Ok, four or five different pin setups. All drillings are 75 degree and let's assume a pin position of 4 1/4 pin to pap, and a PAP of about 5 1/4 up 1/8.
1. Short pin Standard
F_F
......P
gc...cg
T
This setup is very standard if one has a pin in ball and reacts as discussed before Very even and somewhat earlier, basically somewhat muting the reaction one would expect from any core, essentially taking away some of the potential of the ball to turn the corner if playing inside. If it is a high powered core it makes it less, if it is a weak core it makes it less also.
2. Pin out standard
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F-F
gc--cg
T
This drilling is fantastic for the up the backer, particularly the righty up the backer(dryer heads). (I have seen this drilling on some of Walter Ray's stuff). This drilling will get thru the heads better have less midlane and really give all the horsepower the core has to turn the corner.
Mo Pinel mentions to put the pin about 1 to 1 1/2 inches from the VAL for this Flip leverage drilling!
I have seen a good friend(high speed up the backer) use this drilling to shoot his only two 800s. He then forgets or whatever gets away from this drilling and spends a lot of his non bowling time saying he can't get the ball to come around the corner in late games. Oh well!
However, this drilling if frequently death to the lefty(wetter heads) (particularly the side roller, more skid than up the backer) as he can never get this thing to start it's move early enough. It also seems to have what I would call a higher dispersion pattern around the breakpoint! Mistakes for the side roller and lefty with this drilling are magnified! Carry is great when the pocket can be found(if this drilling is needed) Usually some sort of sloppier backend where the pin in or pin under the ring finger will not turn the corner enough.
How does the lefty or sideroller solve the problem of this drill and get the same results as the up the backer righty and improve his carry on sloppy backends.
Voila!!!!!!!
3. Pin out(3 to 4) CG DOWN!!!!!
This looks like this!!
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F-F
gc
----cg
T
Voila this is the answer for many problems side roll, left or right and sloppy long midlanes with sloppier backends.
Taken as a variation from the Classic Revs leverage drilling(where the pin and cg are equal distances from the grip center north south equator. Pin up equal to the amount the cg is down). Ebonite drill sheet for symmetrical cores, I'll supply the website on an edit.
Bottom line is the ball will react on the wetter left very similarly to the standard pin up drilling #2 above. I have found this is an incredible drilling for me on the left. Now giving me midlane, reducing dispersion at the breakpoint and also retaining the cores built in ability to turn the corner!
This drilling or a slight variation of the cg being out slightly (ie a 60 instead of a 75 degree) is a fantastic drilling for the difficult dreaded Pattern B of the tour! Often combined with a weighthole of reaction increasing strength(that section coming soon)
Note I've seen a lot of balls coming in from the tour over the last few years.
From a fairly well known player and his drillings are often of the 60 degree version of this drilling very often with the pin only level with the fingers.
As he says"key to the tour is control of the midlane".
Note this drilling in the stacked version is probably very inappropriate for a sport condition, or hard buffer short pattern as the stacked portion will probably make the ball jump too hard!!!
OH, VERY Important!!! How do we know a stacked drilling is not the answer!
Just like the cg kicked out drillings leave WEAK 7s. These drillings when wrong will with particles often look when flush like they are going to leave a 4 -9 for the righty(6 - 8 for the lefty). (they will with particles very quickly leave these beauties staring right at ya! Also when they hit the pocket and are wrong it will almost seem like they are going to be flush and sort of are but they mostly hit the head pin and almost barely eventually deflect in to the side pin(3 for righties), (2pin for lefties). Also they will just before leaving the lovely 4 -9 give one a warning by striking but by kicking the 4 pin out back at ya! Slowly to boot! You've been warned!!!! Mayday Mayday go to a more muted reaction drilling or risk being beaten by Luckylefty(he's switched already!)
4. The Pin up moderate pin out(2 to 3 pin) drilling.
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F-F
-----cg
gc
T
This drilling is a staple of righthanded up the backers everwhere there are drying heads and wetter backends. This sucker is great! It is on the other hand death to the strong side roller either side (Usually) and is almost never seen on the left!!!
On the left we call this drilling. Dial a 7, (Ring Ring) "He's not your friend". I also call this on the left a high testosterone drilling, it looks so exciting, but only knocks down 9!Or we could call it, "I want to win a no tap tourney with the fewest real strikes!!!
These were some little ideas to help understand the effect of pin outs coupled with cg positions up or down.
Next TIME - I'll delve a little more in depth on, cg up or downs coupled with cg in or outs.
REMEMBER the key to this cg or mass bias thing(if a mass bias ball) is that it's all about midlane, do the lanes require you add or take away some, or does your release already supply it?
Final section after the above will be on weightholes!!!
REgards,
Luckylefty
PS I'm going to rest now so that I can watch someone shoot an Odor Eatin 300 on TV tomorrow on pattern E.
With a drilling that may look like this.
Pin in 1 1/2 to 2.
-F-F
---P
cg
_gc
-T
Ball will probably be fairly weak cored
Diff of ..3X.
We'll see.
Luckylefty
Edited on 2/14/2004 11:41 PM
