Before forming an answer, I would like you to know that I understand the ball motion of urethane and that I bowl on sport shots 95% of the time right now (meaning my views may vary greatly from others).

Lately, I've seen and heard quite a bit of complaints from people about Urethane balls. A lot of people question why people don't just throw mild reactives with surface and ball with a closer pin to PAP instead. My question to everyone is: What do you think about Urethane balls resurging and "ruining" lane conditions? As a separate question, how effective are balls like the Scout Reactive, Tropical Breeze, and Blue Hammer on dry ths conditions?

Sorry, I probably should have detailed it a bit better. Say it's a tournament in which half the players on the pair are throwing urethane in which there is enough shots to change the pattern.

Also, when I say dry, I don't mean a short pattern. This question was more of a broken down THS.

I totally agree with the above statement, that's the great thing about different equipment, how it's laid out, pin/pap distance, etc.  It's always about experimenting with different drillings, surfaces, ball types, and coverstocks; Almost anything can be overcome, if you prepare for it in all areas.

Just my opinion, but unless someone has a very high rev rate, urethane is rarely a good option on short oil. Short oil, when played properly is very high scoring. A reactive ball coming in from the 3, 4, 5 board area just blows the rack away if you get into pocked or light. A urethane ball will not.

I suspect this issue is people not being used to playing outside and don't feel confident. So urethane gives a greater sense of control. The better way to use urethane (or plastic) for sport shot is to take it to practice so you can get used to playing outside on the THS, then on a sport condition will be more ready to play that line.

So I don't see the point to giving up such a good line to pocket, for urethane. btwn I have 3 urethane balls, practice with them a lot and think are good for certain lane conditions, a fresh sport shot plus with my mid 200 rev ball isn't one of them.

Ruining conditions. I don't understand this at all. The old urethanes didn't flare, so they deposited oil down and lane. If a ball flares it will deposit oil is small tracks downlane, not dump oil there like a 1980's era urethane. So why should a modern urethane cause much more carry down than a reactive?

Anyway, If I'm throwing 1 ball, and someone else thinks it ruining the pattern, I guess that's his problem.

I am a low rev guy who has been carrying urethane since the first natural came out.  I Aldo used a blue hammer and currently hsvevs pitch blue.  For me urethane is useful on either a short pattern or a THS when I can play pretty direct.  Not for use on broken down house shots unless it allows me to stay outside 10 which is often not the case.  Even on house shots it can depend.  I recently practiced on fresh in 2 houses.  In the first house I got lined in about 8 board and carried well for 5 games with minimal adjustments.  In the second house after getting lined in the carrydown kept pushing me right and I never found any consistent carry.  I moved about 4 and 2 left from my original line and started carrying very well with any asymetrical pearl.  You just never know.

In addition I have have very good luck with urethane on many shirt doort patterns, even with my low rev rate.  Urethane is just another tool in my arsenal.  I need to read my reaction with it just as I do with resin in deciding where to use it. 

Nice summary.

I prefer my IQ tour with the boomer layout to stay in the track area when others are moving in. I don't always use it, its more of a bail-me-out option. If i can not find good carry, good ball reaction or when i just suck when moving in, that is when I will switch to the boomer IQ. I've never used urethane, and my coach doesn't recommend me getting one, so I just stay away. I was talking to my coach about drilling urethane once and he said he would get back to me on some recommendations. The next week he handed me the IQ boomer and my problem was solved!