We are in Carson City, located inside of Gold Dust West (Phone: 775-671-3510) at 2171 US Highway 50 E.
Roger Koplin, long time ball driller and PBA pro, will greet you there and handle all your bowling needs. Please feel free to stop by and say Hi!
Featured Equipment
We feature Storm, Roto, Columbia, Ebonite, Hammer, Motiv and Track plus a selection of bags and shoes. We are a Strike & Effects Ebonite Pro Shop, authorized Dexter, Vice, Turbo and Storm Retailer. We do interchangeable thumbs (either the Vice IT or Turbo Switch Grips) and also can do switch grip fingers, although we mostly use switch grip fingers on demo balls.
Service is Our Game
Our goal is to provide our customers with the absolute best service possible. We DO NOT just sell our customers a bowling ball, but insure that not only it's the correct ball, but that it is drilled specifically for their style of bowling.
What most bowlers do not understand is that not everyone has the same roll, pap, or axis shift. For example, the manufactures drill sheet included with every ball sold is a generic drill sheet. It assumes that the person buying this ball has a standard 3/4 roll with a 45 degree axis shift and a pap of around 5 inches out and 1 inch up.
However, only about 55% of all bowlers has this pap location and axis rotation. That mean almost 1/2 of all axis shifts and paps are different, hence the drill patterns will not perform as described and the ball reaction will vary from just a little different that what was predicted to a totally non-functioning reaction.
Bad Layouts = Bad Results
If you have a ball drilled without the person drilling your ball knowing your pap location, the amount of rotation your axis travels and your track location there is about a 50% chance your ball will be drilled incorrectly for your ball release.
I cannot tell everyone how many times I have seen first time customers bring in equipment that was drilled exactly the opposite of what their layout specifications called for. The bottom line is that just because someone has a drill press does no mean they know how to layout a ball.
On Lane Analysis
If you are a new customer with an established average, we DO NOT DRILL a ball for you UNTILL we analyze your ball track, find your true pap and axis of rotation. We do this by finding marking you pap and have you throw your current bowling ball on the lanes until we can determine what your axis shift and roll is.
Only after this is done can ANYONE determine what ball and layout you is best for the ball reaction you need too match up on the lane condition you will bowling on.
For most begining bowlers, a generic drill will suffice untill the bowler establishes a release that is consistent enough to be be diagnosed for a pap.
Don't Accept Guesswork
If you have had your ball drilled without the above actions being taken, then the person drilling your ball is either guessing or assuming that you have a standard pap and axis shift and they will be right about 50% of time. For the amount of money you are paying for bowling equipment, that is just not acceptable.
If you walk into a pro shop and they do not, or have not, done a lane analysis to determine the above criteria, I suggest you RUN out because that person is either more interested in taking your money and/or just doesn't understand the theory of layouts. Either way, you are spending good money with a 50% chance of bad results.
Get Equipment Drilled For Your Game!
Want your ball drilled for your game? Call us for an appointment. I save Saturday specially for game analysis. Find out where your pap is, what your axis rotation is, and what all that means asap. Call my shop at 775-671-3510 and make an appointment today.
New bowlers, experienced bowler or just a bowler who seeks to get better, call me. You will have your eyes opened to how layouts effect the balls reaction to a lane, particularly when your personnel layout information is plugged into the process.