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    Quote Originally Posted by classygranny View Post
    You guys are lucky....it seems our youth teams, high school teams are "too good" to be accepting used balls. Drives me crazy. I would love to find someone to donate to. I can't just leave mine on the rack as I use the IT thumb.
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    Quote Originally Posted by six6guy View Post
    I do the same, both in the past and recently. I give to the coach actually, and let him determine who can best use it.

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    One of the coaches actually has a pro shop in his garage so I give them to him and he plugs and drills them for free to give to different youth bowlers. A lot of the stuff they get have less than 10 games on them lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaxBowlingGuy View Post
    One of the coaches actually has a pro shop in his garage so I give them to him and he plugs and drills them for free to give to different youth bowlers. A lot of the stuff they get have less than 10 games on them lol
    I don't think the coach I support charges the kids, he owns & runs two pro shops which are both thriving. He coaches for both juniors and special olympics kids, so I know there is pretty much always somebody who needs one. I tend to see one or two year old balls when the kids practice on Saturdays, there is some older stuff in the mix but mostly newish.

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    I know one of the high school coaches so I donate to his team.
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    HS Coach here, give me all of them! I have players who can’t afford a ball, and we can get discounts to get them fitted. I promise they’ll be used right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MajorPhoenix View Post
    HS Coach here, give me all of them! I have players who can’t afford a ball, and we can get discounts to get them fitted. I promise they’ll be used right.
    What about 16lbers?

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    I have some beefy kids on my team lol. My top 2 use them.

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    Well I have a could of cracked Storm balls that were comfortably sitting loose on a couch in my living room for a few weeks. They both split all the way around within a week of one another. Climate controlled room with no windows.....go figure. Trash can or recycling bin? Needless to say I'm glad they were given to me because after seeing that I won't be buying Storm. My Rip'd and Venom Shock were sitting right next to them and they didn't commit suicide.
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    How does it crack if kept in room temperature..unless you don't do that?

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    I haven't a clue. They weren't even on a hard surface. That room is just as much room temperature as the rest of my house. Bad luck? I dunno....it just left a bad taste in my mouth for Storm products now. The smell just isn't good enough.
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    Currently 535+ Rev Rate @ 19 MPH (This probably needs to be updated, I think I've toned each down a click or two these days. I'm letting the ball do more of the work as I get older.)

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