First off I want to say I am not bad mouthing the Nano Pearl I am just confused by it. I hear so many people say it is so strong and that it hooks so much. Mine lets me stay straighter than any other ball in my bag other than my 2 balls I have for when they dry out that will let me stay near the track. It makes a nice move on the back but it is so lengthy I can move in with it and still get it to recover unless I slow it way down. And I know it isn't a lack of oil because I have gotten it on longer sport shots and that made it look even weaker. A friend of mine who has in the 500 RPM range threw mine and he washed out with it the first 3 times he threw it til he got over to 2nd arrow and finally struck with it and he can hook anything. He has one of his own as he is on Storm staff and its much the same for him he doesn't hate it but its far from being strong for him as well. I have had other people drill one and say it is pretty weak as well. Now another teammate has thrown mine and is goes straight left for him and hooks quite a bit but just about everything hooks for him and his voodoo roll. Working in a pro shop I am having a really hard time recommending this ball to anyone because it seems so hit or miss....Wondering if the people who this ball is weak for are in the minority or if it is really such a hit or miss ball.....

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 Therein lies the problem, the pin down is smoothing out the backend. Furthermore, where is the MB on your ball relative to your PAP? For me, pin down is for playing straight and using closed down angles on the lane, not a layout i would use for big backend reactions.

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I drilled my nano pearl with a pin above 4" from my axis and mass 4" from my axis with a weight hole. Ball rolls strong for me the way I wanted it.