Sometimes I wonder..

[bowl1820]

what some bowlers are thinking.

I was reading a post in another forum. A bowler said he has a pearl and solid of the same ball, both drilled just alike. He throws the pearl and it works great, but when he throws the solid on the same shot. It reacts weak, doesn't hook as much or hit as hard, he asks what wrong?

Ok that's a easy answer it's too dry for the solid, it's burning up and DOA at the pins.

So he asks " should he polish the solid or sand it to a finer grit?" to get it to work on that shot.

I shake my head and say "yes you can do that, BUT WHY?" just use the pearl, save the the solid for a oilier shot. Well at least he sees reason says ok to that.

Now this made me think about all the posts I've seen "I need a heavy oil ball!!!"' "HELP! I need a new ball!!" and they tell how the balls they have don't hook or the oil is so heavy the ball won't move.

Somebody asks or they tell you what balls they have.No surprise it reads like a top ten list of the most powerful balls of the last 6-12 months. Everyone makes a suggestion, usually whatever the hottest ball of the month is.

So they get that, throw it few times and now it's time for the next post. " I need more length!! on this new ball" what magic pixie polish should I put on it to make it go long?

What happened to that "I need a heavy oil ball", "I need a ball that hooks more"? Now that they got that super ball its too much! So you ask them why they didn't get pearl or a weaker ball? or you say maybe the lanes are too dry and that made the ball look weak. And they start stuttering and look at you like your crazy.

A stronger ball is not always the answer, as they say "Sometimes less is more".

This goes along with a lot of the posts about polishes too, there's that top ten hooking ball list again.

What ball is it? "well its a super ball, drilled real aggressive and I'm on a second shift, burned condition" "well sand it to 4000 abralon then apply polish X and/or the secret sauce, the magic elixir etc. etc."

[Stormed1]

It's all a matter of matching cover ,core and layout to the bowler.What works for the guy who throws it 19mph will more than likely never get any use in the bowlers hand who throwa T 13 MPH. That's why being associated with a good and knowledgeable pro shop is important. in matching up the right equupment with the bowlwe

[Strike Domination]

You just gotta laugh at them. In all fairness to those people, they obviously aren't noticing the difference between not reading the lane and burning up. So you just gotta go through the motions with this sort of thing in my opinion. I personally don't pay attention to all the "What ball should I get?" topics. Some of them, sure, but it gets old so I don't even look at half of them.

[Stormed1]

A lot too sill depend on the honesty of the pro shop operator. Many times i have had begining bowlers come in and want to by the latest and greates high end ball because they saw (insert name) throw it and it worked good.One of the reasons your lower average bowlers average what they do ids an inconsistant rellease. I pont out that the core (usually Asymetrical) is going to be more sensative to that inconsistancy. Because the coverstock is still the primary deciding factor i put them in a mid-priced symetrical ball with the same or similar cover and they are happy

[Stormed1]

The other one i love and you see posts on all the sites about are the people who drill a pin down layout and then complain it does'nt go "sideways" on the back end. Using just the basics of the angle between the pin and the VAL just simple geometry is going to tell you that. Higher angles create slower response to friction.Pin under layouts tend to be in the 70-80 degree range wher a pin up tend to run between 20 and 60 degrees. So it's also a matter of matching layout, surface, coversyock and core characteristics for each individuals speed,rev rate, axis rotation and tilt