What would you think if a pro shop guy said this..

[Jaescrub]

Nice, good luck on your continued success!

Thanks with the Zero G and Crux combo I'm doing better find it easy to read what the lanes and my ball are doing. I don't spend money expecting anything but I am at the point where I know what numbers and type of covers work best for my game at my house lanes.

[RobLV1]

Price of the ball doesn't dictate the quality of the ball all the time. Lots of great mid level choices like the Roto Grip Wrecker which I got for $99 and average well over 200 with it.

There is usually a correlation between the price of the ball and the relative "strength" of the ball. The top tier of balls are mostly asymmetrically-cored balls with early-rolling low rgs, and very aggressive cover materials. That being said, there are a lot more cases of bowlers who use balls that are much too strong for their bowling styles, than there are of bowlers who don't average as high as they could because their balls aren't strong enough for them.

[Aslan]

That being said, there are a lot more cases of bowlers who use balls that are much too strong for their bowling styles, than there are of bowlers who don't average as high as they could because their balls aren't strong enough for them.

Thats what I was trying to say...unsuccessfully...

[foreverincamo]

I just threw my second 300 of the year with a Brunswick Ringer Platinum Pearl I got online for $89.00. It's in their " economy line " of balls. Great on dry conditions like I had that day. My first 300 was with my DV8 Marauder Mutiny I paid $99.00 for. No need for $200+ balls.

[Mike White]

I just threw my second 300 of the year with a Brunswick Ringer Platinum Pearl I got online for $89.00. It's in their " economy line " of balls. Great on dry conditions like I had that day. My first 300 was with my DV8 Marauder Mutiny I paid $99.00 for. No need for $200+ balls.

If we're talking bang per buck, my 300 was with a $45 Polar Ice.

[rv driver]

If we're talking bang per buck, my 300 was with a $45 Polar Ice.

I was gonna say that PDW won with an iQ Pearl (a good ball -- but symmetrical and not Storm's strongest ball), but a 300 with a Polar Ice beats that...

[circlecity]

I shot a 298 at age 15 with a white dot. hehehe but yeah I agree with Rob's post about price and strength of ball. Has it always been that way?

[Amyers]

I shot a 298 at age 15 with a white dot. hehehe but yeah I agree with Rob's post about price and strength of ball. Has it always been that way?

Back in the early 80's when I first got in the game most companies didn't make 25 or more different balls they made a 3 or 4 plastic, 3 or 4 urethane, and in the mid 80's when reactive resin got popular they made 1 or 2 of those and that was it. This included the big companies like Hammer and Colombia. I don't remember their being more than $10 or $15 dollars difference between any of the same type of ball (plastic, urethane, resin). Their was a significant price difference between urethane and resin though. about $50 bucks seem like to me which was a decent amount of money back then.

[dnhoffman]

You should spend what it costs to buy, fit, and drill the ball that best matches up with your speed/revs/release and the conditions that you're bowling on.

I have a lot of very pricey bowling balls that can sit on the shelf a chunk of the time because they don't see enough oil to be my best choice.

[Mike White]

I shot a 298 at age 15 with a white dot. hehehe but yeah I agree with Rob's post about price and strength of ball. Has it always been that way?

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