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Yanker

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Victory Road Dilemna?
« on: April 14, 2011, 01:13:21 AM »
Since I have drilled up my VR, I cannot seem to put it down. It works on every condition I bowl on, USBC pattern - played up the gutter, medium house shot - stand around 20 to 25 toss it toward the gutter and comes back every time, standing 40ish it works great from there too. It has taken the place of everything else in my bag except for the Nano, and I haven't been able to use it, because of the recent oil shortage at the 2 centers where I bowl.
Just wanted to say, in my opinion, the VR is the best reacting ball I have ever rolled, might actually have to get another one to hold in reserve.


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Yanker

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Re: Victory Road Dilemna?
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2011, 12:02:07 PM »
Big Dog - As long as you are not trying to cover a lot of boards a 4 x 4 will be fine for most people, however, it might roll out if you have a high rev rate and not enough ball speed.
The thing I really like about this ball is I can get this ball to stop on the back, so I guess rolling out isn't that bad really, as long as it's late roll out.  


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CHawk15

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Re: Victory Road Dilemna?
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2011, 02:19:07 PM »
I drilled a second VR with a stacked layout and I definitely agree with what the previous poster said about it rolling out for rev dominant players.  My first VR was drilled OTL and it's still pretty angular with that layout, but still usable on a variety of conditions as the backend reaction is controllable.  The stacked VR revved up in about the same place but hooked further downlane and was much quicker off the friction.  It  kind of illustrated what the previous poster was talking about in terms of rollout for rev dominant players, as I experienced that first hand (especially on the "not so good" shots). 

 

I think that during my practice session with this ball, it was a bad match of ball choice to lane condition, but the ball was new and I wanted to get a feel for what it would do, so I rolled it anyway.  That being said this ball is pretty angular even when drilled to arc more and really angular stacked.  Not sure I made a good layout choice for the second one in this case time will tell,  but it definitely has a different look than the first one I drilled.