Switching from a 15 to a 16

[chrono00]

I thought they did something like that to sort of spread the wealth around lol

[striker12]

chrono have you won a ball yet cause i won mine in feb and know i just post for fun if i do win again i would ask them if i could giv eit to someone else mainly to someone who ahs been on here for abit and has not won yet because i just found out my taxes are a decent amount that i can go and buy a ball and give it to my jr bowling coachs to give to alittle kid and enoph to buy me a new bag and 4 new balls and still ahve alot left over to save.

the thing im trying to do is get up enoph posts to become a high roller i like that name but not sure how many posts i need to get to it.

[chrono00]

chrono have you won a ball yet cause i won mine in feb and know i just post for fun if i do win again i would ask them if i could giv eit to someone else mainly to someone who ahs been on here for abit and has not won yet because i just found out my taxes are a decent amount that i can go and buy a ball and give it to my jr bowling coachs to give to alittle kid and enoph to buy me a new bag and 4 new balls and still ahve alot left over to save.

the thing im trying to do is get up enoph posts to become a high roller i like that name but not sure how many posts i need to get to it.

no i haven't won one yet. but I have been posting a lot the last few days, so here's hopin!

[floridanative772]

I would like to win too but its not the only reason im here. Its a little added bonus i guess..maybe ill get one eventually

[striker12]

ohh that sucks guys both of you guys should win this week and next week would be good cause chrono you have been on here for awhile if i win i will see if i can let the win go to one of you guys

[Fatal]

I would love to win the IQ. I really hope they give away a purple taboo or lucid and i win. That would be optimal. Back to my original question tho. I have way better rotation using my 16 than my 15 and it's not even drilled to my hand. I went to the lanes last night and couldnt believe how good I was throwing the 16. I feel as though when i use my 15 i let go to late and get a lot of spin rotation, where as the 16 released perfect. I'm very confused..

[striker12]

reason why u are able to spin the ball more with the 15lb ball is cause its abit lights and your able to get your hand unde rit mroe then the 16lb ball i went from a 15lb ball to a 14lb cause of wrist issues.

but about the releaseing late im not the person that can fully awnser that but my best guess at it is that youe timing might be abit off from throwing the 16lb ball unless you already had the problem before u threw a 16lb ball then if thats soo then i defently do not know.

[Davec13]

Ball speed will decrease slightly. The wear and tear on your body will increase slightly. The difference in today's equipment leaves the balls on an equal level with neither having an advantage based solely on their weight.

I was completely opposite of this. I was always getting told to slow my ball down, so I decided to move up to a 16 hoping the extra weight would slow my swing down. That didn't happen it actually increased my speed cause I was overcompensating for the additional weight. In the end I went back to a 15 and spent a lot of time working on getting the ball slower. I still every once in a while speed one down the lane and get the evil look from the lane owner as my ball smashes off the back wall.

From what I saw hitting a good pocketshot there wasn't to much of a difference in pin reaction from 15-16.

[Fatal]

What I think is that the ball (16) not being drilled for my hand releases my thumb early to create better rotation. I need to work on releasing my thumb sooner with the 15. Dave, I also think my speed increased with the 16.

[chrono00]

hey bill, while we're on the weight question. have you thought of going lighter for your record run? say get a 12-13lb ball in the mix to help with the fatigue factor?