Spare ball

[KcKJ93]

Hey guys.... new to the forum and gonna make it short n simple. I've recently starting bowling again with a few buddies of mine. I've bowled back in the late 90's and stopped in the early 2000's. I am currently using my old 14-15lb ball Ebonite Matrix Trimax. I never had a spare ball before, i've always used my friends.... now it comes down that i want to have a ball to pick up spare of my own... any good suggestions? thx in advance.


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[ursus]

Pretty much any polyester ball will do the trick as they are all pretty much the same. Find one you think looks good and go with that

[billf]

DV8 Zombie Ball. I want that one real bad but some say I'm a sicko

[RoccoRock]

There's a bunch of cheap plastic balls out there that will work great. Just pick a cool color and go with it. The other options are the slightly more expensive balls, with differnt designs. The Zombie is a good example. Rotogrip makes a cool looking ball called the Crown. Of course, you can always go with a ball with your favorite sports teams logo on it, those look great and work just like any other spare ball. Or pick a team you hate, this way when you pick it up, you get mad and want to throw it harder.

[Zothen]

Any of the Viz-a-balls from brunswick or urethane ball from Hammer or Brunswick.

Zothen

[billf]

Any of the Viz-a-balls from brunswick or urethane ball from Hammer or Brunswick.

Zothen

Urethane for spares? Are you serious or is this a joke? Urethane hooks much easier than plastic.

[Zothen]

I know several people in my league and in the sport leaque I was in who use a polished urethane ball for spares and the balls go very straight with very little to no hook at all. You are right,plastic is a much better choice!

Zothen

[billf]

It never crossed my mind to polish a urethane. I suppose if you have an old urethane ball around then a bottle of polish is cheaper than a plastic ball. My urethane Scout and Natural Pearl both hook a lot more than my plastic. I usually go to urethane for short sport patterns and during a normal 5 person league night I was using urethane for the second game and hooking plastic for game three.