BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: toomanytenpins on March 24, 2013, 02:46:44 PM
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what do you do when you drill a ball and the ball does nothing like you expected.
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First, change angle/speed for conditions. Then, change surfaces if that doesn't work. If both of those don't work, I'll redrill as a last resort. If the redrill doesn't work, I sell it.
In either case, I throw it in at least 2 or 3 different houses first.
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Nothing like you expected can be really good or really bad. If we are talking about bad, I give it 3-6 games in at least two different houses, then start playing with surface. If no luck after surface adjustments I sell it. (Vital Energy the most recent ball to do that)
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what do you do when you drill a ball and the ball does nothing like you expected.
Be patient and wait until you find a condition that it works on to throw it.
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what do you do when you drill a ball and the ball does nothing like you expected.
See what it DOES do, then use it when I need a ball to do that. If I already have a ball that fills that slot that I really like, I often just sell the new one, and start over.
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Try to let the ball get some games and some oil in it. I've had balls that I totally hated and was dead set on the fact that I didn't want them only to keep using them for about 15 to 20 games and then the ball seemed to transform into something much much better than it was out of the box.
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I have never bowled well with a ball OOB. It seems there is always a settling in period where I learn what the ball will do and what conditions it works best on. This usually takes 15-30 games for me. From that time on, I may play with surfaces and weight holes depending on conditions and how my game has changed. My Wrecker is the only ball I have been truly frustrated with. After surface and weight hole changes, I finally gave up and had the drill changed from from a 3.5" pin to pap to a 5" pin to pap, just to get the ball down the lane.
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If my first pitch with it isn't a strike, it goes in the basement and is a practice ball for life. ;D
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All of the things mentioned above. Surface changes; patience; throwing it in multiple houses. And one other thing.......I let a good friend of mine throw it and give me his opinion on it. We have similar styles, but he generally throws it a little bit better than me! So I observe his release.....and then make my decision based on the good or bad outcome.
Sometimes it really is, operator error.