First off, thank you to all who have posted so far. All of your input is greatly appreciated. I do want to clear a few things up, though. This league is about getting bowlers into the bowling center, who may have dropped out after the reactive resin days, or are looking to hone their shot making abilities.
It is not my intention to make a bunch of bowlers go out and buy a ball from me. This is why I didn't include my special on the original post. I said that in response too another comment.
Strike, I see that you work in the pro shop, so I know that you know that after the price break and time and materials spent to drill, my profit for the ball, if purchased through me, is very very minimal.
On the other hand though, any competitive tournament bowler should have a urethane piece in his or her bag, in my opinion. This gives that said tournament bowler an opportunity to use that ball for a minimum of 12 weeks. how often have bowlers gone out and bought the latest release, only to find out that they can only use it once maybe every few months, when they encounter enough oil, or enough friction for that ball to shine.
It will also allow said bowler 12 weeks of working on different hand positions, and different spin and speed techniques, without the option of just switching cover stocks. It will force the bowlers to work on their game.
I also feel that it will give the bowlers a chance to bowl in an enviroment that will not change as quickly, do too some of the high friction balls that some bowlers use at the wrong times in regular leagues today.
Bowlers will have to work on flattening out their releases for spares, as we are not allowing plastic balls. This will help them in tournaments when using a reactive ball, and the best look is going straighter, alla Norm Duke.
There are really many advantages to a league of this sort, and hopefully we will get enough participation for it to run with multiple sessions throughout the year.
I think modern technology is great!! I do think, though, we are quick to change balls, when maybe a subtle change in technique would benefit, and this league will help hone those skills.
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Tommy Gollick
Storm Regional/Pro Shop staff
Red Crown Pro Shop Harrisburg, PA
stormbowling.com
