Cheating on my PSO

[jaypeesmith]

Well, after a year, I might be breaking up with my PSO. I decided to check out another shop and the service I got there was amazing. The owner really took the time to work on my fit (even while doing a brisk business). I went in to buy a ball but, instead he saw that my fit could be much better and asked if I would allow him to plug up one of my balls and re-drill it for me. Let me just say, the difference feels like night and day. I'm going to test it out tomorrow but, if it works out, I'll be switching to a new PSO.

[bambam]

keep us informed. I been thinking about buying my own setup as i am so picky, and no one seems to understand that i need that perfect fit. I can do it myself as i have been trained, i just need to buy my own drill press and tools.

[RobLV1]

It is a sad fact of bowling life that many, many PSO's are totally unqualified to do their jobs, don't care about their jobs, or are just doing their jobs until something better comes along. Others are just in it for the money, shamelessly promoting balls that are just wrong for you because they make more money on them, and come to work in the morning just killing time until they can get home at night. When you find a good one, it's like money in the bank for you. Good PSO's care about their customers, make ball recommendations based on what will work for the bowler, and keep abreast of the latest information from the ball companies and pro shop technology. If you you find one, give him/her your business, stay loyal, and recommend him/her to your friends so everyone wins.

[got_a_300]

It is a sad fact of bowling life that many, many PSO's are totally unqualified to do their jobs, don't care about their jobs, or are just doing their jobs until something better comes along.
Amen to that Rob we've had a few come thru the centers doors that
had no clue how to do even start laying out a ball much less getting
the span correct for a good fit.

It's suffice to say they didn't hang around the center too awful long
so the owner at that time had a good PSO friend of his come in and
train me how to do the work but since several new owners have come
and gone and they usually don't stay around that long for me to think
about going to work for them I've just decided to not even give it a go
again except for just doing my own equipment.

[jaypeesmith]

Update: The fit is MUCH better. I felt much more in control and didn't feel like I had to "baby" the ball in my hand. I took another ball in to be re-done and ordered a new one, also. I have a couple more balls after this to be re-done but, these should get me through the next couple weeks of league. I am definitely looking forward to this change.

[JasonNJ]

A good PSO is worth its weight in gold. Which is why I live in NJ but drive 90 minutes if there no traffic to Connecticut to get all my stuff done.

[boatman37]

I have had 3 balls drilled by my PSO and 2 feel great, the 3rd feels good. The thing that I don't like is he had never checked my stats or watched me throw (other than when we bowl against him in league). We have about 7 or 8 +220 average bowlers in our league (including him) and he drills all of their stuff so must know what he is doing. I have seen him use the 'turtle' to check the center owners PAP so guessing he knows how to do it.

If I knew of a good PSO locally that would check this then I would probably buy my next ball there and let them figure it all out. I don't know enough to go in and tell a PSO I need 50x3x30 or whatever...lol. The only stats I 'know' is what the lanes tell me my ball speed is at the pins (shows about 17.5MPH) and I generically calculated my revs with tape on the ball and guessing around 275-300RPM.

I am a technical person by nature so would love to know this stuff. My son raced karts for years and I dove in and learned everything about kart setup I could. I also daytrade stocks and have spent 5 years learning the technical aspects of charting. I also work in IT so I'm a very technical person...lol. Just my curiosity that drives my desire to know this stuff.

[mattmc82]

I have had 3 balls drilled by my PSO and 2 feel great, the 3rd feels good. The thing that I don't like is he had never checked my stats or watched me throw (other than when we bowl against him in league). We have about 7 or 8 +220 average bowlers in our league (including him) and he drills all of their stuff so must know what he is doing. I have seen him use the 'turtle' to check the center owners PAP so guessing he knows how to do it.

If I knew of a good PSO locally that would check this then I would probably buy my next ball there and let them figure it all out. I don't know enough to go in and tell a PSO I need 50x3x30 or whatever...lol. The only stats I 'know' is what the lanes tell me my ball speed is at the pins (shows about 17.5MPH) and I generically calculated my revs with tape on the ball and guessing around 275-300RPM.

I am a technical person by nature so would love to know this stuff. My son raced karts for years and I dove in and learned everything about kart setup I could. I also daytrade stocks and have spent 5 years learning the technical aspects of charting. I also work in IT so I'm a very technical person...lol. Just my curiosity that drives my desire to know this stuff.

Felix at Ramflex is top notch. Tell him I sent ya. Come down for a sport shot tourney (every other Friday)

[Tony]

"The thing that I don't like is he had never checked my stats or watched me throw (other than when we bowl against him in league). "

My guess is that he knows more about how you throw the ball than you think from observing you in league action, I've bowled with several different PSO
and found that they were quite observant of all the bowlers in the league. Personally I would be pretty sure he knows far more from seeing you in league play
than any other PSO would know from watching you throw a few balls one time.

[boatman37]

Felix at Ramflex is top notch. Tell him I sent ya. Come down for a sport shot tourney (every other Friday)

Sounds like a cool tourney. Checked Google maps and it's about 1 hour from here. Maybe one of these days....lol

[boatman37]

"The thing that I don't like is he had never checked my stats or watched me throw (other than when we bowl against him in league). "

My guess is that he knows more about how you throw the ball than you think from observing you in league action, I've bowled with several different PSO
and found that they were quite observant of all the bowlers in the league. Personally I would be pretty sure he knows far more from seeing you in league play
than any other PSO would know from watching you throw a few balls one time.

You could be right cause like I said, we have about 7 guys over 220 average and he drills for about all of them. I know when I bought my Kingpin he told me it wasn't legal for that next week because of the side weight but would be after that so apparently he checked that.

[Tony]

You could be right cause like I said, we have about 7 guys over 220 average and he drills for about all of them. I know when I bought my Kingpin he told me it wasn't legal for that next week because of the side weight but would be after that so apparently he checked that.

That being said, if you're not happy with the fit / feel of that one ball bring it back along with one that fits great, and give him a chance to correct it for you.....
and make sure the ball setup specs he has saved on you are the ones that fit correctly.

[ALazySavage]

A good PSO is worth its weight in gold. Which is why I live in NJ but drive 90 minutes if there no traffic to Connecticut to get all my stuff done.

Agreed, when I fly back home to Phoenix is when I go see my PSO - not going to lie that it is tricky having an out of state PSO but at least I know it is going to be right.

[classygranny]

Agreed, when I fly back home to Phoenix is when I go see my PSO - not going to lie that it is tricky having an out of state PSO but at least I know it is going to be right.

Mind sharing who you use?

[ALazySavage]

Mind sharing who you use?

Cedrick Bell at AMF McRay (McClintock and Ray)