Why are new bowling balls made constantly and why do we buy them?

[got_a_300]

Nothing wrong with Storm/Air Freshener bowling balls the one
that I won on here last December the Storm Regin On has been
a great ball for me and I'm just now getting it broke in good.

Last night I come up short of an 800 series by just 1 lousy pin and
1 lousy 10 pin cost me a 300 the first game. I had games of 290 a
10 pin in the first frame then a solid 9 pin in the second game for a
279 game and then a 230 the last game as the lanes dried out bad
and I was into the 6th arrow lofting the left gutter cap with it the last
game which wasn't all that bad of a night ending up with a 799 series.

[tccstudent]

Nothing wrong with Storm/Air Freshener bowling balls the one
that I won on here last December the Storm Regin On has been
a great ball for me and I'm just now getting it broke in good.
.

I am really loving the Reign On that I won also.

[Hammer]

Has anyone seen my posted topic anywhere?

[Aslan]

But the only one I care about smelling good for is my Valentine Wife bowler Jason, she is my reason for living, bowling, and breathing air!! The reason I workout at the gym, the first person I see in the morning, and the last I see before going to sleep and then dreaming of her.... She is my Alfa, and omega.... Happy V DAY BABY!!

Whoa. That actually explained 3 questions I had. ENuff said. Well, umm...to each their own. I actually have NO problem with alternative lifestyles.

[Hammer]

Bowling balls keep being made because all of us are programmed to buy new things. Eventually we get tired of what we have now and the desire to get something new over rides our common sense. We see the new bowling balls and maybe we like the color and the name on the ball. We think that this ball will be the one to get me my highest game or first 300 game. The ball manufacturers know this and put stuff out there to entice us. AND WE JUST CAN'T RESIST THE URGE TO SLAP DOWN OUR CREDIT CARD AND SAY I WILL TAKE THAT ONE THERE.

[noeymc]

When you think about it how different can you make a bowling ball? They all hook at a certain point after our release. You can change the surface and layout on all of them. It seems that all you would have to do is buy three or four balls for different oil patterns and stick with those. If you bowl on THS patterns all of the time you could probably get away with two balls. One ball to go longer and hook and one to hook sooner when you play deeper through the area with the most oil. If you want throw in a plastic ball for spares or when the THS pattern is really dry or you want to play over the boards between one and five.

Just watch the videos where you can see how a ball you are interested works on a usually THS pattern. Sure bowling balls wear out or crack for some reason so you need a new ball. But do you really need six to ten balls if you don't do tournaments or play on sport oil patterns? All balls are basically the same. Some hook sooner and some hook later. They all do the same thing which is hook. How different can you make that?

a light oil ball is more then enough for a house shot but when doing tournaments u want somthing that can move on a line u like to play so different level balls work better on different oil

[tccstudent]

a light oil ball is more then enough for a house shot but when doing tournaments u want somthing that can move on a line u like to play so different level balls work better on different oil

That depends on the house I bowl in two houses that are pretty heavy oil and a light oil ball will not be very effective

[Hammer]

I know that you need different balls for different oil patterns and tournaments and sport patterns etc. My point is all balls are all the same. They all hook if you have the right release. So all balls do the same thing. You throw the ball down the alley and it hooks. You can make it do different things by changing your release. Kind of like any other ball you buy. So if you take a heavy oil ball the only thing that will make it different from other heavy oil balls is the layout, surface and your release. But they all hook to the pocket.

[Tinyfxds]

Well hold on a second. With every sport now a days being specialized it's no surprise that the sport of bowling is getting fine tuned as well. There are as many different types of oil patterns/sport shots along with different types of just oil as there are bowling balls. That doesn't even take into consideration the multitude of various releases bowlers have. Yes all these balls hook and yes if you know how to bowl some of these ball will look/have similar ball motion. But there's always that one ball that makes you better, that works perfectly for you and that has the perfect angle into the pocket. And when you've experienced that perfect romance, you will be relentlessly pursuing that next mistress that gives you that warm fuzzy feeling in your stomach. That's why there's so many bowling balls out there.