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Quick Guide To Ball Selection</FONT></I></B>
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<DT><P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Which ball should I get?</FONT></B>
<DD><BR>
Try to find out if you roll a three quarter roller or full roller.
The names come from where your ball rolls on the ball. If you track around
three quarters of the circumference of the ball, outside of the finger
and thumb holes, you roll a three quarter roller. If your track goes between
the finger holes and the thumb hole, and goes around the full circumference
of the ball, you roll a full roller.
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<P>If you are a full roll and/or roll the ball very fast, you should stay
in the soft hooking urethanes or the new soft dull reactive urethanes.
Also, if your lanes are usually oily, which causes your ball to go fairly
straight, stay with the soft equipment. If you roll a full roller and roll
the ball average to slow, stay with the soft urethanes or shinny reactives
and lustre it go get it to go down the lane further before it starts hooking.
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<P>If you roll a three quarter roller and roll the ball very fast, you
should stay with the soft urethanes and dull reactives. The average three
quarter roller should have at least one soft ball in his arsenal so he
can hook the ball on oily lanes. The soft equipment can be shines up by
putting it in a Lustre King ball conditioner. This makes even the soft
equipment playable on medium to oily lane conditions. For even dryer conditions,
go to the medium and harder urethanes.
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<P>If you are a three quarter roller and roll the ball very slow, I would
recommend that you stay with the average to hard urethanes. The shiny reactives
also go down the lane a long way but hook hard on the back end. The ball
will still hook plenty because of your slow speed and you may want to Lustre
the ball to get it to go even straighter.
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<P>Also, any three quarter roller who puts a lot of revolutions on the
ball, should stay out of the real soft equipment, especially if you are
bowling on drier lane conditions. This type of bowler will have far more
success in the harder urethanes. Also, keep the ball lustred up to get
it down the lane further to delay the breaking point of the ball.
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<DT><P><B><FONT SIZE=+1><BR>Which drilling method?</FONT></B>
<DD><BR>
Should I get it drilled finger tip or conventional? If you want to
improve and are serious about the game, go to the finger tip immediately.
Do not let the pro shop operator stretch your span too far. With your thumb
completely in the thumb hole, the front edge of the finger holes (edge
closest to the thumb) should be halfway between the first and second crease
of your fingers.
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<P>A conventional ball is drilled very similar except when your thumb is
completely in the thumb hole, the front edge of the finger holes should
be about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch short of the crease of your knuckles.
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<DT><P><B><FONT SIZE=+1><BR>How should I get the ball drilled?</FONT></B>
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The basics here to remember are: 1. If you roll the ball really fast,
stay away from a lot of positive weight. The positive weight will cause
the ball to go down too far and will never turn over. 2. On the other side,
if you roll the ball really slow, stay away from negative weight. Talk
to your ball driller about weights. He will drill it so it complements
your style. Also, with the new reactives, because they go down the lane
so far, go with less positive weights to get a good reaction.
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<DT><P><B><FONT SIZE=+1><BR>Who should drill my ball?</FONT></B>
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The Skor-Mor Company can drill your equipment if you send us your measurements.
We will not drill a ball without written measurements. If you have someone
else drill it, be sure they are a qualified ball driller. Ask other bowlers
who they have drill their equipment. Do not let just anyone drill your
ball. This is a very important part of getting the ball to react for you.
If you are just a once a week bowler, make sure your holes are fairly snug.
If you bowl tournaments and/ or bowl a lot of games in one day and none
the next, drill your holes a littler bigger so there is room for your thumb
to swell. This way you can put tape in your thumb hole when you are bowling
a lot.</P>
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