Well, gang... Let's just say that this new Hammer beauty will amaze a lot of bowlers with the STRONGEST & BIGGEST backend movement that Hammer has ever produced!!
I want to thank Jeff Ussery on giving me the opportunity to throw this ball yesterday during a demo for one of our International distributors. During this demo, I also threw my Venom & Hot Sauce which are my biggest backend moving balls to see the difference in the motion of the Jigsaw... The lane pattern was a typical 38-39 foot pattern with good amount of volume in the middle part of the lane.
For me, the Jigsaw was 6-8 boards stronger overall than the Hot Sauce & Venom and stronger in the backends than both balls too. The Jigsaw was so clean through the front part of the lane and then had a very strong, yet controllable/continuous movement in the mids with a big backend finish. I kept creeping in further left to see when this ball will stop rolling in the midlane and it kept coming back each time. This ball was simply amazing and I am very, very impressed with the strong movement this ball has in the midlane & strong backend finish. When we broke down the pattern and forced me to move left on the lane, the Jigsaw still got through the front part of the lane with ease and still had the big backend movement in the backends.
THERE IS NO BALL IN THE HAMMER LINE THAT MOVES LIKE THIS BALL DOES!!
I have provided some pics of the ball for you to view. I love the color scheme of this ball after it took me about a game to notice the roll pattern from the swirls on the ball.
Jigsaw Logo:
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv150/Plowboy300/Hammer%20Jigsaw/Jigsaw5.jpgJigsaw Puzzle Logo:
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv150/Plowboy300/Hammer%20Jigsaw/Jigsaw7.jpgJigsaw Hammer Logo:
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv150/Plowboy300/Hammer%20Jigsaw/Jigsaw4.jpgDrill Pattern:
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv150/Plowboy300/Hammer%20Jigsaw/Jigsaw6.jpgIt is a very fun ball to throw and when throwing this ball, a few of the local bowlers came down to our lanes to see what ball I was throwing. After watching a few shots, they wanted to know when they could get their hands on this ball.
Save this date: July 14th is when this ball will be available to everyone!!
I will have another review coming soon after I practice on a few more patterns (PBA & Kegel patterns) to get a better feel of how this new beauty rolls on tougher patterns.
Stay Tuned!!
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Mike "Plowboy" Thompson
Hammer Amateur Staff Member
"Nothing Hits Like a Hammer!"
A proud member of the Red Sox Nation!!
