Expert: - 9/17/2011

Question
Hello. Is it possible to find out someone's PAP by just looking at how the ball is drilled or by the layout of the drilling of the ball?? Thanks for your help.

Answer
Simon,
No.

The ball track must be identified and verified (as many players don't roll the ball the same way every time#. So, seeing a ball roll with the PAP marked will give you a sense of "if" and "how often" the roll is consistent.

Looking at a layout, can give a driller a sense of what the ball was laid out to do, but without the PAP you can only evaluate where the various elements of the ball are in relationship to the track #there is usually residual signs on a ball).

Thanks for your question.