How to Hook a Bowling Ball Using Surface 

Quick heads up to newer bowlers: You can only put surface on the ball in practice. It's against USBC rules to make surface alterations after the start of league or tournament play.

I’m a simple man, I see Brad and Kyle video, I click

Kyle congrats on that 300, that first title is around the corner.

How are you guys doing? Great to see uploads again!

TV show next week, I’m pulling for u both!!

Lighting so good it looks like a green screen.

Greetings from Munich, Bavaria. I love watching your videos. This video is also good. Thumps Up

Love the videos guys

Thank you Brad and Kyle. I think this is helpful for many tournament bowlers. I agree 100% with you of the importance. Question? Still using Abralon - is CTD Pads not the better solution today?

Awesome video guys!! Ty

Great tips

Like the info. Would love to bowl. Nothing going in California right now. Might have to wait till next year

I enjoy watching your videos. I am subscribed watcher, and learned quite a bit. Here's a topic for you: What kind of bowling balls would be consider transition balls? Do they have to be pearls, hybrids, or solids with polish surfaces? It is one of my areas that I'm having with.

I think you've made a video on this subject before. Still good stuff. A note : The way Kyle surfaced that ball was really messy and didn't go over the whole ball the same way. I know that for the video it doesn't have to, but still, If you don't have a consistent way of using pads, you will get significant variations in final average grit of the ball and on the areas where the ball is at lower grit or not. Keep up the good works guys, we love you!

I recognized frontier lanes! Lately I've been using 3000 grit or 4000 grit balls on their house shot. Been working well. Used a vintage vapor zone grilled pin up with 3000 and did well with it

Awesome. Anything on hand release positions?

Thanks

I noticed Brad and Kyle ball release is so near their sliding foot. Is there a video showing how to release the ball near the sliding foot? Would appreciate it!

The edited Da***t lol . Great video! Thank you

Easiest thumbs up I've ever seen :D

Hi guys, how are you? Two things a comment from me any question. My comment is I am still a beginner Bowler , but I’m definitely more advanced. Then when I first started and I did not have any current polishes/surface accessories at this time because I did not want to mess anything up and I don’t know what I’m doing. that leads me to my questions. One: when you do want to hit it with surface or polish. what is the right pad or clean material for the right ball number two how can you determine if it’s a ball change simply moving your eyes or feet to the pattern then to decide what type of service adjustments you need to make?

I just got my first ball, a Brunswick Igniter Solid. The spec page on their website says it's "Finish: 500, 2000 Siaair Micro Pad". Does this mean it is 2000 grit? Does this also mean if I change the surface that I can use a 2000 abralon pad to bring the ball back to its "original" state?

What is the limit on how many times you can change the surface off the ball? I know the USBC rule is that the USBC number must be showing, but how long does it take for the number to be removed?

I hope u guys doing good miss seeing on your videos 📹 u both doing awesome job on RU-vid and bowling 🎳 be safe

what is the difference between the 2000 and 500 surface change pads? which makes the ball hook more?

wow what a funny coincidence.. i just tried dulling up my idol pearl not even a week ago. Went from Polish to a 1000 Pad and after that hit it with a 3000 grit pad. Sadly there was nowhere near enough oil on the lane to contain the ball.. ^^ Gonna test again tomorrow on my oily home center and see what the ball does. Gonna take my Motiv Trident Abyss with me aswell to compare the two balls. In Theory the Trident Abyss should be a lot stronger. Cant wait to try it. ^^

I have a tournament coming up at 43' chameleon (26ml units of oil) was thinking about putting 2000 tru cut pad to my idol pearl as its basically out of box.

I always on almost all balls do 500 then 2000 for house shot. Found that trucut works way better then aberlon. I don't have to sand my balls near as much since switching.

I’ll go to my next tournament with 5 purple hammers with surface :) two pin down, two long pins, and a short pin. Pretty much all a lefty needs.

Curious. How many times can you take a pad to the ball before the surface needs replaced (new ball)?

What if you want it to go longer? And to make a ball less angular, and more continuis, could you take it to 2000 then polish it? And if it doesn't go long enough go to 3000 then put a polish on it?

Do we need a ball spinner to make ball shiny? Is there any other way to get ur ball shiny?

How do you get in the PBA?

Which abalon pad does Brad use on his lovely dome?

Eggcellent advice. Just afraid I’ll ruin my ball. But I’ve got to do something. I’m not getting much reaction with my ball.

After watch these videos as long as I have I just can't figure out why I can't get my ball to hook that much at the end any help would be nice

The dullness of that ball reminded me of my burgundy 🔨 hammer. It would glide through the oil but once a lane broke down it was uncontrollable.

How you feel about putting polish on a solid.

Resurfaced my statement and it was too strong Monday night. Gonna let it lane shine for a few weeks. Threw 2000 on it

Is there a difference when you hit a pearl with surface as opposed to a solid surface with the same grit?

So I bowl league on some really old wood lanes that have the above ground ball return so moving far left isn't an option and the lanes transition so rapid. I use a IQTNP to start and it quickly becomes too much ball and try to go to a All road after. But nothing works either through the face or I get too much angle and leave 10's like crazy. Drop about 40 pins in average compared to normal lanes. Only bowlers who average high are low rev players going right up 5 and walking it in. But I have a high rev rate and can't do that. Most ridiculous lane conditions I've ever battled. What would you do to attack lanes like that.

Can you use the pad during league play? Or do you only use it before league bowling?

Once you take a pad to a ball, is there any way to get it back? As basically a league bowler, I only carry a couple balls. So if I “add surface” to a ball has it forever been changed? It would seem so, so may be a silly question.

Can someone tell me why my purple hammer works best with a 180 surface on a 43 foot pattern🤨

I put 180 grit on my golden jackal 😂

I prefer trucut to abralon. Longer use and the numbers on the pad are what is actually on the ball

Cdt tru cut are better

do you really need to press so hard on the pad to the ball? usually i could just turn a few time only and i can use 1 abralon pad for quite a few times more

It's miller time

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That ball reads at a 3rd grade level 👌

You bring a ball down to 500 surface and when it's unusable, you of course put it away. Now it's a day later or after the tournament and you want that ball back to what it was, say 3000. How do you do that? All videos show how to put surface on the ball but I can't find one about putting polish back on the ball. Advice...

Adding surface is a complete misnomer. You’re actually removing surface and finish, similar to wet sanding a cars paint where you’re cutting and leveling.

I’ll smash 4 with 500 and the 5th with a 360, just in case...

First 🤣🤣

But. Is it ruined for life after?

Also please clean your ball after resurfacing. nobody wants that dust on the approaches or in the oil.

is that even legal i dont think so

go the other way and polish the #$% out of a dull ball.