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Have a customer whose ball rotation is a 'spinner'. He wants a drilling to help the ball react more on the backend. Lane dressing is medium. Would placing the weight block 45 degrees to the ball track assist the ball reaction? His ball oil ring is about 6" across. Any suggestions?  Thanks

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Greetings Dick. Often times new drillings may not help. If really pressed for a drilling you can max out the RG/Differential by placing the pin above bridge of the fingers. Your customer needs to purchase the correct ball for the condition first. This is the most important factor in bowling. An entry level ball, or medium ball is the key. Outside of that, a lower surface adjustment would be most appropriate. In my experience three to four board "more" of hook "may be" achieved with a redrilling. However it depends on asymmetrical or symmetrical make up, core and cover combinations.      
   A redrilling may leave your customer pretty ticked off, being a spinner. Especially, after paying for a redrilling in which the results may have been best achieved with a mere surface change cost of 5 dollars.
  In summary Dick. You can try pinning the ball above the fingers, if this turns out to be your 45 degree spot, then perfect if it works. Best experienced based on your question is; try using a low surface grit change for your customer first. Spinners who do not get recovery or reaction on the back end, either have significant speed or not the right ball in their arsenal. A spinning release is significant because it inherently has lots of revs on the ball. We all marvel at this.
  However, spinning with the wrong ball surface, the wrong ball, to much ball speed at delivery, or worst yet, spinning in "high volume, medium oil" is the kiss of death for a bowler on the lanes. Have your customer consider a surface change, then possibly purchasing an entry level or medium reacting ball. The Storm Tropical Heat, Frantic, Hammer Green Vibe, Brunswick Karma, and Ebonite Cyclone are my top picks for this season with medium patterns. These type of balls will not let those precious revs go to waste. Take care, God's blessings to you for helping others.

-Coach Gary Oatis
Las Vegas, NV.
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I am the author of True Bowler Adjustments bowling book. I can answer bowling adjustments questions dealing with the body, the ball, the lanes and using your eyes to read the ball reaction. I can also answer "most" drilling questions about bowling balls. I will generally answer your questions within 2 days. I am truly a "software guy" who loves the human or people part of coaching. Any questions concerning ball drilling, we want to direct to the "hardware guy," the true expert regarding ball fitting! Ball fitting is what I consider to be your first priority in bowling! Thanks in advance Warren!!! It will always be about teamwork with me! A very special "thanks in advance" for any help with drilling questions I may receive! If your question is about "How to bowl better? physically and mentally," I am here for you. Anything else will most likely be sent to the question pool for consideration by other members. I recently began my first year of ball drilling(6/1/2010). Thank you. :-)

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