srlunatic you have a good point,this is why my team name is who cares!Yes i got about 7 balls and a 167 avg(missed 6 weeks) but one of the guys on my team former 190+ avg bowler hasnt hit 200 all year.This is dues to he doesnt know how to use his balls,when we would go to torneys he would walk in with 2 six ball bags,his mom a 3 ball bag,plus the both had a 2 ball tote each.That is 19 ball and 16 weren't his,that is what dirves me nuts is you dont know how to use your own balls you gotta use 19 to average 190.That avg is last years,i still had the high game in the house with my 290,that was when i had one ball,not 7.
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Inferno best ball I have ever thrown!!!

I hate this commin in last BS!!!

AIM: Dannys440

Ifo on me:
Age: 15
Height:5'11"
Type of bowler: Stroker
Balls(owned by me, not used by me): OI,VooDoo, Vicious attack,blade pearl,blade particle,sharp blade,red pearl hammer,orange messenger

This guy is only 17,he is a genus ok he has 2 warp zones same drill pattern same cover,and trys to throw them 2 different ways,i am like HAY RETAERD that aint gonna work, duh!7 is a  number,i got 5 in bags one next to me,one being shipped,and 2 more and i gotta have the one next to me and the one being shipped fixed.I got way to many balls,i tryed every ball i had today but one,i stayed after leagues and threw it and bowled better then i did in league!
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Inferno best ball I have ever thrown!!!

I hate this commin in last BS!!!

AIM: Dannys440

Ifo on me:
Age: 15
Height:5'11"
Type of bowler: Stroker
Balls(owned by me, not used by me): OI,VooDoo, Vicious attack,blade pearl,blade particle,sharp blade,red pearl hammer,orange messenger

Personally, I fall into the mentioned vctagory of mediocre average bowlers with tons of equipment - later more about it.

If you are new to the sport, new balls promise an improvement in your game. It's that simple, and new balls look flashy and "professional". The better you bowl, the less balls you will need to cover different conditions, probably only 1 ball.

Additionally, when you are new to the sport, I do not think that it is wrong to test different balls from different manufacturers. These balls do not have to be new IMHO, just to get to know the material, drillings etc.

I found, after 1 1/2 years and a dozen of used balls , what I need for my game and the lanes I encounter. Not just from "oh, that ball looks good, I want it!", but from the technical specs., experience with the manufacturer and drillings on my other balls. Works great, and I do not regret the investment beforehand. If this is recommendable is another question, but makes more sense to me than being a beginner and rolling with 3 or 4 Infernos to the lane, without a clue what these balls do and what to do with them. That money is better spend on a trainer (although these are hard to find around here, mavbe that's a small excuse for my ball vault).
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"All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream..." - Edgar Allen Poe

Hey ya know i only average in the 180's and i carry a 6 ball roller.  I am still relatively new and I bowl on a ever changing shot in two different centers.  I do it cause i can afford it and i am on the obsessive side.  If i do anything i put all of me in it and try to do it the best I can.  Have I had lessons yes.  Has my average gotten better every year of the 3 years I have bowled yes.  Do I ever have more than 1 ball in the ball return no.  Do i let my bag get in other peoples way or anything like that no i move it back against the wall away from the settee area on the other side of the concourse.  What harm am I doing anyone.  None that I can think of, I sure do hear a lot of people talking crap though.  Almost every week I hear dang you movin in or how many does it take to knock down 10 pins.  Oh well I guess in a free country if somebody is not hurting anybody or breaking any laws I say let them do as the please.  If you are better than them good for you.  No matter how many balls it takes you compared to them.
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I don't really play cards and I am not 79, but it fits together somehow.

When I was in college (many, many years ago...) I was an equipment junkie. This was in the time of the Yellow Dot, the bleeder YD, the white dots of different colors, LT-48, etc... I used to bring 2-3 balls to every tournament - sometimes more - weird for the day.

At one time a little more than 2 years ago, i had 31 bowling balls. Now - several of those (7 or were retired balls, on the shelf, that I'll never throw again, but honor enough to keep forever. Of the remainder, more than half were special layout combinations for "special" shots - balls that I might use 3-6 games a year. The rest were the league balls - the ones that were in the main bag.

I had all this equipment because I was planning on going out on the ladies tour in the Fall of 2003. If you remember, those plans fell flat, because they canceled the tour about 3 weeks before it was due to start.

Well, I sold off that extra equipment. I'm "down" to 12 total balls - most of which never leave the house except for big tournaments. I'm thinking of selling off half of those - I just don't use them any more. I've found that the more equipment, the more confused I get. Do I change balls, change my line/shot/target, change my hand position? I can struggle enough with two of those - don't need to add the equipment question back into the mix.

So - I now have an arsenal that is multiplied by hand positions (read this months BTM ) and I'm gonna get rid of some more stuff. I need the room. Funny thing - for the first time in a long time - I haven't had an urge to buy something new for almost a year!

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