Bowling Ball Layouts Are Critical
There is a lot of information about ball layouts, from books to articles in bowling magazines to the internet. All those systems are attempting to help ball drillers drill bowling balls correctly.
The most widely used and effective is the dual-angle system, used by Players Pro Shop.
However, Storms has the Vector layout system (X by Y with buffers), and that system is an acceptable way to determine a layout.
Attempt at Drilling the Ball Right
All of these systems are attempting to do one thing: keep the ball drill from screwing up a drill. After all, if a bowler pays $250.00 or more for a ball, the ball driller and the manufacturer want that ball to knock down a lot of pins.
Do you think that a customer will buy a ball from that pro shop OR that brand of bowling ball if they are disappointed with the results?
Players Pro Shop & Training Center uses the Mo Rich DUAL ANGLE LAYOUT System to design precise ball reactions. The Dual Angle Layout Technique is based on the physics of the ball and the bowler's style, ensuring the bowler gets the reaction that matches their style.
All Systems Will Work - Providing:
All systems will work AS LONG AS THE BALL DRILLER KNOWS THE BOWLERS' PAP, AXIS SHIFT, BALL SPEED, AND BALL TRACK. Why is that important? All bowlers do not have the same release, ball speed, or revs. Therefore, their ball track, PAP, and axis of rotation will be different.
Average Pap vs Your PAP
Most drill sheets and layout systems assume a person's PAP is 5 inches out and 1 inch up with a 45-degree axis shift. That is considered the norm. If your pap or axis is not those specs, then the targeted ball reaction will not be as promised. Hence, the more a bowlers pap and roll differs from the normal, the less accurate these systems are.
Another factor that drill sheets and drill systems cannot account for is pin placements, especially in the case of asymmetrical bowling balls. Asymmetrical balls can have mass bias placements in really awkward positions, rendering a ball that can only be drilled for a left-hander or vice versa.
Heavy Weight Block
Before Hammer introduced the hand grenade-type weight block, weighing several pounds, bowling balls had a weight block that weighed between 2 and 4 ounces. This weight was designed specifically to replace the weight removed when the ball was drilled. Putting 4 to 6 pound weight blocks in a bowling ball made it mandatory that the layout of a bowling ball MATCHED a bowler's pap and axis shift.
Why Game Analysis Is Important
The above provides a person with a general idea of why it is mandatory to analyze a person's games before they buy a ball drilled. To do it any other way means the ball driller is either guessing or doesn't care enough about the customer to get it right.
Make an Appointment to Get It Right
Want it done right? Schedule an appointment with us and receive a professional evaluation and a competent ball drill, backed by over 60 years of experience.
The most widely used and effective is the dual-angle system, used by Players Pro Shop.
However, Storms has the Vector layout system (X by Y with buffers), and that system is an acceptable way to determine a layout.
Attempt at Drilling the Ball Right
All of these systems are attempting to do one thing: keep the ball drill from screwing up a drill. After all, if a bowler pays $250.00 or more for a ball, the ball driller and the manufacturer want that ball to knock down a lot of pins.
Do you think that a customer will buy a ball from that pro shop OR that brand of bowling ball if they are disappointed with the results?
Players Pro Shop & Training Center uses the Mo Rich DUAL ANGLE LAYOUT System to design precise ball reactions. The Dual Angle Layout Technique is based on the physics of the ball and the bowler's style, ensuring the bowler gets the reaction that matches their style.
All Systems Will Work - Providing:
All systems will work AS LONG AS THE BALL DRILLER KNOWS THE BOWLERS' PAP, AXIS SHIFT, BALL SPEED, AND BALL TRACK. Why is that important? All bowlers do not have the same release, ball speed, or revs. Therefore, their ball track, PAP, and axis of rotation will be different.
Average Pap vs Your PAP
Most drill sheets and layout systems assume a person's PAP is 5 inches out and 1 inch up with a 45-degree axis shift. That is considered the norm. If your pap or axis is not those specs, then the targeted ball reaction will not be as promised. Hence, the more a bowlers pap and roll differs from the normal, the less accurate these systems are.
Pins
Another factor that drill sheets and drill systems cannot account for is pin placements, especially in the case of asymmetrical bowling balls. Asymmetrical balls can have mass bias placements in really awkward positions, rendering a ball that can only be drilled for a left-hander or vice versa.
Heavy Weight Block
Before Hammer introduced the hand grenade-type weight block, weighing several pounds, bowling balls had a weight block that weighed between 2 and 4 ounces. This weight was designed specifically to replace the weight removed when the ball was drilled. Putting 4 to 6 pound weight blocks in a bowling ball made it mandatory that the layout of a bowling ball MATCHED a bowler's pap and axis shift.
Why Game Analysis Is Important
The above provides a person with a general idea of why it is mandatory to analyze a person's games before they buy a ball drilled. To do it any other way means the ball driller is either guessing or doesn't care enough about the customer to get it right.
Make an Appointment to Get It Right
Want it done right? Schedule an appointment with us and receive a professional evaluation and a competent ball drill, backed by over 60 years of experience.
