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crankncrash

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12lb ball
« on: October 18, 2004, 09:23:58 AM »
Well first things first, this is not for me, rather my niece. I need to find her a 12lb ball, and I want to get her one with a "real core" in it so she has a chance to compete a little more than she does right now.  She is only 10 and been bowling for 3 years. Her parents split, and now she is off living with her dad.  Which means she is in a new school and bowling alley, with the change in bowling alley she is seeing a new conditon where her equipment is just not what it needs to be. She finally pulled off a 214 for her first 200 game, the other day and was EXTREMELY happy about it.  She is using a Columbia Spirt 2 right now that is too light and has no core to speak of, but shes still doing ok.   Enough bragging about her, I'm pretty proud, but she needs a ball that will help her out a little. she is now bowling on synthetics and needs some bite to the ball.  She has a basic stroker approach, not lots of revs, but enough to get the ball to move. So what ball in the d/t line up would give her a controllable reaction, in some oil and still be affordable. There is just no way we can spend 120+ on a ball for her until she stops getting stronger and quits growing. Any suggestions? and where can I find her one that will still leave money for her to actually bowl? Thanks in advance for any help guys and gals.

 

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Re: 12lb ball
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2004, 06:25:43 PM »
For what is worth crankncash our granddaughter is 13 and has been using a 12lb Erase-it for a couple of years with great results. She also bowls on synthentic and we had to polish the Erase-it with 1500 polish if I remember correctly. She has pretty good speed and decent revs. Not sure you will have much luck finding an Erase-it since they were discontinued quite awhile ago but something comparable would be a good choice IMHO. Hope this helps

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Re: 12lb ball
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2004, 05:25:13 PM »
Thanks for all the input guys!