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About Russ King
Expertise
21 years in drilling balls,9 years running Pro Shop,cure grip problems,Fix approach problems,coach handicaped bowlers, certified coach instructor, coach Crankers,Tweeners,Strokers,Ex Ball Tester,A Mechanic on Bruswick machines,B Mechanic on AMF,Resurfaced lanes (Wood),change oil patterns for different ball reactions to train & test on.Hints on ways to clear/relax your mind on the lanes.
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American Bowling Congress 32 yrs.,PBA 20 yrs.,
I learned from 3 Ball Drillers & then, develped my own styles of drilling.I EXPERIMENT ALL THE TIME (THE BEST WAY TO LEARN!).
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Expert: Russ King
Date: 5/10/2008
Subject: PBA Experience League
Question
Russ, Thank you for taking my question. Let me start with some information first. Male 51 years old bowling for 5 years avg. 200 in league. I can kick it up to 215-220 in tournaments. Bowl left handed speed 15 plus most of the time going between first and second arrow. Equipment is all high end balls including one plastic spare ball. I have a ball spinner and all of the wet and dry sandpaper grits and scotch brites.
My question is on the PBA experience league I'm completely confuess. Bowled last year and avg. 166. Most of the time I will have a good first game 200 plus then straight down from there. I find that I can't keep my ball on my side of the lane. I changed surfaces from dull to high gloss and it doen't matter. I can pick up the speed and that seems to help but hard to control. The center is in the Detoit metro area and has old wood lanes. Started the PBA league again and the same thing first game 205/149/144/134 we skip two pair for every game. Dazed and confused.
Answer
ALL HIGH END IS NOT GOOD!!!
Most high end equipment is very reactive,dull & will hook early.You should take a step back to see the full picture.WHAT IS MISSING ??????AN UNDER REACTIVE!!!
I HAVE FOUND IF YOU NEED LESS,FIND AN UNDER REACTIVE BALL & WORK UP.THEY GO LONGER,STRAIGHTER & NOT PRONE TO REACTING HARD TO THE CONDITION.YOU STAY MORE IN CONTROL.I HAVE GONE TO URETHANES TO COMBAT THESE PROBLEMS. YOU DON'T GET THE CARRY OF REACTIVES. BUT, IF YOU CAN'T HIT THE POCKET, WHAT GOOD IS GOOD CARRY ????WHEN I HAVE TO FORCE A BALL TO HIT THE POCKET, THE TIME IS "NOW" TO MOVE TO A LESS REACTION BALL.
>>>> THE KEY TO A TOUGH CONDITION IS CONTROL TO THE POCKET! <<<<
IF YOU CAN HIT THE POCKET(STRIKE ZONE) 90% OF THE TIME ON A HARD CONDITION,YOUR SPARES WILL BE SIMPLE SINGLE PIN SPARES & YOU GIVE EVERY BALL A CHANCE TO STRIKE.KEEP IT SIMPLE WHILE THE OTHERS DIE WITH SPLITS,WASHES & 6 & 7 COUNTS FOR HARD SPARES.
ONCE YOU GET IT SIMPLE, YOU CAN VENTURE WITH CONFIDENCE.THE PROS HAVE COACHES TO DRILL UP PLENTY OF CERTAIN WEIGHTS FOR THE CERTAIN BOWLER FOR THAT CERTAIN CONDITION THAT THEY PRACTICE ON EVERY MONTH.MOST BOWLERS DON'T GET THIS PAMPERING.
KEEP IT SIMPLE UNTIL YOU GET EXPERIENCE & CONFIDENCE.THEN LET LOOSE.
I USE ANY URETHANES I CAN GET MY HANDS ON.I USE THE GROOVE LINE (URETHANES,REACTIVES,PARTICLES) ALONG WITH THE COLUMBIA TROOPERS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE WEIGHT BLOCKS & STORM TROPICALS.I LOVE BLACK TURBOS!
