tonx
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From time to time, I get bowlers comming up to me telling me that they purchased a ball and it didn't do what they wanted it to do... Some of the time, this is the ball companies fault, because they marketted the cover to suit certain conditions, and it doesn't do as advertised.
Often though, it is because the wrong layout was put on the ball from older style drillers, reducing the scoring potential of the ball for the particular bowler.
There are a couple of easy to follow rules when selecting a layout for a new bowling ball, that will reduce the risk of it not matching up to the given bowler.
Firstly, and most importantly, one MUST know the PAP, (or its approximate location from use of a track) to lay out a performance bowling ball. In todays game, the risk of overflaring is evident everywhere, and without knowing the bowlers pap, a driller can not prevent this from occuring.
Once knowing the pap on a bowling ball, we need to take into account several factors. These can include, but are not limited to the following.
Rev rate, speed, Surface of the ball, surface the bowler is bowling on, oil condition the bowler is bowling on, the bowlers tilt, the bowlers experience, and their ability to play certain lines on the lane.
Even after taking this into consideration, the most important thing to determine pin placement MUST be attributed to 2 values. RG and DIFFERENTIAL. Without your driller knowing these values (either exactly, or approximately) they CAN NOT give a good suggestion for the pin placement.
For those unfamiliar with the terminology, basically the balls RG value will determine how quickly and easily the bowling ball will rotate around its axis, and the Differential will determine how much flare potential the bowling ball has.
A low RG bowling ball will rev up quickly in its motion. It will feel easier to rev off the hand, and will complete more revolutions while on the lane than a higher rg ball with other variables being =.
A High differential bowling ball will have more track flare potential than a low differential bowling ball with all other variables being =.
The ENTIRE POINT OF THIS POST:
When choosing pin to pap distance, a good driller should know the Differential (or inbuilt flare potential of the ball) as if the driller uses too weak a pin placement on a too low a differential ball, the ball will never get off its original axis, and will be very sensitive to oil. If the driller uses too strong a pin placement on too high a differential ball, the ball will complete its entire flare path before it reaches the end of the pattern, and roll out before it hits the pins.
Next time you choose your pin to pap distance on your new ball, make sure you don't make a simple mistake like not taking the balls Differential into consideration...
Drive to win.
Often though, it is because the wrong layout was put on the ball from older style drillers, reducing the scoring potential of the ball for the particular bowler.
There are a couple of easy to follow rules when selecting a layout for a new bowling ball, that will reduce the risk of it not matching up to the given bowler.
Firstly, and most importantly, one MUST know the PAP, (or its approximate location from use of a track) to lay out a performance bowling ball. In todays game, the risk of overflaring is evident everywhere, and without knowing the bowlers pap, a driller can not prevent this from occuring.
Once knowing the pap on a bowling ball, we need to take into account several factors. These can include, but are not limited to the following.
Rev rate, speed, Surface of the ball, surface the bowler is bowling on, oil condition the bowler is bowling on, the bowlers tilt, the bowlers experience, and their ability to play certain lines on the lane.
Even after taking this into consideration, the most important thing to determine pin placement MUST be attributed to 2 values. RG and DIFFERENTIAL. Without your driller knowing these values (either exactly, or approximately) they CAN NOT give a good suggestion for the pin placement.
For those unfamiliar with the terminology, basically the balls RG value will determine how quickly and easily the bowling ball will rotate around its axis, and the Differential will determine how much flare potential the bowling ball has.
A low RG bowling ball will rev up quickly in its motion. It will feel easier to rev off the hand, and will complete more revolutions while on the lane than a higher rg ball with other variables being =.
A High differential bowling ball will have more track flare potential than a low differential bowling ball with all other variables being =.
The ENTIRE POINT OF THIS POST:
When choosing pin to pap distance, a good driller should know the Differential (or inbuilt flare potential of the ball) as if the driller uses too weak a pin placement on a too low a differential ball, the ball will never get off its original axis, and will be very sensitive to oil. If the driller uses too strong a pin placement on too high a differential ball, the ball will complete its entire flare path before it reaches the end of the pattern, and roll out before it hits the pins.
Next time you choose your pin to pap distance on your new ball, make sure you don't make a simple mistake like not taking the balls Differential into consideration...
Drive to win.
