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splendorlex

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Trying this in the Storm forum as well... help me pick a ball!
« on: January 22, 2006, 11:02:09 PM »
I'm getting a new ball for my Birthday this weekend, and I'm considering getting a Storm.  I'm a stroker with medium speed and I like to play up the ten board, but can adjust when necessary. I'd like it to fit between my V2 Power and Uturn Pearl. I'd also like it to be capable of handling carry down, as I usually start with the V2 Power and need something for when the shot starts to break down. I'd actually like something that will just get down the lane further than the V2 Power with a strong move. I've tried a Smokin Inferno thinking it would be just the ticket, but I can hardly get it to wrinkle on anything heavier than light-medium.

I'm actually looking for something to use when the heads start to dry out and the shot breaks down. By the end of the second game, my V2 Power is reading too early , burning up and hitting weak. I want something to go to then. I don't know how much of a difference this makes, but I play in a house with old wood lanes that start with a heavy volume of oil but transition and dry out quickly.  I'm not REAL comfortable swinging the ball that much. I just don't seem to yet have the game to do so, as if I throw it inside out it doesn't have enough oomph to get back to the pocket strong. How I play the transition is move in a bit to try and chase the oil line, and though I can adjust to get the ball back to the pocket, it seems to burn up and hit weakly, leaving stuff like the 5-7 or 8-10.  When the V2 becomes too much, I try to switch to the UTP but that tends to be too weak and I have a hard time getting it to the pocket. I think something between those two would be perfect, and I hope to pick something up that I can use for almost all three games in league play.  

As of now, the Paradigm is staring me right in the face...

 

greenefam

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Re: Trying this in the Storm forum as well... help me pick a ball!
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2006, 11:36:35 AM »
The Pardigm is at least as strong as a V2 Power.  It it too much ball for what you are looking for.

If you are looking for something right in between these balls from Storm I'd be looking at the Fired Up or a Screamin' Banshee.  Both of these are medium oil balls that would fit in between the V2 and a UTurn.  If the purpose of the ball is for slightly burnt lanes I'd go with the Screamin.  It won't overreact in the backends and it should get through the heads much smoother than the V2.