Playing Your "A" Game by Rob Mautner

[tccstudent]

I have a 4 ball bag it just the way you described it made me think it was like a triangle shaped with 2 on bottom and one on top I am planning on buying a new bag but I am gonna get the hammer 4 ball roller because it has the OKlahoma State Cowboys colors.

[bowl1820]

the way you described it made me think it was like a triangle shaped with 2 on bottom and one on top .

Actually the one I was thinking about was like a triangle, I think it was KR bag. Though most are more the inline style, it would really depend on just how they made it. Wide wheel base, supports at the other end so if you drop it, it doesn't land on the handle. etc.

[zdawg]

If you get a 3 ball bag, don't get the long one where the balls are all side by side. Get the one where theres 2 balls on the bottom and one on top.

The long one is a problem to maneuver when pulled in a crowd, if it has a extendable handle and you drop it they tend to get bent more often (in or out).

A guy gave me one that had got bent like that, took some work but I fixed it.

I'm actually gonna buy a storm rolling thunder, unless there is a reason not to? Everybody I've talked to is big on that one, and I can't seem to find anything bad about it.

[tccstudent]

I'm actually gonna buy a storm rolling thunder, unless there is a reason not to? Everybody I've talked to is big on that one, and I can't seem to find anything bad about it.

Thats what I have now and I have had it for a long time one of the zippers on the bottom like to come undone but it has been to many tournaments and leagues.

[MICHAEL]

interesting article :

Playing Your "A" Game
by Rob Mautner

Many traditional bowlers who grew up when bowlers showed up with one bowling ball in a single ball bag and a pair of bowling shoes that had been worn for the last ten or twelve years, really have a problem with the concept that modern bowling really requires an arsenal of bowling balls. The most common excuse that I hear is that a really good bowler can adjust by changing hand positions, ball speed, loft, and line. In other words, they are implying that bowlers who use ball changes as adjustments are somehow inferior bowlers. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The reason that the phrase, "You can't out bowl a bad ball reaction," has become so popular among top players is that when you have the right ball in your hand, you can play your "A" Game. Your "A" Game is your natural, most comfortable shot. It includes your ball speed, your hand position and release, the amount of loft you impart to the ball, etc., in other words everything that you do to throw a perfect shot. When you try to adjust to changing lane conditions by changing your physical game (other than the line that you are playing), you are no longer playing your "A" Game. The problem is, of course, when your opponent has the right ball in his hand and is able to play his "A" game, while you are playing your "B" Game where you throw it harder, or your "C" Game where you loft it a couple of extra feet, you are going to lose.

Even the best players in the world have their "A" Games. Take Norm Duke, for example, who is known for his versatility. We have all seen him win lots of tournaments playing his patented point the corner, up the back of the ball shot, and we've seen him move three arrows left and hook the lane to win. Be that as it may, Norm has won a great majority of his tournaments by pointing the corner. That's his "A" game. The fact that he has worked for countless hours to develop his "B" game to the point that he can be competitive with it does not change the fact that he is at his best when he can play his "A" game.

I remember Lee Trevino once saying, he could beat the average duffer in golf with nothing but a coke bottle on a string, and of course the golf ball. He actually said he hustled in his early days and made some money doing just that! I know a person personally, JASON my nemeses, Yes THE DUDE, that can PICK UP ANYONES BALL, no matter what the span, or finger size holes, and CAN throw a 200 plus or higher with it!! TALK ABOUT ADJUSTMENT~~~
He can do it and does quit often!! He rarely ever changes balls, and makes all his adjustments with his GOD-GIVE-TALENTS!!!

I still say that a PRO level bowler, will ALL THE Different releases, and knowledge they have can make all us House pattern bowlers look like Shirt, using the BEST and Largest of arsenals! Now on sports patterns, we are talking maybe a different story!

Now on a Pro level Sports patterns, I would have to agree that a ball can keep you in your A game! But most of us real world THS bowlers could probably spend our money on LESSIONS and less equipment, and find our average go UP!!

What do I know,,,, Just MHA!! (

[Aslan]

Always threw 15 lb until about last May, I dropped to 14 lb due to too much working on the computer took a toll on my elbow - so in order to enjoy bowling I decided to try the 14 lb. I currently have a 3 ball roller and have no problem lifting it in and out of the car/truck.

Alright…I'm gonna just end this right here and admit class granny is more of a man than I am. I concede. Because a 29-31 pounds plus whatever else is crammed in there…hurts my shoulder like a madman. Granny…if you're ever in Cali…I'll let you carry my balls.

Okay…knock it off…come on people…mind out of the gutter.

[J Anderson]

When I bowled leagues/tournaments in the late '70s early '80s (I quit in '82) we would take two 2-ball shoulder bags to league...one on each shoulder. For tournaments, sometimes we had to make two trips if we wanted access to more than 4 balls. Sorry, but if you're young and in shape and can barely carry one, you must be kinda wimpish. I was younger then to, but could probably still carry two bags today if I was so inclined - and I had too in order to bowl competitively. Just glad they came up with roller bags!

Maybe I wasn't very observant back then or maybe it was because I was just a once a week league bowler, but I don't remember seeing people bringing three and four balls for league until the 90's. My friend Jeff, who was then aspiring to join the P.B.A., was the first person I knew who would bring more than two balls for league. Jeff would drive the rest of the team nuts because he would show up late and "waste " the first game trying to figure out which ball to use. We lost a lot of first games that year but we probably won a lot more second and third games because he took the time to figure things out.

[zdawg]

This only happens/is a problem with the cheaper bags. My storm rolling thunder 3-ball is like an alley Cadillac...

This is the one I'm gonna get, I've had enough people tell me how much they love theirs.

[Bunny]

This is the one I'm gonna get, I've had enough people tell me how much they love theirs.

Solid choice.

I have a very nice 3 ball roller by brunswick. Big wheels, locking handle, super sturdy, etc.

If I had to do over I would buy a 4 baller that has 2+2 vertically. Easier to get into and easier to load in and out of our truck because you can separate the two bags.

[Perrin]

I just wish 4 ball rollers didn't cost as much as a mid-level bowling ball fully drilled