One ball only

[Mike White]

Need a bit of clarification...one ball for the whole night? or one ball for the entire league season. If it was for the night, I don't see ball manufactures-pro shops being hurt much. It would better the bowlers as we would have to pick a ball for the night and make it work. But you could always try a different ball the next week, so some bowlers would still want an arsenal and then some. For the entire league, probably wouldn't get many takers as we all seem to be ball hoarders and people get bored too easily nowadays.

If you interpret it loosely, then people could over the course of a season use 30+ different brand/models of balls, and multiply that by the number of people in the league, and thats still a lot of balls purchased, and drilled.


Lets interpret it very tightly.

"What would happen if all leagues allowed only one ball? Who would it help or hurt the most?"

Everyone in all leagues had to use the same USBC determined brand/model for every shot for the whole season.

[Aslan]

I agree with both Rob and Mike.

Take THAT Universe!!

[bnaidicz13]

If you had only one ball would you want multiple layouts allowed?

[billf]

Make it like the Teen Masters where all the bowlers have to use the same ball(s).

[Mike White]

Make it like the Teen Masters where all the bowlers have to use the same ball(s).

If you notice, in the Teen Masters, they also greatly reduced the amount of oil applied to the lane.

[billf]

If you notice, in the Teen Masters, they also greatly reduced the amount of oil applied to the lane.

I've noticed and that's still better than the conditions we get to bowl on now.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

I've noticed and that's still better than the conditions we get to bowl on now.

7.92ML total volume on the short pattern (30')
7.8ML total volume on the long (40')

[billf]

I would rather have little to no oil and have to actually make a shot than the floods in the middle funneling to the pocket that the average house shot has become. I'm in the minority, I understand and accept that.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

If you had only one ball would you want multiple layouts allowed?

Sure lol one ball, "6" layouts

[fordman1]

No I just wanted to know which pro bowlers if they could only use 1 ball for each 6 game block and not be allowed to switch would do better. No someone else picks what ball to use. No multi pattern layouts. Pick one and go bowl. Same oil patterns they used for the tournament last year what ever that was. Make them move their feet not reach for another ball. Make them slow down or speed up. Make them go straight or hook it more.