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Equipment Boards => 900 Global => Topic started by: iamone78 on April 29, 2012, 05:33:47 PM
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Greetings! This is my first attempt at doing a video and I think it turned out fairly well considering it was taken with my smart phone. I won this ball from Eric Thomas at 900 Global a while back when they did a contest during the NFL playoffs. Just in case you are wondering on the layout, since it was a fairly short pin (~1.5"), I went with pin in the ring finger w/ the C-G slightly kicked out under the ring finger. The shots are from the first 2 games out of the box and consecutive 1st ball shots. No surface changes were made and it is on a 42' THS.
Thanks again Eric Thomas & 900 Global and thank you to everyone for your time and watching my video!
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Looks good! See that it loves the head oil that is for sure!! Let's see some move vids!
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one of the most honest vids ive seen...didnt edit out the bad shots....made me want to watch whole vid...people did more vids like this i watch more....see strike after strike boring as hell....everybody misses their mark....
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Nice vid, the ball is still as smooth as I remember throwing it!
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Thanks for the replies. I am flattered. This was a spur of the moment during som e proactice and was easy to do on my laptop afterwards. I am hoping to do something with the Look and Sure Thing before the end of the summer. Should be a good year with the new pieces out, can't wait!
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Hey...
I have that same ball but have a serious question... Is this ball a down and end ball because I noticed you get better response with down and end... I watched you attempt to crank and then it washed out in the middle and I thought it was a heavy oil ball... When I crank it does the samething, response and no response... Any ideas ... :-\
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It is a heavy oil ball. It's very rolly. With his layout it's going to be even more rolly. I personally don't think that it's ever going to SNAP like you're looking for. I made the mistake of drilling my first one 65x4.75x60, and it's so smooth I can't move in and wheel it. Maybe if I drilled the next one 45x4x30 and polished the snot out of it I could get it to snap, but that's not what the Train series is about.
You want more back end, look at the Freight Train instead.
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Thank you for the quick response...
I told the man who drilled the ball I wanted it very agressive and its the opposite... Very rolly like you said.. Thanks
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Well, by design, it's very rolly. Reminded me of my Bounty. I can get in with it, but my first one works better when I don't go so left to right with it. Also, OOB, I couldn't get it 30 feet (On a heavy Kegel pattern) before it started to grab. E is just too early for that ball, IMO. A or T makes it actually playable. :)
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I just sold it....
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Aggressive is a term that can mean many things. If he drilled it strong, it probably puked out of your hand. Its a very strong ball. Lots of guys here were using 5 to 5-1/2 inch pins on theirs with the pin up, then polishing he won't out of it.