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Which Ball from.....
« on: January 24, 2020, 12:10:47 PM »
Had an interesting question posed to me.........

"What 1 ball from your LEAST favorite brand/manufacturer looks most appealing to you?"

I would go with DV8 Frequency. 

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Re: Which Ball from.....
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2020, 12:19:08 PM »
Uppercut, just from aesthetics.
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Re: Which Ball from.....
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2020, 12:32:09 PM »
Swag Incredible.  Motion on that ball looks decent (good backend for asym solid) but that brand yeah woof.   Short of scribbling some penises on the ball not sure how you can go for less shelf appeal than their labels.
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Re: Which Ball from.....
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2020, 01:07:06 PM »
Lord Field Blizzard Blast. Ball just looks like it eats oil and a good color combo as well

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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2020, 01:08:19 PM »
There is really nothing inherently wrong with DV8 other than their marketing strategy.  The products are actually really good.  I have recommended DV8 products to a couple of bowlers who were totally outside of their target market who had really good success with them.  The new Warrant looks amazing.

That being said, the 1 ball from my least favorite manufacturer that looks most appealing to me is the Storm Phaze III.  It seems like it could be a very reliable ball for most house shots.

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Re: Which Ball from.....
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2020, 01:18:32 PM »
Dv8 poison pearl...

I got that pyramid pathogen and the green just looks so good going down the lane...
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Re: Which Ball from.....
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2020, 01:33:50 PM »
Phaze 3 never been a storm guy but this ball seems interesting

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Re: Which Ball from.....
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2020, 01:43:14 PM »
I don't look at ball reaction videos on YouTube of companies I don't like unless I'm heckling Phil.


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Re: Which Ball from.....
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2020, 03:38:36 PM »
DV8 Verge

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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2020, 04:18:35 PM »
I don't look at ball reaction videos on YouTube of companies I don't like unless I'm heckling Phil.



Same or I’m mocking Mo Pinel. According to Mo Pinel, pin down balls “don’t work”. Ok, I’m really going to listen to a man who doesn’t brush his teeth.
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2020, 04:27:14 PM »
I don't look at ball reaction videos on YouTube of companies I don't like unless I'm heckling Phil.



Same or I’m mocking Mo Pinel. According to Mo Pinel, pin down balls “don’t work”. Ok, I’m really going to listen to man who doesn’t brush his teeth.

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Re: Which Ball from.....
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2020, 09:45:17 PM »
Hmmm, I haven't been too interested in Storm for a while, but that Phaze III looks pretty amazing.

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« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2020, 06:22:19 AM »
Much of Mo's advice seems to revolve around the idea that bowling is a business and that in order to make money, pro-shop and centers need all those people who just go in for 3 games of league and really can't roll it that good, to have amazing ball reaction.

Thus, my impression that quotes such as pin down "don't work" is because you are not getting the most reaction out of a ball that is going into the hands of a mediocre  bowler on an easy house shot, and you want the ball reaction to be great no matter how it is thrown.

I suspect that this has led to certain bias on his part. The recent video of him talking about urethane, and saying what seems to be ridiculous things - such that the pro's will have like 5 urethane balls in 1 tournament, and they can only use it for like a game or two and then the surface is gone, and they have to have reps do all this work on the balls. Well, it was sort of absurd.

He does sort of have point however. If bowling in a business, and we need all those mediocre bowlers coming back each week and also convince them to buy a new ball each year, then selling them urethane doesn't make any sense.

And sure, if you need to get every possible board of hook from a speed dominant bowler with 175 rev rate on house shot - to make them feel great about their  bowling without them actually bowling better - Yeah, better drill 4 inch deep thumb holes, of widest slug you have to maximize hook and whatever other tricks Mo has.

I'm not criticizing this perspective. Just saying that when his quotes circulate that pin down "don't work," it's probably best to  just ignore it, unless you run a proshop and need to sell a new ball to the below avg league bowler who wants to buy more hook.

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« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2020, 09:15:44 AM »
Brad Miller posted on his most recent upload that he was drilling a new Pitch Black because his old one had soaked up quite a bit of oil after a lot of use.  I didn't think that urethane absorbed oil, but who knows.  That being said, perhaps there is some validity to the extent to which the touring players rely on urethane these days? 
 

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« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2020, 10:18:31 AM »
Brad Miller posted on his most recent upload that he was drilling a new Pitch Black because his old one had soaked up quite a bit of oil after a lot of use.  I didn't think that urethane absorbed oil, but who knows.  That being said, perhaps there is some validity to the extent to which the touring players rely on urethane these days? 
 

They do soak up oil, just at a much, much slower rate.  For the most part the oil sits on the cover, which is why they typically carry better early on and start leaving corners as the set progresses.  Now, if we could only clean them every game with a USBC approved cleaner...
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