ARE ALL SPARE BAlls CREATED EQUAL?

[Mike White]

I am thinking very seriously about getting this puppy!!! Iceman is desperate.... I need to get this ONE PART of my game under better control. I know it can be done, I have seen some,,, (NOT MANY) pick it up almost every time it comes up.

I beginning to wonder if its a MIND GAME.... Maybe I am making it more difficult then it really is, then my body follows what my mind is thinking,,,

I am going to for the FIRST TIME bowl a bunch of games throwing at the ,,,, (10) pin! Maybe a good way to practice would be

Go for the 10 pin,,,, then hopefully shoot the remaining 9 pins with a strike ball, since the 7 pin is no problem at all!

I SWEAR TO THE GODS that if I could JUST,,,, JUST get better in this part of my game, I will be a BETTER Super Hero! I will assist, any and all older ladies, and men cross busy streets, pat every child on the head, and give a dog biscuit to all dogs wondering into my yard to take a dump!

I will, in short, be a MUCH BETTER PERSON, and HERO!!

I appreciate all your suggestions!!!! I will have this ball drilled with the trigrip,,,, getting the thumb out quick I would assume is a good thing, that happens with that grip.
Does anyone ever use a conventional grip for just the 10 pin,,, and would it make that pin any easier to pick up,,, ( just a thought).

What drilling lay out MIKE WHITE would you use pin up, down,,, on this ball for a dedicated 10 pin destroyer!!!

That Taboo Spare ball was designed as a hooking ball for the PBA Plastic ball tourney. Thats not what you need.

With a pancake weight block, just drill it directly over the label. i.e. CG in middle of the grip.

I rotated mine to place the engravings out of the track area.

Conventional grip would feel different, and could negatively effect your shot.

Getting the thumb out "quick" keeps the ball from hanging up on the thumb which can hinder accuracy.

But you're not trying to throw high RPMS at spares.

Personally my first ball is about 500 RPM, while my spare shots are closer to 100 rpm.

[MICHAEL]

Iceman, my advice is to not change your grip, use same grip you use on your strike ball. That Taboo will still hook if yr not careful.

Get a plastic ball as mentioned by Mike White, Maxim, Tzone, white dot. Etc. don't need to spend $100 + drill. $50 and drill and done.

Ok plastic it is.... !

Question: is the Taboo, very similar to the Brunswick Sling Shot??? I have a Sling Shot

[Mike White]

Ok plastic it is.... !

Question: is the Taboo, very similar to the Brunswick Sling Shot??? I have a Sling Shot

Depending on how you throw it, the results may be similar, but Taboo is polyester (most people call it plastic) with a core to create flare, while the Sling Shot is a lower end Reactive Resin with a core.

[mike_thomas93]

I haven't thrown a gutterball in a while. Wonder how that came about ;p

[striker12]

iceman what i did to my spare ball was when i drilled it the pin is on the other side of the ball witch helps me move the ball alittle just in chase its about to go in the gutter and know after improving my spare shooting i hit all my 10pins now i jsut still need to work on my 6 and 9 single pin spares i normaly just wif them.

but this year i went to one bowling alley that was wood lanes but no different i dont put much rev on ym spare ball and when i would stand where i normaly do and aim at my target i noticed i was missing the 10pin and all pin to the left witch is not common for me to do.

so after the same was over i walked up and counted the boards and there was 40 boards but 2 boards on the left side of the lane where smaller then the other check for that that could be the cause of it.

[got_a_300]

Iceman, I use a plastic T-Zone drilled straight up or what some like to
call drilling it with a label drill with the same span and grips as my strike
balls.

The way I shoot that nasty 10 pin is I bring my index finger in next to my
middle finger and spread my little finger out as wide as I can get it and I
break my wrist back and put no side roll/turn on the ball I just put all end
over end forward roll on it and it goes straight no matter what the lane are
like.

I'd have to say since I've been shooting it that way my percentage of making
it has gone from somewhere around 70% to around 98% then the times I do
miss it it is usually to the right side where it slides off in front of it.

[rv driver]

If I understand the question correctly (and I may not be!), I think of a "spare ball" as a plastic ball -- not a low-flare reactive ball. A low-flare reactive ball is a low-flare reactive ball. Bearing that in mind (because I had the same question in my own head in looking for a plastic ball for spares), are all plastic balls created equal? Is it simply a matter of aesthetics and brand-loyalty? Or are there real differences?

[got_a_300]

are all plastic balls created equal? Is it simply a matter of esthetics and brand-loyalty? Or are there real differences?

Most all plastic spare balls all have a 3 piece core with a
pancake type weight block in them nothing special about
them they are all pretty much created equal.

I'd have to say it is all pretty much just about the esthetics
and brand loyalty in plastic spare balls.

[Mudpuppy]

don't ask me I just spray can graffiti all over the lanes. throw what makes you feel good. I do.

[Aslan]

I think pretty much every bowling ball is exactly the same...so plastic balls should be no different.