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    Default Do you use a plastic ball or other ball for spare pickup?

    I just use my urethane ball for spare pickup. It has the pin above the ring finger and has a layout to go long. I am left handed and when I go for the 7 pin I break my wrist back a little and throw it so it has the slightest of hook on it to keep it from going into the gutter. My position on the approach is my slide foot is even with the right gutter and I throw over a spot between the 3rd and 4th arrow from the left. Usually anything from the 5 pin left is taken care of with my urethane ball. Anything from the 6 pin right I use my reactive resin ball.

    My urethane ball has a 2000 Abralon dull surface. My reactive resin ball has the pin below the ring finger and has a 4000 Abralon surface with a slick polish coating. I had the surface change on the reactive resin ball because it was too wild on our THS pattern with the 2000 Abralon dull surface. I felt sometimes like I was throwing a boomerang. What name brand ball and surface do you use for spare pickup?
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    Darn hasn't this been beaten to death in the The spare ball debate thread and other spare ball threads?

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    Now that you mentioned it it has. OOPS! Please ignore if you want to unless you are new here and want to make a comment. You folks that have been here a while can just roll your eyes and think is this guy kidding or what? YIKES!
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    search threads to read old threads you will find almost everything and anything has been covered
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    Popular topic. It comes up about once a month.

    I have no comment.

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    Now that I think about it what hasn't been covered on this bowling forum? We have just talked about everything. We are going to run out of things to talk about. The new folks here won't have a problem.
    Arsenal: Raw Hammer Orange/Black Hybrid 14lbs, Blue Hammer urethane 14lbs, Columbia 300 Lava Ball Plastic 14lbs, Highest scratch series 710 Bowling 38 years Never hit that 300 game. Highest game 276, had 11 strikes and one spare in the middle of that game.

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    We haven't discussed 2 handed bowling with scented storm balls have we? Or Iceman's 2 games of 300.

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    This has been talked about so much that when the folks that have been here a while took a look at my post they probably rolled their eyes and heard crickets chirping in the background. LOL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mudpuppy View Post
    We haven't discussed 2 handed bowling with scented storm balls have we? Or Iceman's 2 games of 300.
    ha ha ! good one ! BTW my spare ball is the newer version of the blue hammer 15#.
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    Is Iceman at Band Camp ? Does anyone know ?
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