Columbia 300 Yellow Dot

[raminator157]

I am a very new bowler and I am currently learning how to hook the ball. I currently have a plastic ball. I found my dads old Columbia 300 Yellow Dot 16 lb ball. Its drilled for finger tips. The ball fits my fingers perfect. Is this a good ball for hooking?

[Aslan]

Simplest answer: No, it's not.

[rv driver]

I am a very new bowler and I am currently learning how to hook the ball. I currently have a plastic ball. I found my dads old Columbia 300 Yellow Dot 16 lb ball. Its drilled for finger tips. The ball fits my fingers perfect. Is this a good ball for hooking?
Not on today's lane conditions. Plus, the ball is probably shot after all this time.

[Amyers]

No I would look into something a little more recent

[tccstudent]

On light to med oil conditions should be great for learning to hook the ball. This is a softer plastic that was designed for light oil and shorter conditions. This was a beast back in the day.
You will not be able to cover the amount of boards you see the high rev crankers covering with this ball. But to learn the basics and to get a small amount of hook it will work just fine. I wouldnt mind having one for some dried up tounament shots that i see

[rv driver]

On light to med oil conditions should be great for learning to hook the ball. This is a softer plastic that was designed for light oil and shorter conditions. This was a beast back in the day.
You will not be able to cover the amount of boards you see the high rev crankers covering with this ball. But to learn the basics and to get a small amount of hook it will work just fine. I wouldnt mind having one for some dried up tounament shots that i see
I figured the ball would deader than a hammer (get it? Hammer? ;)) by now and not very useful on today's lanes/oil. But you're right! It was a Beast!

[tccstudent]

i know alot of guys that are pulling out some really old stuff right now and scoring pretty well with them.
One guy on one of my leagues said someone gave him an old ball (dont remember what it was) that had been sitting in a garage untouched for over 10 years he cleaned it up and was throwing it in league

[rv driver]

i know alot of guys that are pulling out some really old stuff right now and scoring pretty well with them.
One guy on one of my leagues said someone gave him an old ball (dont remember what it was) that had been sitting in a garage untouched for over 10 years he cleaned it up and was throwing it in league
I wonder how my old rubber AMF would do? It's only... let's see... 33 years old.

[tccstudent]

take it to your pro shop and tell them to re drill it for you
they will love you cause drilling them old rubber balls makes the shop smell oh so sweet
there is people still throwing those old hunks of poo

[Amyers]

i know alot of guys that are pulling out some really old stuff right now and scoring pretty well with them.
One guy on one of my leagues said someone gave him an old ball (dont remember what it was) that had been sitting in a garage untouched for over 10 years he cleaned it up and was throwing it in league

We have quite a few throwing the old urethane faball hammers and a few rhinos. I miss my old blue polished urethane hammer I don't know how it would do on the newer oils and patterns but back in the day it was magic

[rv driver]

We have quite a few throwing the old urethane faball hammers and a few rhinos. I miss my old blue polished urethane hammer I don't know how it would do on the newer oils and patterns but back in the day it was magic
You do know they've reissued the Hammer Blue urethane ball, right? I looked at one as a second ball.

[Amyers]

You do know they've reissued the Hammer Blue urethane ball, right? I looked at one as a second ball.

I was referring to the pearl version I have an original faball blue hammer in the closet I never liked it, most people preferred the surfaced version I didn't I tried polishing it and it didn't work for me either. They were different formulations on the cover stocks.

[rv driver]

I was referring to the pearl version I have an original faball blue hammer in the closet I never liked it, most people preferred the surfaced version I didn't I tried polishing it and it didn't work for me either. They were different formulations on the cover stocks.
I'm not familiar with the original. But the remake looks very nice, if you need to fill that hole in your arsenal.

[raminator157]

Thanks for the replys everyone. Maybe I'll take it to the ally this week and give it a try. I've bee. Learning to hook the ball with no thumb. I am being taught by a buddy of mine. I could not seen to get my hook good using my thumb. I seem to flick the ball. I need to keep my wrist curved and the ball at 10 o'clock. Also my approach needs some work. Most likely I'll end up selling it. Is it worth much?

[rv driver]

take it to your pro shop and tell them to re drill it for you
they will love you cause drilling them old rubber balls makes the shop smell oh so sweet
there is people still throwing those old hunks of poo
The guy who drilled it at the center where I bought it, owns the center I go to now. I'd try to have him redrill it for me, just to see if he remembers it from all those years ago...