THE " Bill Hall Tri-Grip?

[MICHAEL]

Ok had the Tri Grip ball out a couple times, but have not thrown a full game with it yet! I have had a great series with the Beatdown, 16lber a while back! It was the ball I won on this site, had it plugged, and redrilled with the Tri Grip.

The frantic is a 15lber. I just got it back last week, and have started a few leagues with it but wasn't hitting my mark!

The ball has a great look, and fantastic feel in the hand, but I need to explore it a bit more in practice to get use to the increased revs, (I think because the thumb comes out sooner, and the different pitchs, it might have something to do with the accuracy situation I am having at this early point and time with it!

Part of my problem is I have accumulated around 15 balls, and all great balls in their own respect, so its always a situation of which ball to try out tonight!

I have had great success with the IQ pearl, and the Virtual Gravity nano pearl, (both gave me a 300 game this year).

At the moment that redrilled, plugged V.G. nano pearl is my go to ball on league night! It works through 3 games every week so far.

I should take the Beatdown to league this Thursday and see if it can give me another 700 series in league, like it did in practice....

I have TOO MANY GREAT BALLS,,,,, and its like having 15 kids, and you have to chose only 3 0f them to take to Disneyland!!

I need a 15 ball bag, I want to take them all out at the same time!! It melts Iceman's heart to leave some behind!!

[Aslan]

The ball has a great look, and fantastic feel in the hand, but I need to explore it a bit more in practice to get use to the increased revs, (I think because the thumb comes out sooner, and the different pitchs, it might have something to do with the accuracy situation I am having at this early point and time with it!

...and its like having 15 kids, and you have to chose only 3 0f them to take to Disneyland!!

"Iceman has 99 problems but a b*tch ball ain't one. If you're having ball problems he feels bad for ya son."

Yeah Iceman...I had the same issue with the tri-grip when I first started throwing it. Because it comes off your hand differently, it was almost "falling" off my hand...so I wasn't hitting my mark. It was so frustrating at first, that I actually tried to just aim at a mark 4-6 boards left of where I wanted it to go...and then it would hit that spot. But after some practice, I'm hitting my mark with it.

What I have to do though...and you probably aren't going to want to try this given you're an established bowler with a history of success...but when I throw my tri-grip ball I have to aim at the dots and not the arrows. If I aim at the arrows...the ball misses the target 90% of the time. But if I aim at the dots...hits the spot 80% of the time. And it's not just because the dots are closer (although thats obviously part of it)...its more because the ball is releasing earlier. So, you can try that if you want. I'd reccomend drawing an imaginary line from where you release from at the foul line and the arrow you are aiming at...then figure out which dot that line crosses over...then aim for that dot instead. It'll probably be 1-2 boards inside your usual target (because the ball is moving left to right) if you're right handed.

[MICHAEL]

A friend that I bowl with on Monday nights, Gene, had his Marauder plugged and redrilled with the Tri Grip! He said that his average has been 234 since the change! His average is around 224 on several leagues. He LIKES IT VERY much, and said it has a great feel to it! From what I can see, and hear, 99 percent of the people that have had it applied to their balls, have liked it VERY MUCH,,, not just somewhat!

My opinion is still neutral??? Not a bad drilling, but nothing like most of the people I know personally have commented! I must be missing something,,, I seem to bowl well on a good day with either style.

Gene, who will be bowing with me tomorrow night, is VERY HAPPY with it! I will give my Frantic another shot maybe Monday, or the Beatdown! I have two balls drilled with the trigrip.

[Stormed1]

You need to decide which grip you like the best and stick with it. Switching back and forth will screw your game up

[MICHAEL]

You need to decide which grip you like the best and stick with it. Switching back and forth will screw your game up

lol,,, your absolutely right on target with that comment!! But,,,,, but I am a Libera!!!

[J Anderson]

lol,,, your absolutely right on target with that comment!! But,,,,, but I am a Libera!!!

No, the Tea Party and or Fox news has made the word liberal a derogatory word. You Michael, aka Iceman, are a progressive, Like Teddy Roosevelt!

[Stormed1]

I'm a Tauras and like the bull I'm stubborn, Just ask my wife LOL

[MICHAEL]

No, the Tea Party and or Fox news has made the word liberal a derogatory word. You Michael, aka Iceman, are a progressive, Like Teddy Roosevelt!

YOU got that right! LOL ,,, and I hope to progress with my bowling scores!!!

[Aslan]

Did some more practice last night.

I think one of the problems I'm having now is not knowing the revs I'm getting off the tri-grip ball versus a standard fingertip drill. Because the tri-grip ball is a plastic Columbia WD....it's not going to hook much regardless of how it is drilled. It would be interesting to fingertip and tri-grip drill two identical balls...just to see what the difference in hook/revs is.

A part of me wants to just go for it and get my Hammer Rhythm tri-grip drilled. I mean, the grip "feels" good...and the Rhythm is going to hook more aggresively than my Frantic regardless.

On the other hand, the real push/desire to go to the Rhythm over the Frantic is because I NEED a stronger ball for the heavier oil synthetics since my current alley is replacing their old wood lanes with synthetics...thus meaning I'll be playing on moderate-heavy oil from then on out.

So, still practicing, still trying it out.

[e-tank]

Did some more practice last night.

I think one of the problems I'm having now is not knowing the revs I'm getting off the tri-grip ball versus a standard fingertip drill. Because the tri-grip ball is a plastic Columbia WD....it's not going to hook much regardless of how it is drilled. It would be interesting to fingertip and tri-grip drill two identical balls...just to see what the difference in hook/revs is.

A part of me wants to just go for it and get my Hammer Rhythm tri-grip drilled. I mean, the grip "feels" good...and the Rhythm is going to hook more aggresively than my Frantic regardless.

On the other hand, the real push/desire to go to the Rhythm over the Frantic is because I NEED a stronger ball for the heavier oil synthetics since my current alley is replacing their old wood lanes with synthetics...thus meaning I'll be playing on moderate-heavy oil from then on out.

So, still practicing, still trying it out.

what you could do is take a piece of tape and put one end just above the ring finger and the other end on your approximate pap. Video it and you can get a rough calculate of the revs by counting the amount of times the tape comes full circle