What are the top 5 favorite balls currently in use in your arsenal.....and WHY??
Some balls are versatile; some balls are condition specific; some balls hit hard; some balls carry well; some balls just have a different motion than what everyone else is throwing...there are a million variables for sure.....but what's yours?
My top 5 are:
Hy-Road Nano
Phaze 1
Paradox Black
Gauntlet Fury
X-2
The Hy-Road is special! For a dull ball it allows me to play inside of most bowlers and open up the lanes. Even though it's dull, it just naturally pushes down lane and maintains energy for a big hit at the pocket! Great for heavy oil and med heavy.
The Phaze is special. Again, here's a ball that clears the heads extremely easy, pushes down lane and gives me superb angularity with minimal effort. I can play up the boards or inside with it.....it's very nice on medium conditions.
The Paradox Black is my heavy oil monster! Gives me great recovery at the pocket on heavy mediums or heavy oil, but with a skid/snap smack that no other ball I own does!
The Gauntlet Fury was a ball I didn't even like at first. It gets down lane nicely but it gives me great carry and recovery on light mediums that other bowlers don't get. I can actually play outside of the track and still get excellent recovery to the pocket along with good carry. It's angular, but the angularity happens in a different part of the lane than I'm used to seeing.
The X-2 is special! This ball is for broke down patterns; dryish patterns or light oil patterns. On regular mediums, it's just okay, but when the patterns start breaking down this thing turns into a monster! Good ball to have in any arsenal for sure!
