One other thing I wanted to point out which I think is the most important facet of the Pro Motion reaction is the consistency of the read, which I think was VERY evident at the PBA League. The other bowlers had pretty different experiences between the right and left lanes, and the Pro Motion tends to read the lane more than the oil pattern and maintain a more similar reaction and motion from lane to lane than traditional resin does, and this was impressed on me at nationals. The Pro Motion read both patterns virtually the same, while the Idol Pro was not usable in the slightest on the team pattern, but was pretty nice on the doubles and singles pattern. The difference in reaction of every other ball I threw on both shots was stark and obvious, while the Pro Motion did nearly the same thing on both patterns.
The downfall to this of course is that it can be difficult when ball changing from or to the Pro Motion (and the Crux Prime) because it tends to mute smaller details on the lane that typical resin balls, even stuff like the IQ Tour Solid, would pick up on. Again, either a good or a bad thing as if you CAN use the Pro Motion, it ignores or resists transition literally better than any other ball I've thrown, but if you can't use it, it's probably going to take you a frame or two longer to make a ball switch than usual because you're going to see the transition details more vividly with other balls.
So without bias and being a homer, there are things it does that are literally better than the rest of the balls out there, seriously, BUT it's not without its drawbacks . . which I think still results in a net gain. It ignored the difference between the two lanes that every other player saw at the PBA League, and that's something immeasurably important to me as a tournament bowler. If it's in play on a certain pattern, it's going to be in play from all angles the whole day unless there's a stupid amount of transition, and I haven't been able to say that for any other ball, not even the Phaze 2. It's not about drawing up a narrative or repping my company, it's about observations and letting reaction lead me to a conclusion. I also don't think it's a difference you're necessarily going to see out of somebody else throwing it, all bowling balls are just going to look like bowling balls going down the lane . . it's more in the finer details that really separate reactions and certain balls that are otherwise very similar. Astro PhysiX and Halo Pearl for example are really similar visually on the lane, but feel pretty different to me, and I'd use them in different situations from different angles on the lane, and the details are what create the effective differences, not necessarily the visual ones. This is why pros will drill two of the same ball different ways, and they'll LOOK like identical reactions, but one is just a little quicker on friction or a little slower, and the difference in feel to the bowler can make all the difference in the world.
