I picked up my Animal last night, before my Sport League at Beverly lanes.
I decided to drill up the Animal, that had a 4 inch pin, 2-3/4 TW.
Drilled the pin over the ring finger, CG stacked under it, MB an inch towards the PAP, next toe the thumb. (which is approx. 5 x 4 for me.)
I had my spans, finger pitches, and thumb pitches changed (which is a whole different topic in itself). I use an oval thumb sleeve, which wasn't inserted at the correct angle. Rather than pulling the oval I fiddled with the thumb hole filing, until i came out of the ball fairly clean. I was expecting a super hooking ball. Thought it would finish about 5-6 boards more than my Slash. I knocked the cover down slightly with a Green SB.
Started the night on lanes 1-2, playing out around the 5-6 board. I was trying to get used to the span and lateral finger pitch changes, and minor thumb pitch changes, and waited for this ball to hook the lane.
I realized pretty quickly, (after I became fairly comfortable with the new drilling) that there was not enough oil outside 10, and the ball was burning up. By then I had shot a 160 game (w/ 3 splts).
The 2nd game, I was targeting about 9-10, pretty much straight down the boards, shot 212 (clean).
We shoot 2 games and move...
Moved to 15-16. Started X, 6-7-10, 2-7...I started migrating inside toward 13-14 board, shot 169, w/pocket 7-10 in the 10th.
Next game, I moved my line to 17, slight swing to about 13. Started X, 7-pin spare, 4 bagger, 7 pin spare, bucket spare, Turkey, 7 pin for 245.
Ball is a great addition, and works really well for the condition it was drilled for.
Ball has surprising length for a particle ball...I even used it for my 7 pin, and all other spares. If I hit up the back it went dead straight.
The 245 game won the Survivor pot...a bonus!
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Duke Harding
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