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Ball polisher no longer legal during competition.
« on: August 05, 2014, 07:10:51 PM »
Well was looking at the new usbc rule changes for 2014-15 season, saw this change.

http://usbcongress.http.internapcdn.net/usbcongress/bowl/rules/pdfs/2014-15Changes.pdf

USBC Rule 18 – Bowling Ball – Altering Surface
The use of polishing machines during competition will be prohibited.
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Re: Ball polisher no longer legal during competition.
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2014, 03:20:29 PM »
Quote from: bradl on August 06, 2014, 02:22:03 PM
I can see this. When you think about it, with ball cleaners like PowerHouse Energizer, Tac-Up, etc., the ball polishing machines you see in an alley are either gone or rarely used.

Why use those when you can get a towel, a few squirts of the aforementioned cleaners on said towel, put the ball on a spinner, and off you go..?

Why? because they are two totally different things!

The ball polishing machines are not cleaners, they are polishers.

You put a dirty ball in the polisher, it just grinds the dirt and grime into the cover.

That's why you should use your towel and cleaner on the ball before you put it in the polisher.

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Re: Ball polisher no longer legal during competition.
« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2014, 03:35:15 PM »
Quote from: trash heap on August 06, 2014, 02:01:11 PM
Imagine a line of bowlers trying to use the ball polish machine. League starts at 7:00 PM. Any ball put into the machine after 7:00PM is considered an illegal ball.


not necessarily, according to the rules competition doesn't start until someone rolls the first ball for score anywhere in the league.

So you could possibly have a few minutes after 7, depending on when the first ball is actually rolled.

That's why you have to watch out in practice/warmup.

Say your on lane 20 and have 5 mins left and you want to alter your ball, but the bowlers on say lane 1&2 got done and started bowling for score already you can't alter the surface even though you have 5 mins of practice left.
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Re: Ball polisher no longer legal during competition.
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2014, 03:38:18 PM »
bradl's comment about the ball polishing machines is right up there with polish boy's comment about negative top weight auto-correcting the ball into going straight.

The number of mis informed people that post on this site thinking they know what they are talking about makes me shake my head every day.
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Re: Ball polisher no longer legal during competition.
« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2014, 04:18:34 PM »
A lot of bowlers don't have a clue about the (ball surface) rules and I see people breaking them during leagues.
Quote from: itsallaboutme on August 06, 2014, 03:38:18 PM
bradl's comment about the ball polishing machines is right up there with polish boy's comment about negative top weight auto-correcting the ball into going straight.

The number of mis informed people that post on this site thinking they know what they are talking about makes me shake my head every day.

Just don't pop a vein...
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Re: Ball polisher no longer legal during competition.
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2014, 04:56:09 PM »
Quote from: itsallaboutme on August 06, 2014, 03:38:18 PM
bradl's comment about the ball polishing machines is right up there with polish boy's comment about negative top weight auto-correcting the ball into going straight.

The number of mis informed people that post on this site thinking they know what they are talking about makes me shake my head every day.

If you have something to say, then please say it and correct me so I can understand instead of sitting back and being judgmental.

It's amazing how some people open their mouths, yet say so little, to sound like an idiot convention. So how about taking the high road and being productive, because lately, you haven't, or lack the ability to.

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Re: Ball polisher no longer legal during competition.
« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2014, 05:09:58 PM »
Quote from: bradl on August 06, 2014, 04:56:09 PM
Quote from: itsallaboutme on August 06, 2014, 03:38:18 PM
bradl's comment about the ball polishing machines is right up there with polish boy's comment about negative top weight auto-correcting the ball into going straight.

The number of mis informed people that post on this site thinking they know what they are talking about makes me shake my head every day.

If you have something to say, then please say it and correct me so I can understand instead of sitting back and being judgmental.

It's amazing how some people open their mouths, yet say so little, to sound like an idiot convention. So how about taking the high road and being productive, because lately, you haven't, or lack the ability to.

BL.


Don't take it personal....it's a forum.

anyway, I've been on here since 2004 and when I started out, I posted some things that got me scratching my head years later. I learned to know the facts before posting, and if I didn't know, I asked. Also, I learned not to talk "sheet" about anyone, because one day you'll be bowling next to him lol.....

We've had worse characters on this side of the site, but most of them now just hang out on the Non Misc section lol.....
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Re: Ball polisher no longer legal during competition.
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2014, 05:25:36 PM »
Quote from: xrayjay on August 06, 2014, 05:09:58 PM
Quote from: bradl on August 06, 2014, 04:56:09 PM
Quote from: itsallaboutme on August 06, 2014, 03:38:18 PM
bradl's comment about the ball polishing machines is right up there with polish boy's comment about negative top weight auto-correcting the ball into going straight.

The number of mis informed people that post on this site thinking they know what they are talking about makes me shake my head every day.

If you have something to say, then please say it and correct me so I can understand instead of sitting back and being judgmental.

It's amazing how some people open their mouths, yet say so little, to sound like an idiot convention. So how about taking the high road and being productive, because lately, you haven't, or lack the ability to.

BL.


Don't take it personal....it's a forum.

anyway, I've been on here since 2004 and when I started out, I posted some things that got me scratching my head years later. I learned to know the facts before posting, and if I didn't know, I asked. Also, I learned not to talk "sheet" about anyone, because one day you'll be bowling next to him lol.....

We've had worse characters on this side of the site, but most of them now just hang out on the Non Misc section lol.....

Oh, believe me, I know exactly what you mean, and no offense taken at all. I just despise holier-than-thou attitudes that post nothing of substance to a thread. If you're going to say something, then please say it. Otherwise, I can get all the trolling I would ever want in the non-misc. section. Plenty of 'turd' battles going on over there to last a long LONG while.

BL.
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