Your Bone Dry Lane Condition Strike Ball

[Stormed1]

I had a Street Rod solid drilled negative to give me length on the dry shot. I have a Natural that has like 2 games max on it.. I just hooks too much for what I wanted it for.. I would take a white dot and do a little sanding or you could go with the negative drilling option.. Negative layouts are good for length but will still have the backend to help with carry.. Also remember polish is your best friend for the dry.. I hve also had a tropical storm at a high grit and 3k polish.

Negative drills in resin still have good backend, in a urethane or plastic ball they will cause the ball to precess earlier and be smoother on the back end. As a cranker back in the days of urethane and plastic thats how most of my stuff was drilled. Negative just gave a nice smooth arc but still hit

[dougb]

Negative drills in resin still have good backend, in a urethane or plastic ball they will cause the ball to precess earlier and be smoother on the back end. As a cranker back in the days of urethane and plastic thats how most of my stuff was drilled. Negative just gave a nice smooth arc but still hit

I have a negative pin layout on a Rapid Fire solid. I does as described, which is move very little on the back. But for bone dry I prefer my Lane #1 Bullet. Highly polished reactive resin over the chopped diamond weight block.

[mrbill]

A question to all. I am looking to see what others are doing when the lanes are completely fried and bone dry.

I had to roll my spare ball in the 3rd game last week because everything else I had wouldn't roll. I saw the storm Natural but it looks still to aggresive for bone dry conditions.

Maybe the storm ice or Team Storm? I was also thinking of just getting Columba 300 white dot and bring it old skool Mark Roth Style!

These 2nd shift leagues are so frustrating. It is taking me to long to figure out the lanes and what oil is left out there. On fresh conditions in the summer our team is League Champions and I averaged 201 now struggling to average 195.

Maybe I should just drill up a plastic ball with a little side weight in it so it will finish a little better and hook slightly. My current spare ball is drilled to go straight and gives me no room for error or at least rolls a bit inconsistant.

anyways suggestions welcome
thanks in advance

When the lanes are very dry I bust out my Partical Icon 300. That ball is the longest rolling back end ball I have now.
I have a urethane Black Rhino that was real big in the late 80's on the PBA Tour but I really don't like rolling a Strike ball that has no Core...
I Might start Trying my Old 15lb Radical Inferno, Thats if I don't buy a weaker ball thats drilled Weak.

[alltenback]

For some reason I didn't get all these responses emailed to me. I will have to check my spam filter.

I am going to read them tonight after work and respond.

[yeehayashi]

I use 2 balls for fried lanes, my Rotogrip Neptune and/or Storm Natural.

[Stormed1]

You could also try the old fallback shot that we used to have to play at nationals. Play in the 4th or 5th arrow and sont get the ball past 3rd arrow. ll it take is a little tip at the back to carry

[JAnderson]

Plastic, pancake weight block core.

As others have said, sometimes when the lanes dry out it is a matter of playing the correct part of the lane more than the equipment. That is especially true if you're looking for room to miss.