About a year and a half ago, I moved to MS from NY. When I got here, my boss invited me to be on her team of the company's bowling league. I liked bowling but knew very little of the sport. I had gone to the alleys from time to time to play for fun, but nothing more. I decided signing up would be good for me as I would be getting involved with a recreation in my new area of residency and meeting people from my new work place. I quickly found myself getting wound up in the bowling scene. I realized there was much more to bowling than hitting the middle pin (that's what I thought made a strike). Co workers offered the advice of getting my own gear. "This will make you more consistent and give you better control of the ball.", they said. I took their advice and bought some gear. When I looked at the information about the different balls, I had no clue what any of it meant so I did what any novice would do; I bought a ball that looked good and was light weight so I could hurl it down the lane! I bought the Ebonite Illusion. I have played with the Illusion for three seasons now. During the first season, my score contiuously improved. The last two seasons, however, my average maintained around 150. My 13lb. Illusion is drilled for a conventional straight ball. It still had a little hook to it, so I shifted my body to the right and came to the pocket at an angle. Yes, I was really interested in learning more about bowling, the scientific principles of the sport, and improving my game now. I realized what a mistake I had made by purchasing a "good looking" ball and how I worsened the scenerio by getting it drilled for throwing straight balls. I quickly started looking for a new ball. I had my eyes on the Killer Instinct for some time, but decided on the X-Cel Pearl in the end. I was a little nervous about throwing my new ball for the first time yesterday. It is a heavier ball and is drilled for fingertip, which I had never thrown before. To my dismay, I took to it like a duck to water. I only bowled two games yesterday with it as I was on a time constraint, but those two games were great. I bowled just below my average both games! Not bad considering I didn't have much clue what I was doing with that fingertip. This ball has an awesome hook on the backend! I started on the center dot, aimed for the arrow just right of the middle one, and threw at about my normal speed. I let go a bit early as I was getting use to the tips. Even still, I watched as the ball slid right a bit all the while rotating left. Then...SNAP....she shot off to the left, hit the head pin and cleared everything on the left side. I had gotten use to the hook potential by the end of the first game. I was just trying to accustom myself to the fingertip. When I practice next, I'll concentrate on taking control of the ball under different situations. For now, I have to say I LOVE my X-Cel Pearl. I get the feeling my average is going to improve many points with this new weapon. I highly recommend the ball. A+ Great Work!! Thank you Ebonite for my X-Cel Pearl!
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