BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: xrayjay on February 28, 2015, 01:15:44 AM
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If a person was bowling one league and nothing else, can he use his favorite layout in a three ball aresenal? all symmetrical balls drilled with a 4.5 pin and each having different surfaces strength.
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Absolutely
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Yes. I use only a few different layouts and usually pin to pap being the difference.
Ex. 50 x 2.5" x 40, 50 x 5" x 40, then I may have some where the layouts are identical and the ball and surface are the differences.
It makes easy to transition on THS or other conditions much easier. Less guessing.
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Pretty much my league THS layout is similar. I have a couple tournament balls with different pin distances...but I usually always use pin up as well...so its wither above the bridge, or at 130 for me.
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Do that all the time...Works well...
Once one knows how to adjust the surface...The game becomes much easier... ;)
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You don't need much variety for a THS. I only bowl in one league on a THS ( sub actually ) and take one ball plus a spare ball.
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Surface is amazing. The best investment for any serious bowler besides lessons is a ball spinner.
When I look at my tournament arsenal for sport or a ths I've not bowled on I focus heavily on surface. A few favorites are 360/1000, 500/1000, 500/2000, 2000/4000 and 2000/newspaper.
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Totally reasonable, especially if you've fine tuned the surface to allow for some gap. I have two layouts and it gives me a bit different shape. I'm either 4.5-5 inch pins, either at 35 or 65 degrees, keep the mass bias on assyms around 55-60, and on the symmetrical pieces, manage flare with extra holes. Some condition pieces (Rico Sure Thing, 2 inch pin to pap Grip it), but that's one off here and there.
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I have two main balls I use inwhich both have 4.5" pin to pap with different angles. Out of the two balls, I can actually just use one of them all day, all year for leagues.
And over a decade, most of my league balls were all 4.5" pin to axis. And most were bench mark solids. I prefer 4-5" pin to pap layouts, but to have a go to layout makes things simpler.