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Title: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: kgee15 on July 14, 2005, 04:16:45 AM: I'm wondering how many balls that you guys take for league bowling. I currently have a 3-ball bag, but I'm looking to upgrade as it's starting to get old. I'm trying to decide on a new 3-ball or a 4-ball bag (sounds heavy). For those of you who use 4-ball or more rollers, do you use that "4th ball" which might be a dryer condition ball?
Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: Bluff on July 14, 2005, 12:18:50 PM: 2 Balls Why? got more than 2? you not normal!~
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: kgee15 on July 14, 2005, 12:21:08 PM: I take a 3-ball bag; not a 2-ball! There are actually quite a few people I see that take only 1 ball to league.
Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: Ragnar on July 14, 2005, 12:25:32 PM: For league, 3. Spare ball, a boomer, and something very controlled and not big in the back end.
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: dR3w on July 14, 2005, 12:27:08 PM: I'm one of those guys who buys bowling balls all the time. Typically I take five with me to league. 4 reactive, and a spare ball. Typically I have a heavy oil ball, and a dry lane ball that stay in the bag unless the oil machine had a snafu (which is a fairly regular event in town). Then I have two medium balls that are drilled different, or one may be pearl, while the other is solid.

The four ball bag is a bit of a pain to get in and out of my trunk, but not too bad. Having a hatch back makes life simpler. I have a single ball bag that velcro straps to the handle of the 4 ball roller.

I know its overkill ...
Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: RSalas on July 14, 2005, 01:09:25 PM: I don't like hauling that big four-ball bag with me to and from league each week, so I use a three-ball bag and a Brunswick Joey.
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: bighook69 on July 14, 2005, 01:13:49 PM: 3 balls, Heavy oil, Medium oil, Spareball.

**Alternative**

3 balls, medium oil, med/light oil, Spareball (I use this when i plan on playing straight up the whole day)
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: DanH78 on July 14, 2005, 01:21:13 PM: Depends on what kind of mood I'm in. Generally, I take 3, 2 reactive plus a spare ball. If feel like experimenting I'll bring 1-2 more
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: Loudstriker on July 14, 2005, 01:26:00 PM: 3 balls on usual. Absolute Inferno, Intense Inferno, and Spare Ball. I alternate the Absolute and the Intense or I will when I get more balls. For tournaments I will take all of my balls and leave a few in the car.
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: Rock77 on July 14, 2005, 01:26:33 PM: 2 in the bag, 2 in my locker.
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: clintdaley on July 14, 2005, 01:29:24 PM: In my home house I bowl once a week at, 4 balls is more than enough...although I am drilling 6 GP2s for this year....some of the other leagues and tourneys I bowl in, especially one house....we bowl 2nd shift, the first 6 lanes are behind a ladies 5 person team, the other 10 lanes follow a mens 5 person league, the shot can go from no backend(carrydown-plastic from the women) to burnt heads and who knows what else beind the men...I will carry 6-8 balls.

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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: LuckyLefty on July 14, 2005, 01:29:49 PM: If I'm nailing every week it ends up two and a spare or 3 and a spare.

If I'm not nailin it, the whole trunk of a big old Deville!

REgards,

Luckylefty
Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: thfonz98 on July 14, 2005, 01:38:26 PM: at one house (sometimes flooded and sometimes not) i bowl, its different just about every week so i have to take(and usually use 2+spare ball):
1 spare
1 control dryer lane ball(older equipment works nice)
1 solid resin for med-heavy stuff
1 particle for heavier and carrydown (track animal!)

other (consistently dryer) house:

1 spare
1 strong pearl resin
1 solid resin

since this is a track forum ball names werent used
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: a_ak57 on July 14, 2005, 01:46:25 PM: The first week of league, I'll be taking a lot since I'll be bowling in a new house and have no idea what the oil pattern will be like, but after that I'll be bringing probably 3, which includes a spare ball. Depending on how the lanes are, I'll either have a 1-2 punch of two different reactions, or a fresh shot ball and a "step-down" ball.
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: baccala8872 on July 14, 2005, 01:49:57 PM: I go with 4 ball roller with spare ball in tow.

Current 4:
--Absolute
--X Factor Ace
--XXXTreme
--Apocalypse

2 in the locker:
--Blazing
--Intense

spare ball: Old Boogie Ball from AMF
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: MSC2471 on July 14, 2005, 02:02:32 PM: I take with me a 3 ball bag and a 2 ball tote to league every week. Usually 1 particle ball, 3 various resin balls and 1 spare ball. What I will bring with me to a regular league will be different than a sport league though. For instance this week on my Monday league I brought my Absolute Inferno, Slash, Havoc, VP2 and a Target Zone for spares- but for my sport league I bring my Animal, Rule, Slash, Havoc and a spare ball.

Matt
Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: O-Zone on July 14, 2005, 03:09:40 PM: I have a couple of lockers at the center that I bowl at, so it's 6 balls...however, on average, I use 3 a night, including a plastic spare ball. If I use more than that, then I'm probably not having a good night...
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: SteveAustin2808 on July 14, 2005, 03:17:18 PM: I have got a ton of bowling balls, but the only ones that come with me to league are the following:

Rule, X-Ception, Triton Elite, 5.0 and my Pepsi Spare Ball...the rest are in my B-bag which usually most of the time stays out in the car...if I wanna practice with anything different, I usually pull out the B-Bag...

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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: Hammer3003 on July 15, 2005, 05:13:53 PM: If I have a three ball bag it is three and if it is four I take four.
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Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: freak761 on July 15, 2005, 05:21:07 PM: Two to leagues, 4 to tourneys.
Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: Jesse James on July 15, 2005, 09:22:03 PM: I take 4 normally. Usually use only 2. But you never know. Sometimes the oil machine breaks down. Sometimes you get a bunch of plastic throwing school kids bowling in front of you....and they never re-oil!! Sometimes the old retired cats have been pot bowlin' on a pair, all afternoon....and they didn't re-oil!

Typically:
Heavy oil ball-solid or particle pearl
Medium oil ball-solid particle
Medium oil ball-strong pearl
Dryish conditions-weak solid or pearl
Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: TheMan14 on July 20, 2005, 03:03:28 PM: 2. Track Animal and Brunswick Power Groove Teal/Purple Sanded (use this for my spares, or for dry-medium conditions). Animal is always the first out of my bag, don't bring Power Groove until I have finished practicing with my Animal trying to find a line. Can usually find a line with the Animal.

Edited on 7/20/2005 2:57 PM
Title: Re: How many balls do you typically store in your bag for league?
Post by: clintdaley on July 20, 2005, 03:17:28 PM: Well...my everyday aresenal just grew. I just ordered a Desert Heat as last week in my summer league, I was informed my pair had not been oiled for 2-3 weeks as well....they didn't oil. I was using my polished GP2 pin under ring, cg in palm, mass bias left of thumb and was playing 3rd arrown on the left side and keeping it as tight as possible and lofting the ball to the arrows to skip the heads and delay the roll...and further out and it immediately turned over in the desert...and further in and it was through the nose...somehow pulled a 266 the last game for 712..but I was so tired at the end of the night I said no more...I need a Desert.

Everyday arsenal

6 GP2s
Desert
Delta (soon to come)

Tourney

8 GP2s
Desert
Delta
5.0
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Clint
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