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ye3hawp0ny

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Top Weight
« on: April 16, 2009, 05:03:08 AM »
What does top weight do to the bowling ball. Why is it so important?

 

don coyote

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Re: Top Weight
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2009, 01:10:23 PM »
Finger weight allows the ball to delay its hooking action,
thumb weight promotes early roll.
Pin high=late reaction, pin low=earlier roll. the don

J_Mac

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Re: Top Weight
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2009, 01:18:55 PM »
quote:
Finger weight allows the ball to delay its hooking action,
thumb weight promotes early roll.
Pin high=late reaction, pin low=earlier roll. the don


And the surface that the coverstock is at can override all of the above!