bowling ball question

[tracy]

i am bowling with a reactive resin ball for dry alleys. the question is, when they advertise a dry alley,med-oil to heavy oil balls, is it all in the weight block design? another words, if i am using that ball for dry alley conditions and when the conditions are oiley, it won't react the same because of the weight block? it will just carry further down the alley before it flips? the ball is 15# ,finger tip grip and drilled for down and in style of bowling.

[Graaille]

Actually it's because of the coverstock composition that makes a ball for dry / medium / oily lanes. The core/weightblock determines the shape of the shot, the coverstock determines how it reacts to friction (or lack thereof).

[JAnderson]

When speaking about just the ball, there are several different factors that determine how it will react on any given lane condition:


Cover stock - composition of the surface of the ball
Cover stock preparation - is the ball polished, sanded, matte, etc?
Core dynamics - type and makeup of the weight block(s)
Layout - how the ball is drilled to take advantage (or not) of core dynamics and static weights


Generally speaking, the items are listed in most influential to least.