I ALSO DRILL NON REACTIVE WEIGHTS LIKE NEG. LABEL, FINGER & PINS NEAR/ON THE BALL TRACK . THIS CUTS OUT FLAIR.
NEG. LABEL IS LEFTIE WEIGHTS. OH YA, YOUR A LEFTIE. SO, IT WOULD BE RIGHTIE WEIGHTS.I HAVE DRILLED ONE OZ. LEFTIE SIDE (I'M RIGHTIE)& ONE OZ. FINGER & DECREASED THEM ACCORDINGLY TO FIT INTO WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR.IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CRANKER HAND, I WOULD START AT 1/2 OZ. & WORK IN.
I ALSO EXPERIMENT WITH SURFACES. THE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS WITH ACTUALLY THE SAME GRITS REACT DIFFERENTLY.I TRY ANY POLISHING COMPOUND, SAND PAPER & PADS TO EXPERIMENT ON.
THE DRILLING PATTERNS ARE GENERIC.THERE MADE TO SUIT THE MOST BOWLERS POSSIBLE. THE KEY IS TO PERSONALIZE/TWEAK THE BALL TO FIT INTO YOUR PERSONAL STYLE.THIS TAKES TIME & EXPERIMENTING. AND ONCE YOU FIND A REAL GOOD COMBINATION, I GET SEVERAL MORE OF THE SAME BALL & DO THE SAME WITH SUBTITLE DIFFERENCES TO SWITCH TO ON DEGRADING CONDITIONS.
YA ! I KNOW! I HAVE A BEDROOM OF BALLS ROLLING AROUND. BUT, I KNOW WHAT EACH & EVERY BALL DOES & WHAT THEY DO COMPARED TO EACH OTHER.
A VERY GOOD 4 BALL COMBO IN 2-2 BALL BAGS ARE,
1. A SOFT HIGH REACTIVE FOR OIL.
2. A SHINY REACTIVE FOR DRIER LANES.
3. A WILD CARD. ONE THAT JUST FEELS GOOD & YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN.
4. THE PLASTIC SPARE BALL.
PINS & WEIGHTS MATCHING FOR SIMILAR REACTIONS THAT FIT YOUR STYLE.THEN, YOU CAN FIND WHAT THOSE 3 LACK.IN YOUR CASE,IT IS CONTROL ON DRY.TOO MANY SOFT HIGH TECH STUFF.YOU ARE GOOD ON FRESH LANES. BUT, WHEN THE OTHER BOWLERS BREAK DOWN A SHOT DIFFERENTLY EACH TIME TO GET A CRISS CROSS SPOTTY SHOT THAT THE OIL IS DISAPPEARING, YOU NEED JUST TO KEEP IT IN THE POCKET. SO AN UNDER REACTIVE TO WHERE YOU CAN BRING IT UP TO THE POCKET WITH EASE WILL KEEP THE LOW SCORES TO A MINIMUM.YOU CAN LEARN OFF OF THAT TO IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES ONCE YOU BUILD CONFIDENCE.
YOU CAN BUY 3 OR 4 TO ONE HIGH END BALL.
YOUR DULL STUFF OVER HOOKS & YOUR PLASTIC BALL UNDER HOOKS.SO, FIND SOMETHING INBETWEEN.FILL IN THE GAPS.BUILD SOME CHARTS ON REACTIONS OF EACH BALL ON EACH CONDITION LIKE A COACH WOULD.SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT CERTAIN CONDITION AGAIN, YOU CAN PICK UP THE RIGHT BALL & BE CLOSE.I DO THIS ON MY COMPUTER ON LANE CHARTS.I TRY ALL 5 ARROWS TO GET 5 DIFFERENT AREAS ON THE LANES REACTION WITH EACH BALL.THIS IS SO I CAN MOVE IN THE RIGHT SPOT AFTER THE LINE CHANGES FOR THE WORSE.
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