I took the Natural with me.  Never even thought about taking it out of the bag.  If you bowl the 40 Framer, you might be able to use the Natural.

Swinging the ball during the team event will be difficult unless your team breaks down the lane as a team.  I watched Bowlers Edge Pro shop 2 (I think thats their team name) shoot a 3404 in team Friday night doing this.  All five bowlers was playing close to the same line and by the 3rd game they were swinging the ball pretty good and shot about a 1250, anchor shot 297.

Swinging the ball for singles and doubles is a pretty good shot if there was a team on the lanes before your squad.  We had a team on the pair we started our doubles on just before us and the lane we switched to singles for, did not have a team on them before we bowled.  Scores were good on the first three but when we moved to the singles lanes, its was so different we all struggled. No room for era.  On the doubles pair, we had swing and area.  

Good luck and good bowling.


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Nicanor (Ten On The Deck)

Edited on 4/7/2010 10:29 AM

I would take PLASTIC.  You will use it far more than any of the others..  I dont care if you can "flatten it out" so I don't need a spare ball..  Better to just not take the chance.

The Natural gave me a great look during minors, but I bowl two-handed (rev rate around 430-450). If your rev rate is around 265 as posted, I'm guessing you'd only get use out of it as a spare ball. If you have either a very mild reactive (Hammer Razyr, AMF Hype, etc.) or the ability to flatten your wrist and go straight at spares, I'd consider something stronger in lieu of the Natural.

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Bowling bad since 1979 with no end in sight

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Thanks everyone, you gave me some good feedback. Better than I had hoped. Will not be taking the Natural now.
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