Well, my opinion is to get the Fired Up. I use that, with the surface just cleaned with a white scotch pad. This allowed the ball to be very predictable. No under or over like you get with the surface shiny. This ball still allows to get through the heads, and have plent of energy on the back end. In Fact, that is my first ball out of my bag, and I had 16 strikes in a row last Friday... The Fired up is my favorite ball.