kev3inp
06-16-2012, 10:30 AM
I got the opportunity to throw my new Nexxus Tuesday night in league. I spent most of the practice session getting my thumb and fingers to fit correctly. It seems I must have been fairly dehydrated as I was falling out of the ball, both the thumb and the finger holes seemed way oversized. So 6 pcs of tape in the thumb (!) and a couple of business card shims for the grips, and I finally was comfortable with the way it was coming off my hand.
My first impression was that it didn't seem to hook that much. I started out standing on 25 and rolling over the second arrow. It went kind of high, but not a direct headpin hit. When the ball came back I was surprised to see the thickness and spacing of the oil lines. I had six distinct oil rings, each about a quarter inch thick and spaced a little more than a half inch apart. There was no visible oil left on the bowties so I assume it rubbed them off downlane as it made its move.
I figured that I'd start making small adjustments to get to the pocket, so I moved a board right with my feet. The ball came in higher. OK, I thought, let's stay here and move the target a bit left. It came in high again. I moved further right. Now the ball was making a big move downlane and coming in right on the headpin. I moved right again. And the ball went brooklyn. It seemed the more oil that I rolled through the bigger and sharper the move when it hit the dry. At about 31 with my feet and 12 with my spot the ball would go out to about the 4 board and come roaring back to the pocket. Then it started coming in high again, and my score was so poor I felt I was hurting the team, so I reluctantly put it away and went back to my Lanebreaker to finish out the game.
In conclusion I have to say that this THE heavy oil ball. It saves its energy for the move, if you've got enough oil to let it do its job. There was more oil on the lanes than usual that night, but it was medium oil, to me, at best, and not a true showcase of what this ball can do. I mean, imagine my puzzlement when the more I move right the higher the ball would come in. Unheard of! There's a sport shot sweeper coming up that I may get into again since now I have something that I think I can use in it.
My first impression was that it didn't seem to hook that much. I started out standing on 25 and rolling over the second arrow. It went kind of high, but not a direct headpin hit. When the ball came back I was surprised to see the thickness and spacing of the oil lines. I had six distinct oil rings, each about a quarter inch thick and spaced a little more than a half inch apart. There was no visible oil left on the bowties so I assume it rubbed them off downlane as it made its move.
I figured that I'd start making small adjustments to get to the pocket, so I moved a board right with my feet. The ball came in higher. OK, I thought, let's stay here and move the target a bit left. It came in high again. I moved further right. Now the ball was making a big move downlane and coming in right on the headpin. I moved right again. And the ball went brooklyn. It seemed the more oil that I rolled through the bigger and sharper the move when it hit the dry. At about 31 with my feet and 12 with my spot the ball would go out to about the 4 board and come roaring back to the pocket. Then it started coming in high again, and my score was so poor I felt I was hurting the team, so I reluctantly put it away and went back to my Lanebreaker to finish out the game.
In conclusion I have to say that this THE heavy oil ball. It saves its energy for the move, if you've got enough oil to let it do its job. There was more oil on the lanes than usual that night, but it was medium oil, to me, at best, and not a true showcase of what this ball can do. I mean, imagine my puzzlement when the more I move right the higher the ball would come in. Unheard of! There's a sport shot sweeper coming up that I may get into again since now I have something that I think I can use in it.