Count me as one of the novice bowlers who misunderstood how, or when to use a pearl, or shiny cover stock ball, and when to switch to a solid, or dull surface, higher friction ball. I'm struggling to throw the ball correctly to generate revolutions and power, so my ball most often has less hook than I would like. To that end, I've bought three new balls this season, in pursuit of more and more hook, only to confirm that hook and power come from the bowler and their technique, and much less so from which ball they are throwing. I've gone from my 40 year old urethane ball, to a Storm Hyroad pearl, followed by a Global 900 Harsh Reality, and in a week or two, after getting some lessons, I'm going to get my Hammer Black Widow 3.0 drilled. Wish me luck at learning a better technique, to further my pursuit of getting up to a 200 average, and hopefully someday finally getting my first 300 game. Starting average this season was 155, and I'm at 187 now, so I've made some good progress, but still have a ways to go.
No, “more surface” = lower grit, “less surface” = higher grit. Pearl, hybrid, solid, urethane, polyurethane = coverstock materials. They can all be put at any grit. I never understood why the word “surface” is used that way, but it is. I just replace it with “texture.” I guess it’s because when your ball is at a lower grit, more of the surface of the ball can touch the actual lane than if your ball was shiny because it gives the oil spaces to go while shiny balls hydroplane over the oil. Same way a regular tire would have more surface touching the road in wet conditions than a slick tire would.
It's exactly what you expect - it isn't as smooth as a solid, but not as long and floppy as a pearl. It'll depend on the ratio of pearl to solid in the cover as well (they're not all 50/50).
Hybrids take more to the surface on the ball, a polished hybrid will act more as a pearl than a polished solid, but not as much as a pearl, whereas a dull hybrid will act more like a solid, but generally won't have as much traction as a solid with the same amount of surface
I'ma down and in bowler. I watch you a lot you seeing to throw most of times you throw across the lanes. it helps sometimes, if it's possible that you could do more down and in shots, thank you. Keep up the good work
That actually sounds kinda interesting, the only time I could imagine that is if there was a lot of urethane thrown, and I'd usually loft it over the front of the lane and use the strong cover and core to get it to hook in the carry down
@@joepic85 ah ok, that makes sense. I'm a two hander, about 480+ revs, so I have trouble playing straight sometimes because the ball just carves through the oil, so after the lane is beat up usually I have to loft it past the fronts to keep the energy in the ball
