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Blomer
09-01-2014, 04:11 PM
So I have been throwing my new Hy-Road Soild trying to get use to it for Fall league. I also recently bout a Storm Optimus in July. Whe. I recently went back to practice with the Optimus, I was having issues such as getting out of it cleanly. Has anyone else had issues whe they switch back to a ball they haven't used for a short period of time? Any suggestions to fix it?

J Anderson
09-01-2014, 04:26 PM
So I have been throwing my new Hy-Road Soild trying to get use to it for Fall league. I also recently bout a Storm Optimus in July. Whe. I recently went back to practice with the Optimus, I was having issues such as getting out of it cleanly. Has anyone else had issues whe they switch back to a ball they haven't used for a short period of time? Any suggestions to fix it?

Were both balls drilled by the same person? Same shop?

My guess would be that there is a slight difference in the grips that is causing the Optimus to hang.

Amyers
09-01-2014, 05:08 PM
So I have been throwing my new Hy-Road Soild trying to get use to it for Fall league. I also recently bout a Storm Optimus in July. Whe. I recently went back to practice with the Optimus, I was having issues such as getting out of it cleanly. Has anyone else had issues whe they switch back to a ball they haven't used for a short period of time? Any suggestions to fix it?

Is it possible you could have different pitches on the drillings? Or the span different?

mc_runner
09-01-2014, 05:12 PM
My balls feel slightly different even when drilled to the exact same specs by the same person, but I've never had a problem with releasing differently or hanging up. Since it's a short time period between when you bought them you can factor out your fingertips wearing down to account for different feel... J Anderson is probably right. If you have the same span/pitches you may just have different fingertips in them or something. Hopefully a quick fix.

Blomer
09-01-2014, 07:23 PM
Is it possible you could have different pitches on the drillings? Or the span different?

Very possibly. I had it drilled by another person. I usually have my ball drilled at a house that I don't howl at. I decided to get this ball drilled by the guy, young kid, at the house that I do bowl at. Won't happen again. It was just convienant to do so. Today I bowled with my Optimus and started to get the feeling again. You know the good feeling. I'm thinking of getting switch grips put into them. I measures up everything on the ball and the thumb hole was the difference, bigger on my Hy-Road Solid.p, where I have to grab it more, if that makes sense. But the switch grips would be new to me and I am hesitant to go that route. Though those who I talked to about them. Swear by them.