I will caveat this works for me, and I haven't tested it with spinners or other styles.

To make sure the ball is not burning up.

- Mark off your positive axis, I happen to have a weight hole on mine, but your driller can help you out here.

- Take some white tape and make a X around your axis point, your goal here is to make something viewable from the foul line.
  * I cut one short piece (1") and one long (3")
  * I lay them 90 degrees from each other.

- Throw the ball, you should see the tape migrate 'up' for the lack of a better term to a steady state where it's used all it's energy out.

- If you see the ball getting to that steady state really early, you have a ball burning out.