Wednesday, October 11, 2006

So Many bowling balls so many choices

How do i know what bowling ball is going to be good for me?

from working in a pro-shop so manny years one of the most common questions i get every day are,
1.what is the best bowling ball?
2.what bowling ball is good?
3.does this bowling ball curv?
4.what if the difference between a cheep ball and an expencive ball
answers
1.There is no such thing as the best bowling ball some time i wish a ball company would come out with a ball called the best ball so i could show people and say this is the best ball, just kidding. no matter who you are the best ball is what kind of reaction you are looking for compared to what you already have. If you dont have a ball the best thing i can recamend is take a look at the prices of the ball's i know this might sound like a salesmen to you but there is some truth to this pick a ball that is priced eairther in the middle or towards the less expencive ball. for 2 reasons bowling balls are priced on how much hook potenchell they have if you are just starting out or you are just replaceing the 30 yhear old ball that you have now you dont want to pick one of the top hooking balls because you might never get the full hook out of them because you simpely dont get enough rotation on the ball needed to get the full hook out of it. Or if you are just starting you want to first make sure you are going to like bowling enough to spend $200.00 on a ball first and to see if you can through the ball right.2nd if you do deside that you need more hook you can upgrade to a bigger hooking ball.The first ball is still needed because the lane condishions change when you get less oil on the lane that high priced bowling ball may hook to much so then you would go to your first ball and it should be the righ ball for the lane condishion.
2.there is no such thing as a good bowling ball or a bad bowling ball you basicly got 2 types of bowling balls reactive and plastic balls. they are all good for different things if i had a ten pin i wouldnt thorugh a reactive ball at it i would through a plastic ball at it. so knowing what you want or what you need reaction wize is the key to buying a new bowling ball. How do i know what i need? you might ask go to your local pro-shop and ask the pro if he or she could watch you through some shots if they cant ask when they could if they say never walk out the door and go to the next pro-shop trust me i know all pro-shops will have some time to watch you through some shots some time in the day.If they tell you this is the ball FOR YOU with out seeing you bowl they are just trying to get rid of the ball to replace it with the new line up.
3. yes that ball does curv. it's how much is the question that should be asked a good rule of thumb is the more expencive it cost the more hook potenchell it has.even plastic balls hook just not verry much. when in a pro-shop you might see 2 different typs of finneshes a shinny finsh and a sanded finsh the shinny will go down the lane further and hook at the end and the sanded finsh will hook more at the begging of the lane..
4.The main difference is hook potenchell the cheeper or less expencive will hook less and the more expencive will hook more notice the image of the ball on the tag that is next to it you should see the inside of the ball they have all different shapes and sizes usily the more hook the bigger the weight block that is the weight the drives the ball through the pins i could have a plastic ball 16lbs. or a reactive ball 14lbs the plastic ball should hit the pin's harder right nope the reactive ball will because a plastic ball is solind all the way through so when it hits the first pin its going to deflect to thr right or to the left a reactive ball has the weight block inside and when the ball flips or changes rotation thats the weight forceing the ball into the pin's so there will bee less deflection therefor it is hitting the pind harder then the plastic is. the bigger the weight block the harder the ball is going to hit....
for any more questions e-mail me @ MIKE408SJKing@aol.com
Bowling balls i recamend
for spares any plastic ball they are all the same the just look different
for a big hook early go with THE BIG ONE a late hook go with THE ONE(ball of the year)
for the mid range hook the SR300 from ebonite seems to have lots of hitting power and a strong late finish
for the low end hook deffently go with ebonits blue ICE i have never had a better bowling ball by far is the best ball for my game(cranker)
cranker-spin the ball alot 25 rotations and more. will get the full hook potenchell
tweener-skid then spin about 15-25 rotations will get 3/4's of hook potenchell
stroker-less spin more skid will get 1/2 of hook potenchell

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