My 2nd Ball Advice/Suggestions/Recommendations

[zman1974]

I just got back into league bowling a couple of months ago. First ball was the DV8 Marauder drilled for length. See my stats below. I love my Marauder except in heavy to medium-heavy oil (1st game, transitioning into 2nd). This view became very clear last week when I simply got no back-end reaction in the 1st game; ball just squirted through the break point. My pro shop guy swears by Storm, but I like the DV8 brand. If you could choose a heavy to medium/heavy oil ball for me from these two brands what would they be?

Thanks in advance.

[e-tank]

when my ball gets no reaction on the backend especially in the first game the first thing i think is carry down and i slow my ball speed. Id give it a try. If you want DV8 the hell raiser revenge is a beast. The hell raiser terror, nightmare and brutal nightmare look awesome as well. I heard the Sync from storm is amazing in heavy oil but can be too strong for anything else. A league mate of mine has the sameish style as yours and uses a lucid with success.

[zman1974]

It was SO frustrating Tuesday. Bowled a 124...

Then, like flicking a switch, half-way through the second game the Marauder starts snapping. Through a 182 and 212 the last two games. I'm not so arrogant to blame the ball for everything that first game (missed several makeable spares), but I was just unable to hit the pocket, and the couple times I got a clean hit the angle was so bad I got either a split or ringing 10's.

[Zothen]

DV8 Nightmare,Storm Lucid,Vivid,!Q Tour or Sync.

Zothen

[billf]

DV8 Nightmare or Revenge. Storm Sync when it comes off backorder.

Did you try moving a couple of boards to your ball side with your feet?

[eugene02]

DV8 Brutal Nightmare, Nightmare or Revenge will be suitable for heavy oil lanes! Hooks like a beast!

[ecub]

I just got back into league bowling a couple of months ago. First ball was the DV8 Marauder drilled for length. See my stats below. I love my Marauder except in heavy to medium-heavy oil (1st game, transitioning into 2nd). This view became very clear last week when I simply got no back-end reaction in the 1st game; ball just squirted through the break point. My pro shop guy swears by Storm, but I like the DV8 brand. If you could choose a heavy to medium/heavy oil ball for me from these two brands what would they be?

Thanks in advance.

Any dull ball, no polish, will do. But if you have no back end in the 1st game, have you tried moving you're feet to the right and not shooting too far right? Maybe a Down & In shot?

[zman1974]

Bill and Ed: I was all over the place making adjustments. As I said, I don't blame the ball entirely. Mentally, I was beat by mid-game, and was playing with very little confidence. I will be using only the Marauder again next week so I will try your suggestions and report back.

Based on my research and the suggestions here I think I will go with either the Brutal Nightmare, Nightmare, Lucid, or Sync.

[zman1974]

I spent some time at the pro shop prior to league last night. As I said, he is pretty much a Storm guy. He knows my style, and was excited as he just received the Reign of Power. He is confident this ball will be perfect for the fresh THS during league so I guess I will go with it. I have the BTM review, and they did not give it a glowing endorsement. However, when I ran Matchmaker on the Storm site this is the ball it recommended. Going to roll the dice, and see.

[zman1974]

Did a five game practice last night, and figured out that indeed ball speed was the culprit. If I stay anywhere about 16 mph, the ball will simply skid past the breakpoint and finish light, or if I miss the target I will go left of pocket. So, it seems the sweet spot for me and my desired line is about 15 to 15.5 mph. Shot a 206 in my final game using this speed over 10 board with a breakpoint of 9 or 8. May half to slow it down even further for the first game of league as there will obviously be more oil than yesterday.