Almost ONE BALL NOW!
I do quit a bite now, using the V.G. Pearl,,, 10pin I can throw it palm up and it goes almost straight, and enough to put that bugger up!!
I am thinking seriously of just taking the V.G pearl on house pattern league night, alone with the DV8 misfit lemon drop! Fantastic ball for dried up lanes in my case! So yes and no!
I am only going to take tomorrow two balls instead of 5! I think I bowl much higher scores when I adjust, instead of keep pulling out balls...
tournaments a different story with sports patterns!!
Last edited by MICHAEL; 10-20-2013 at 04:31 PM.
Don't walk on Thin Ice!
I posted this in the other thread, but it's probably more applicable here:
The more I bowl on THS patterns I tend to just play whatever ball seems to be carrying the most for me at the time. I suspect the psychological comfort it brings might bring me more relaxed and consistent bowling than any better piece of equipment ever could.
Not sure how anyone could ever use just one ball! Going from fresh to broken down takes a whole lot of adjustments for me!
Yes I just use 1 ball period
You do realize you can make adjustments other than switching to another ball though right? I move laterally quite a bit as a game goes on. With a stronger ball, this is even more important. I can vary my release slightly which makes my ball go straight rather than hook. I can slightly increase my backswing (slightly) to give it a little more speed, straighten it out, hit a pin further back in the rack, etc....Originally Posted by Zaxmazr
I've watched more than one person...both very good bowlers...play the "bowling ball merry go round" trying to find the perfect ball to do what they want on a given lane/given night...and they end up throwing away 1-2 games. In contrast, if they just use the strongest ball early...make slight adjustments...then switch to a lesser ball in game 2 or 3...if necessary...continue with slight adjustments...and bamm...problem solved.
I've seen people switching balls when they aren't even hitting their mark. How can you know your ball is even the problem if you're missing your mark??
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USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
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A lot of wisdom there. I won't argue 1 ball or multiple balls is the "right" way - what works for you is the "right" way but I will argue, alongside the exiled michigander agitator on the west coast, that you have to be mechanically consistent first and then consider a ball change or not. If you aren't hitting your mark or you are crossing your body or you are 10 tequilas into the night and seeing 3 lanes you have to realize it is you not the ball.
I used to throw 3 balls. I can't remember which balls but a dull, polished and a spare ball. I would start out dull when the oil was at its peak to get more hook and then switch anywhere from frame 8 of the first game to frame 4 of the second depending on reaction of the ball (when it started over hooking) to a polished ball. And of course I would shoot 7 pins and the like with the spare ball. Honestly I got sick of dragging 3 balls around so I switched to 1 ball and just learned how to shoot it better - i.e. normal 1st shot into the pocket and to flatten it out with almost no hook for a 7 pin. My average went from 185 to 209 with this switch. It worked for me so it was the "right" way for me. Now it could be coincidence that my average went up and if I had stuck with 3 balls maybe my average would have went to 215 in the same time frame. Maybe, maybe not. I don't live in the hypothetical world. And I am not stuck using just 1 ball. I could go back to 3 or 6 or 15. I didn't sign a 1 ball contract.
Bowl1820: Can I change my username to that!? Or is it too long?
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
You can't change names. Only the Admin can and it won't happen it's been know to cause problems with the database.
This is a good example of site support question and why you should post them separately and in the support forum not in the middle of some other thread.
I just happened to read this thread or I might have never seen it.
Right handed Stroker, high track ,about 13 degree axis tilt. PAP is located 5 9/16” over 1 3/4” up.Speed ave. about 14 mph at the pins. Medium rev’s.High Game 300, High series 798
"Talent without training is nothing." Luke Skywalker
One Ball used on house pattern = 300/780
Other then house patterns, maybe there is something to staying with a ball that starts out well, and just keep making adjustments! I used the plugged twice, Virtual Gravity Pearl for all three games!
The old Iceman might have changed balls in the second game when it seemed not be carrying the 7 or 10 pin, which I had a handful of! The old Iceman would have went to the bag to find another ball, rather then moving up, or more to the left! Or even the wrist position which I am leaning has a lot to do with the amount of break in the ball!
These are things that are starting to sink in.
I have leaned 99 percent of this knowledge, from bowlversity on bowling ball com, and this site, ( along with some of my good bowling friend here in Kansas City Missouri!
Now if a ball is NOT WORKING IN WARM up, that a different situation!! The night of my 300/780, I started out in warm up with the IQ pearl, the ball that gave me the other 300! But it didn't have the look I wanted going into the pocket. So I pulled the V.G. pearl out, and with one throw, I knew it would be the starting ball of choice.
So I did use only one ball and my Sling Shot for spares, mainly the ten pen only.
Don't walk on Thin Ice!
No Tri-Grip drilled Frantic!!???
For shame. You need to use the Frantic so other people will see how dominant it is and how cool people are that throw that ball....i.e. moi.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
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