Bowler Stats-Ball Speed 15.5 MPH Rev Rate-App 280 Axis of Rotation-30 to 60 degrees Axis Tilt 9 degrees Right Handed PAP-5 over, 1/4" up

The Motiv Ascent Solid is designed for light oil patterns. The ball is in fact a little bit stronger then a light oil ball for me. It pushes through the heads with ease unless all the oil is gone but picks up a very early but smooth roll. When the ball finds friction it makes a continuous move to the pocket. For me it has an early roll like the Raptor but a move to the pocket that is much less angular.  It does not cover as many boards as the higher end balls in the Motiv line, but the move is strong enough to produce the needed angle to the pocket to strike.  I am able up the boards, swing it out to the dry or play an tight inside shot.  This ball is very versatile for me.  The ball creates a lot of room on broken down house shots for me and I am excited to see how it will play on shorter sport patterns.  I think it will be a great match up for me.  I used the ball on the broken down BTM pattern this year and found I had a great look using the fallback shot, which is playing it off the left corner and rolling it at the 3 pin.  The ball carried surprisingly well from that deep and I actually had area the others I was bowling with did not have.

If you use this ball as designed, that is on patterns that have light oil in the heads for higher speed players and medium oil in the heads for the rest of us, or broken down by league or tournament play, it will be a very effective ball. To throw it on a fresh THS  will require throwing out it to the dry, which many bowlers are very comfortable with.  The Ascent Solid gives Motiv a piece of equipment for Motiv believers as a step between the Sigma Hybrid and the Backdraft, when it is too much and the Hybrid, for when it is too little for the backdraft.  For me it is a stronger ball then the QZ1/QZ2 Series.

I'm very colorblind but the Neomark Graphic makes the ball very pleasing to the eye and give it good shelf appeal.

Dug Barker
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