, I have put a few games on it with sport shot and house shot patterns and here are some results:

House Shot: After testing it for 2 games before league I found it had more backend than my Erase-it, which is drilled at 11:00 (lefty) and has a ton of backend. Went out couple weeks ago and threw this for 5 games, playing different shots and lines to see which is best. First I played my "normal" shot for the house, between 3rd and 4th out to about 5-8, and watch it come back. Result; flush or 7 pin. If I pulled it it would hold a little, but go through the face. If I dropped it or pushed it out too far, washout, or bucket. Have area with this ball from here, but if it is extreme then no chance. After that I tried more inside, slowed down a bit covered more boards and I noticed it left flat 7's. Moved 10 boards right, played 2-3rd arrow and more speed, lots of messangers, lots of strikes. moved a little more right, piped it up 5 and it went through the face or brookyn, so I know deep in, or deep out wont work for with this ball. Overall, lots of strikes and 7 pins.
Next I went to the sport shot, my monday night league. First shot on it was the ABC shot from this year, and I either had to play 4th arrow out to almost the 2-3 board, or put it in the bag. Not enough oil for me. Next shot we were on is a "special" shot, one the mechanic put out (he didnt bowl this week either) and it was either 2-3rd arrow out, or a ton of speed outside of that. Found a good shot, little swing area after they opened up, 837 for 4 not bad.

Overall this ball is great, it covers boards, you can play different lines with it and it works well on both sport shots and house patterns. Recommend this ball to anybody needing something for Medium to Medium-Heavy Oil.

                  Eric Lane
                     erock666

See profile for my specs..

This is one of my first experiments with 16 pound equipment.  I usually stay with Columbia, but my armswing has been really eratic lately, and the extra pound really feels good.  This was my boss's ball from the pro shop I work in.  All I had to do was change the grips, because our hands are very similar sizes.   Layout is a 4 1/2 by 4 1/2 or so, pin above ring finger, cg slightly swung out, mc2 (mass bias) about 2 inches right of thumb.  No x-hole.

Not a bad ball at all!  The boss never liked it much, but I put alot more hand in the ball than he does, and I think its pretty good.  Gets down the lane easy, never once tried to check up in the heads.  Smooth, strong turn on the backend, good hit.  Haven't put many games on it, but threw 4 practice games to see what I was in for.  Condition was left over from Friday night's league, this was a Saturday afternoon.  Some carrydown, but the shot started as 38 feet buffed to 42, out of bounds outside 5, and decent backends.  As I said, it was a little carried down, but the Recovery was still recovering, and hooking right into the pocket.  Sliding on 20, pitching over 15 at the arrows, out to about 7 and hitting the pocket pretty easily.  224-247-232-215.  

The ball fits my style well, and should be good medium condtion ball to go to when my TiBoss 2 hooks too early.  9 out of 10 for this one, loses the point because it really doesn't carry too well in the swish zone.

I can throw it anywhere right of the 1-3 pocket and it always recovers well into the pocket. And if it doesn't hit directly into the pocket, but lightly hits it, the pins will shuffle and still give me a strike. Brooklyn shots will also give me a strike. The really only bad thing is that it absorbs alot of oil but I can atleast see my track.And it is hard to wipe off all of the oil, but it doesn't bother me because rather or not it has oil on it, it is still as reliable as ever.

I've wanted one of these for myself and have just now gotten around to punching one up.  

Specs:
15 lb.
3 " pin
3 1/2 oz. TW

Drill specs:
5 1/2 X 5 (pin over bridge)
3/4 oz. positive side
MB directly below thumb
Box finish

I've been really impressed by the Recovery's smooth power.  I was looking for something for times when I needed something to turn the corner on carrydown, but not too flippy.  

One thing I've noticed after throwing this ball on a couple of conditions (fresh house and late block dry with no heads) is that the Recovery has to have some oil up front to perform.  Even with the pearlized cover, the particle surface will read dry and burn out on fried heads.  However, as long as you have push up front, the Recovery is an excellent piece of equipment.  With its cover, this Trauma will go longer than the ER, but much earlier than the original Trauma.  Its reaction is strong and smooth, no flip, but a hard curve.  As far as Storm equipment goes, think of an Eraser that hooks about 5-7 boards more and 2-3 feet earlier.  

I really like this ball.  I actually could see it as a first out of the bag type of ball given it's smooth reaction (I'm sticking to my Remedy for that, though) and amount of hook.  A strong member of the Trauma family.  Storm continues to produce new equipment that is distinctly different from its other equipment and, at the same time, compliments its other equipment.

I just recently drilled another one of these! And this one reacts even better than the first one. We layed it out with the pin over the fingers and swung the cg and mass bias out about an inch to a inch and a half. First I took some storm extras #2 to it and then some storm extra shine. This ball rolls great! We put a small hole on my pap which is 5 1/8 over and 1/8 up. This ball rolls very good when the heads are fresh and you need to move a little right, the angle just aids this ball and helps it carry. Haven't tested her on a sport shot yet, but first chance we get we will do just that. This would be a very good ball for a stroker, tweener, and there have been a few crankers from around here that have liked it. Until next time!
Good Luck and Good Bowling,
Michael