Ball to heavy?

[billf]

Do you use a fingertip grip of a conventional grip? House balls are usually all conventional grip and being no size fits any, the weights feel a little heavier than they really are compared to fingertip grips.
The Slingshot is a good ball. I love my Misfit. The Mutiny is suppose to fit between the Misfit and the original Marauder. Let you know when I get to test one out.

[the_halfie]

I have a semi-finger tip grip, and am going to swap over to fingertip as I am finding myself able to get a more consistent release that way. I never really thought about the difference in the way the ball feels conventional vs fingertip. Right now my "arsenal" consists of a Brunswick Inferno, Brunswick Battlezone Missile, and a Columbia white dot plastic ball. The Inferno has the most hook and I usually only use it if there's plenty of oil down and/ or I'm sitting right at the left gutter. The Missile gets the most use, but the way it was drilled before passed onto me, it's drilled to have even more hook. I would feel comfortable with a ball that has SOME hook incase I throw it too far to the right, but I want it to have enough carry and roll to drive through the pins, even with my slow ballspeed. Maybe that's too much to ask for? (sincere question)

[Tampabaybob]

Robbie....... I'd go along with Bill's suggestion on trying a urethane ball. Because of it's consistency, you'd get less over or under reaction. As far as dropping weight, I'd say once you try the 13 or 14 #er's you'll find that answer yourself. A 13# will give you the speed you're looking for and with the urethane ball you wouldn't be giving up much hitting power. Once you get used to the lower weight then you can experiment with the higher RG balls that will give you more hook. I also coach a few kids that have different challenges and I'm always pleased to see them break their highest score and do well. One young man started bowling just last summer, was in an tav accident and it left his entire right side paralyzed and of course he was right handed. So he's bowling left handed and this season did astonishingly well. Very proud of him, and love to see him show up every week. Good luck with the ball decision (and by the way...definitely go with a fingertip) let us know how you make out.

[the_halfie]

Urethane balls eh? For some reason I thought that urethane would hook like crazy with my lower ball speed (but then again, if I'm dropping down in ball weight it's going to increase at least a little bit). Any ball in particular you guys would recommend that I'd try out? It'll be a little while before I get a chance to get a new ball, but once I do I'll let you guys know what I went with, and I'll ask the shop to give me a description of the layout they chose for me.

Another quick question as Bill mentioned that some companies use a different core in lower weight balls and some use the same core period. My question is, does anybody have a list of who does use a different core and who doesn't?

I still don't know a whole lot about RG and Differential, but that's why I joined up to learn as much as I can! Thanks guys for the responses and advice, and Bob to me I love it when I see others come over their own challenges and realize "whoa, I CAN do this!" No feeling beats that to me!

[DLP]

Some of the manufacturer websites indicate the difference if you look up the specs of the ball specifically.
If not, a little bit of research online using the magic of google usually warrants your answer.

If you check out http://www.bowlingball.com/BowlVersity/ there is a huge list of articles there for pretty much a little bit of everything about the game. I think there are a few regarding equipment as well... so you get some discussion regarding RG, and PAP, and differential, and... the list goes on and on

One article I found decent was this one: http://www.buddiesproshop.com/t-mark...s_physics.aspx - which looks at if the marketing is all hype or if there is some scientific proof to back it up

[the_halfie]

Thanks DLP, lots of reading to catch up on lol!

[DLP]

I didn't take my Cyclone along with me to coaching but I did ask. He watched me throw the 12 and said that it is an excellent weight for me to be working with right now. He said anything heavier and I would most likely be forcing myself through my approach and release which is probably why I was running into fatigue.

Now that THATS settled... 12 lbs it is

[Tampabaybob]

I didn't take my Cyclone along with me to coaching but I did ask. He watched me throw the 12 and said that it is an excellent weight for me to be working with right now. He said anything heavier and I would most likely be forcing myself through my approach and release which is probably why I was running into fatigue.

Now that THATS settled... 12 lbs it is

Most important thing is this game is your comfort level with that ball. If you were to use a ball "too heavy" that loss of comfort would detract you from getting other aspects of your game in line. Go for the 12 #er. A year or so down the road, if you think you can handle a bit heavier ball then do it at that time, but for now stay in "your" comfort zone and don't listen to the "naysayers" about ball weights. Good luck.