Rob, Okay! Yep, surface definitely is likely the most important factor in determining ball reaction.
I've not read much mentioning the shapes of the cores yielding different types of reactions or I just skipped that part of the discussion.
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What you've said makes me think that my thoughts on the subject weren't too far off and that the core shape makes quite a bit of difference, too. I'd sure like to understand which shapes would benefit me and my style.
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I've relied on the reviews by BTM magazine and I'm glad that it still exists. I was only saddened by your decision to not write as many articles for them and retire from publishing.
I had to do another experiment with balls. I picked up a Hammer Dark Legend hybrid ball and hoped it would give me a nice ball to allow me to move farther left on the lane and target the 3rd or 4th arrow with plenty of energy to get back to the pocket; however, it wasn't a hook monster like I thought it might be. I looked at how it was prepared at the factory and after many sessions with in on the lanes, I decided I needed to make a change to it's cover. So I got out a 3000 grit pad and then a 4000 grit pad to get the Clean n'Sheen compound off of it and got it looking more of a matte finish. Previously the ball didn't have much of a reaction while targeting board 9 or 10 from a laydown of about board 14 or 15. The asymmetrical differential didn't seem to do much of anything on the backend either. Once I made the change in cover the Dark Legend came to life. I had to move farther left and the differential actually made a difference on the backend now. I was about ready to get rid of this big black rock. It became a decent bowling ball that I read about in BTM...
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I just had to clean the compound off and get it to around 3000 to 4000 grit on the cover. I'm still learning...
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