new bowling ball

[striker12]

ok i am deciding on getting a new bowling ball i already got a few bowling balls but they are kinda old and i dont throw them no more but know i manly throw my freeze and my kinetic pearl i normaly bowl a medium oil lanes i throw 16-17mph and i got 450-500 rev rate have not checked yet since i started tucking my pinky the bowling balls that i normaly throw is columbia 300 and track they seem to work best for me.

soo dose anyone have any ideas on a bowling ball that i should get that has nice backend with a good carry thanks

[DaveAyotte]

508A if you like track. Shouldn't over-react on med conditions.

[MFein]

I've been big with Roto Grip's stuff lately. I've used my Critical Theory on almost every oil pattern and haven't had a problem controlling it. Mine's drilled to be very controlled and smooth, but I'm not a high rev bowler, so that's also something to take into effect. If not, try the Bandit. It's a really good ball and I haven't seen anyone have problems with that, especially on shorter oil patterns. I might drill one up to have in my bag.

If you're looking for other options, try the DV8 Misfit, Ebonite Elevate, or the Storm Crossroad. Those are all great balls that will probably work really well for you.

[striker12]

ok thansk guys i will take a look into those balls but the bandit is a ball i really ant but not sure if it would work but since u seadu have never seen anyone have a problem with it i will give that one ago and also dave i do like track i have the kinetic pearl but im jsut right know going toput together a bowling arrsenal of any bowling balls but when i get more money seperate those bowling arrsenals into brands like 1 bag track and 1 bag say roto gip and nother bag columbia 300 and like that but i will have a looka t thos eballs u sead they might work and i will check out the- rg,diff,cover,and core on them too see whcih one would work best for me

if anyone else has any other opitions please share im always looking for other ideas from other people

[MFein]

I would also ask your pro shop. Ask him to watch you bowl and make some suggestions.

[DaveAyotte]

why are you separating them by manufacturer? get 3-4 balls that work for you... (balls for heavy, moderate and dry conditions - and then a spare ball) you don't need to go crazy, guy. Fein, and myself were just telling another guy to spend your money on coaching, rather than equipment if you are going to be that serious about improving. Your profile says that you carry a 145 average, and yet you've expressed interest in going to tournaments. You need to get down the muscle memory, form, and improve on your spare shooting before you can consistently do well in tournaments. That's not to knock your scores either, everyone starts somewhere - but if you've only been bowling for a short time, your money is better spent elsewhere. If you go nuts with the equipment like you're saying here, you would just be wasting your money.

In my opinion, get your Pearl cleaned up, and resurfaced if necessary - and that is your heavy condition ball. You already have a Freeze - and that is your dry lane ball which you can learn to flatten and make your spares with if you don't have a polyester ball. If you absolutely need to - go ahead and get the 508a/503c or Bandit or whatever else you want to fill the gap in between, but 80% of adjustments should be the bowler, not the equipment. (just my .02)

I had an old school white dot for about a year that I learned the fundamentals on. Then a yellow dot for another year when I outgrew the the other one. Then, I got a Rhino Pro after that when I started learning to get some hook on it. Only after that did I start building an 'arsenal'. Track Champ, Storm Blue Thunder, Brunswick Combat Zone - all of which were second hand. You don't need to be the Ricky Fowler of bowling to be successful, just play it smart.

[striker12]

yes dave i do have a plan on seperating them by brands but i only got a 145 avg cause at my bowling lanes they barly oil the lanes and at first i never had a freeze only my black widow and haw high end balls and also the kinetic pearl but it reced too much i can hit my spares but when it comes to splits thats the harder part in ym leauge i got a 145 avg but when im in turnnys i carry a 210 avg cause the lanes are oiled and i can play more on im planing on next year leaving the bowling allie im at cause thye dont oil the lanes and i hate it im going to go to a bowling allie that probly oil the lanes the only reason is why they dontoil the lanes is cause im in a junior leauge and we are the oil leauge that bowls on sundays which im so close to jsut leaving that bowling allie for the rest of the year cause im already 75% done the season i cna go to my prov and last year at provinacale i had the hgihest game shot in 5 years a 299 and 298 which then i had a 198 avg but this year much worse soo im going to still get the different bowling brands and bowling bags and they will be ment for different types of patterns long short anything my track bag will be my bag but also i for my spare shots i throw my black widow i got enoph speed and put no revs on it to make it go streght