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Understanding Bowling Ball Terms
Need help on understanding bowling balls?
Hi, I am a newbie, I can bowl pretty good. But I use the plastic house balls, I make them hook by putting an exclusive spin on them. Now I am looking for a real performance ball, but I'm not sure what some of these terms mean ?
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Top: 2.4
PIN: 3-4
Length: 23.5
Hook: 13.5
Break Point Angle : 5.50
Mass Bias Rating : 0.003
can anyone guide me, and if their are anymore terms I missed can someone pick them out. THANKS ALOT.
Well, to be totally honest with you, as a newbie bowler, most of these are terms you really don't have to concern yourself with.
Length refers to how far the ball will travel before it starts to hook, and hook refers to overall hook. The scale you listed seems like the 50 point scale, so the ball you're talking about doesn't go long... so it hooks rather early, but it doesn't hook much. This ball doesn't really seem like a very high performance ball.
Your best move would be to go to a pro shop, especially one who really knows what they're doing, and ask them. While a lot of the numbers can help in determining if you have a strong ball or not, but there's a lot more to it than that. You can have the best ball in the world, but if its drilled poorly, its not going to perform well. You can also have a ball that looks great on paper, but when it comes down to actually using it, it doesn't perform as well as it should. Most good pro-shop owners will have tested most of the balls and know whats good and what isnt. Also, a website like http://www.bowlingballreviews.com is a rather good one, because people actually leave some feedback on the balls. If you let them know what you're looking for in a ball, let them know your style, they can probably give you a good recommendation.
The only problem here, is when it comes to "style" From what I'm gathering, you use a plastic house ball with a conventional grip and just spin the ball. The problem here is that if you want a performance ball and want it to "do its job", you're not going to want to use a conventional grip, so its going to totally change the whole way you bowl. My suggestion is to go with a cheaper, entry level ball to start. You can probably even save a lot of money by getting a used ball, it will be plugged and drilled to fit you, resurfaced, and while it's not a new ball, you really don't want to spend $250 on a top of the line ball like the Storm Virtual Gravity, and try to practice with that. You're better off learning with a cheaper ball, perfecting your style, and then from there if you go with a high performance ball, at least it can be drilled to your style of bowling, as opposed to the pro shop owner just guessing on whats going to be best since you don't really have a style yet.
So, I'd say to get a decent used ball, learn how to throw a fingertip ball, and even consider getting some coaching, since you really have no idea how to start off. I've seen bowlers in your exact position go out and spend $250 on a top of the line ball that hooks a lot, but when he threw it, there was minimal hook. He took a ball with a hook rating of like 48 and it reacted more like a 20. The problem was that he was using a conventional grip before, had it drilled fingertip, but was never shown the right way to release the ball, so he couldn't get max performance out of it. If you're going to spend the money and get a ball, get a used ball, develop a style, then get a ball that will fit your style and the house shot you play on.
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