Changing balls for fun

[foreverincamo]

RobLV1, if it doesn't work and I lose carry, I still had a fun night because I'm bowling with my friends. And it's not " cast in stone ". If I just reeled off a good game and feel like I still have a good look with that ball, I stick with it. But the 726 I shot, I started with a 233, and switched balls and shot 268. Switched to another ball and shot 225. It worked, and I had fun.
This past bowling night I bowled against the kid who asked me about how I used my arsenal. He brought 8 balls. Pretty sure he used 7 of them. I used my three and shot average for the night. What was better was my team won 5 points to their 2.

[foreverincamo]

And the following week I started with my bench mark ball, and it wouldn't make the turn at all. Switched over to my normal 2nd game ball in frame 7 of game one, and used it the rest if the night. Shot 636. Nothing big for today's scores but these lanes are tough. No one broke 700 for the league last night.

[Aslan]

Actually, the thing I would ask you is what was his opinion of what you did?

I would ask, did said strategy make RobM's head explode?

It just furthers my theory that the ball really doesn't matter as much as we are led to believe.

I switched to the Dark Encounter for Game 3 Wednesday...not because the lanes dictated it...I guess I figured things were starting to transition and balling down would let me stay on my line a bit longer. Besides, like foreverincamo, it's kinda getting boring throwing the same ball every single time I bowl. I carry six balls with me each night....and use two. My back is hearing that and going, I guess I just worry that the ONE NIGHT I might NEED a different ball....that'll be the night I wimp out and just bring 2 balls with me.

[foreverincamo]

I'm getting two new bags soon and can carry 6 balls instead of 4. I could switch balls every 6 frames if I wanted. There are nights I just want to see what happens if I use this ball or that ball. Other nights I can see that one of my balls won't possibly work, and it stays in the bag. I still have three balls I haven't drilled up so soon I could pick from 9 balls.

[Blomer]

There's a guy n my time who brings a different ball every week. He says he does it as he has so many balls at home he just wants to use them. I'm good with it. Use whatever you want. Change if your struggling, change if you just haven't used a certain ball in a while or whatever. As for me I usually stick with the same balls each week. Generally I stick with new ball each week as long as I can. It's fun in practice to try ones you haven't used in a while.