Great... another hobby I'm hooked on...

[crump582]

It's been awesome. I bowling pretty good I guess... about 145-150 the last few weeks. The Vibe has been really good... hooking nice even though I had it drilled pretty generic. I just got a Red Raw Hammer Jacked that I will get drilled in the next week or so... gonna be more aggressive.

I'm having some problems with spares now that the ball is breaking better for me, but I am going to use my strike ball for a while then decide if I want a spare ball or not.

[slowfaller]

Cool, glad its working. My wife upgraded to an Emerald Vibe w/ fingertips for the first time and is having trouble adjusting. She cant get to hook so to prove to her it would I jammed my fingers in her ball and threw it two-fingered and it hooked right into the pocket, the funny thing was I'm a lefty and threw it righty haha even suprised myself I can throw righty.

I don't use a spare ball and have success picking up spares. Right now I have a Raw Hammer Burn brought down to 1000 grit and a Jigsaw Corner and when picking up spares I just roll it hard and straight for those single pin pick-ups.

Chris

[DanielMareina]

I am glad to hear that your ball is working out for you. It will take some getting used to before your scores start going up. I do recommend that everyone use a spare ball. If you watch the pros, the only one thing that they all do the same is throw a polyester spare ball. No matter what the lane conditions are, the spare ball goes straight. This makes everything much easier. Just remember that strikes are nice and all, but a game of only 9 spares is a 190 and a game that you strike once every two frames and never get a spare can't shoot above 140. Spares are the most important shot in bowling, they deserve a ball dedicated to them.

Daniel Mareina
Storm Staff Member
Bowling Center Manager/Pro Shop Operator/Bowling Coach