new equipment

[Beagle]

finally decided to update my arsenal. Totally illiterate when it comes to the new terms of RG, torque, pin in and out, etc etc. Still from the top, bottom, side, axis weights school. Never knew u could tell age of ur balls by serial #.I had 2 from 03 and 1 from 07. Anyhow I explained to the pro shop tech that I wanted 3 balls that would simply be a benchmark ball, one stronger and one weaker. He watched me bowl. this is what we came up. I stayed with Storm. IQ tour fusion as benchmark, IQ tour pearl and IQ tour. The solid is on order. I know ball reactions depend on the bowler and a multitude of variables. Do u think I covered the gamut on 3 different reactions? Any feedback appreciated...

[Amyers]

Beagle I don't know if I've seen anyone throwing all three of the IQ series before. They are all great balls the Fusion being one of the all time great balls in my opinion and from listening to others. My guess is they will play together pretty well you may have a little over lap between the pieces but if your looking for small steps between the pieces you most likely hit the mark.

[Beagle]

Well that's good to hear..........still long for the one ball leagues yrs ago but that will never happen again

[Amyers]

Well that's good to hear..........still long for the one ball leagues yrs ago but that will never happen again

nope your lucky to find room on a ball return anymore

[Beagle]

We would put the names of a dozen balls or so in a hat, Then pick one out. That was the only ball allowed in league. Could have several drilled legally of course if u wanted. First year Blue Hammer. Next year Black Knight.

[Amyers]

We would put the names of a dozen balls or so in a hat, Then pick one out. That was the only ball allowed in league. Could have several drilled legally of course if u wanted. First year Blue Hammer. Next year Black Knight.

Oh okay I get what your saying I was never in one of those leagues. I was referring more to the old days when most of us only owned one ball.

[Beagle]

Kinda forced u how to adjust..........but like anything else people started bitching and it folded after a few yrs

[Amyers]

Kinda forced u how to adjust..........but like anything else people started bitching and it folded after a few yrs

I just came back to bowling about a year ago after deciding to get my kids involved with summer leagues. when I took them in fall and started to talk with some of the kids (and some of these kids are darn good) it amazed me how little they understood about adjusting your lines and ball movement. The modern form of switching balls in some ways is damaging the ability of bowlers to understand how to read a lane and understand your ball paths.

[Beagle]

I just came back to bowling about a year ago after deciding to get my kids involved with summer leagues. when I took them in fall and started to talk with some of the kids (and some of these kids are darn good) it amazed me how little they understood about adjusting your lines and ball movement. The modern form of switching balls in some ways is damaging the ability of bowlers to understand how to read a lane and understand your ball paths.

U hit the nail on the head. The physical/lane play adjustments are overshadowed by equipment adjustments. u have to match up the right ball. I personally don't like it, but that's the way it is now

[got_a_300]

The modern form of switching balls in some ways is damaging the ability of bowlers to understand how to read a lane and understand your ball paths.

I couldn't agree with you more on that it seems that almost everyone now days
just wants to either switch to a more aggressive or a less aggressive coverstock
in their ball choices instead of learning how to make the correct adjustments.

It's not all that uncommon now days to see a bowler walk in pulling 2 or more ball
rollers with 4-5 balls in them. We've got one guy that walks in with a 5 ball roller in
each hand so he brings in 10 balls all in total just to bowl league with.

What really takes the cake with that guy is his average is like 150 or maybe a 160
somewhere around that, man you would think he was a touring Pro to just see him
walk into the center with all of those bowling balls.

He is constantly changing between balls frame to frame instead of trying to make
any kind of minor / major adjustments he really gets on my nerves when we have
to bowl against his team. The one reason that he gets on my nerves is because if
one ball doesn't work he will slam it down loudly and curse at it and go grab another
one and repeat/repeat/repeat/etc./etc.