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DON DRAPER

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label drill
« on: November 02, 2006, 12:29:40 PM »
how many bowlers who visit this site have their pro shop give their new equipment a simple label drill and then make the ball work with angle, speed, loft, etc. ?
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Re: label drill
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2006, 09:08:35 PM »
Actually I have found that the label drill works quite well for me.  Most of the time anyways.

Now I look at the drill sheets and select layouts based on that, but if I need a go to drilling...it would be label.
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DON DRAPER

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Re: label drill
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2006, 07:30:53 AM »
try and remember when urethane balls first came out. they had a pancake weight block---it really didn't matter how you drilled one, the improvement came in the form of the added traction from the coverstock. the best bowler would win. the first reactive ball had a pancake weight block. again, the real improvement came from the coverstock. the person who bowled the best won. as technology in bowling balls has advanced it still boils down to who threw the ball the best. matching up to the lane surface with the right surface on the coverstock. i'd much rather have a ball with the "right" surface and the "wrong" drilling than a ball with the "right" drilling and the "wrong" surface.
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Re: label drill
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2006, 07:40:33 AM »
I had a TPC Player drilled label leverage - I found it very useful on difficult conditions, because it had an even arc and a tamed back end reaction. A drilling worth to have in the bag IMHO, as a fall-back option, becaude there is IMHO not much you can do wrong with it?
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Re: label drill
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2006, 07:58:28 AM »
quote:
i'd much rather have a ball with the "right" surface and the "wrong" drilling than a ball with the "right" drilling and the "wrong" surface.


I really like this kind of thinking.  When trying to read a condition and maintaining one's bowling comfort zone, first thought is "how far do I need to get the ball down the lane to the breakpoint?, and how are the heads reacting? How am I to get to the pocket consistently; to a high percentage" = think - Coverstock
(ie particle, solid, hybrid, particle, pearl; 500 grit, 1000, 2000, 4000; smooth or highly polished?)

Then I think high RG vs low RG. (coverstock heavier or center heavier - amount of length vs earlier hooking tendencies)

After that criteria is met and you have a larger arsenal of time tested layout drillings that work for the individual (luxury).  - think  arc or angle of different layouts specific to the condition that would work for entry necessary to knock down all the pins = manipulation of the break point through the understanding of the slide, hook, and roll phases. This would be a fine tuning, is the last consideration.  

Of course, most of these secondary fine tuning can be done with the leverage of the hand/wrist adjustments (ie wrist position, finger position, and amount of loft and speed). After the consideration of ball choice and surface properties.

Label drilling if it fits your game, great, use what works!  My least favorite, would be a speciality drilling or bail out choice for me (depending on the ball weight block used... such as exceptions ....no mercy.. which is not simple; more dynamic).











Edited on 11/3/2006 9:20 AM
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