Mitch may be the best ball reviewer out there. His explanations on what he’s doing and seeing is fantastic. He’s also super consistent so he can actually execute the adjustments.
Absolutely love hearing Mitch's thoughts between shots. I struggle so much understanding what goes wrong sometimes, so it really helps to have that pro-level insight. Don't let him go back to the other side of Canadia please.
Mitch is a A++++++++ addition to the crew.. great job, love his reviews. Color pigments mixed have different textures 100%. My buddy is a chemist who makes lotions and other liquids, the different colors require different mixtures because of texture. So 100% the color pigments used will effect the texture of the material once cured.
Man, I liked your ball reviews, but with Mitch especially, these are the best ball reviews out there. His consistency with throwing the same shots with different balls is great. Thanks, guys.
I actually like more colorful pieces, because it lets me see the rotation of the ball down the lane and gives me a little extra help with adjusting hand positions if needed. I can see what my ball is doing in the midlane and at the breakpoint with solid colors too, but I do like seeing exactly how my ball is rolling off my hand. Performance wise I've heard different color pigments do actually affect ball motion, but I personally don't notice a big difference.
Absolutely I believe that color has an affect, black balls seem to hook a little more than others, purple balls seem to just be great all around, red balls seem to hook a little more also, white balls seem like the go a little longer
So, for me personally, I have found that color doesn't directly impact the performance of the ball, but it does impact my game. For instance, I my goto right now is the Obsession Tour Solid. But due to the color I sometimes find it hard to read the spin off of the ball. So, if I feel like I'm loosing my technique or release point, I switch to a backup ball with more vibrant and contrasting colors so I can read the spin off of it better and correct my release accordingly.
I have hot pink grips and a slug in my Obsession tour. I do that for all of my flat colored balls. (Whatever color sticks out the most.) Allows me to see the rotation very easily, if you haven't done that might be worth a try to see if your eye likes it. If you don't use grips or a slug, properly placed vibrant tape on the ball can also work
Mitch did a fantastic review well done! I really would have like to see some one from the shop with a different speed/style throw the ball as well to get a better picture of what the ball does. This Track ball looks great though 🔥
The reason I say this my speed is on the low side about 12-13 and my rev rate is mid 290-300. So its helpful for me to watch some one that may play a little slower/straighter. I love to watch these fast/spinning bowlers. I just know the ball dosent react same for me personally
I’ve sworn for a few years now that just about every single all black ball rolls great, and to a slightly lesser extent any ball that is all one dark color i.e. Damn Good Verge, !Q Tour, Obsession Tour, etc. Definitely could be a placebo, but those are my observations.
Some pro shop owners i've talked to in the past say that the pigment used does affect the balls motion, if i remember it was yellower balls do something weird but i can't remember exactly. But imho, no, the ball doesn't change as much as the bowlers ability to see the balls motion front to back can vary. Solid colored balls like this one can be more difficult to see the downlane precession (aka, the ball slowing down and turning forward as it encounters friction downlane from it's off hand rotation)
Definitely bowl better when I like the colors of the balls! My favorites are purples, pinks and blues. Mitch's reviews are awesome. Enjoy his matter of fact style and content.
personally i like purple bowling balls, always have seemed to bowl well with them i had the rhino, purple x-calibur, purple angle as well as many others throughout the years, somehow i always seemed to bowl well with them. the only ball i don't like is the pitch purple, but right now i have 2 purple hammers and soon a big bro. i think purple being a darker color is easier on my eyes to read ball motion on the lanes, don't really care for bright colors other than the o.g. pink hammer which is still my all-time favorite
Thanks for explaining the term "cliff", you guys use bowling lingo a lot and some of the terms go over my entry level head. Defining it like Mitch did is great, keep doing it.
Color makes the ball roll earlier or later depending how dark or light it is. If that’s what you call effecting the performance then yes. I say no…as earlier vrs later doesn’t make it less performing, it just covers the distance differently. That’s my $0.02 worth.
Not a fan of wearing your hat backwards or really long hair on Men; but credit where credit is due: very good review and demonstratively superior bowling ability.
When he says moving over “2 and 0” or “2 and 1” I understand that he’s moving 2 boards to the side but what is the 0 and 1 representing? What moves? Also REALLY noob question what do you line up with the board you want to stand on? For example if I wanted to stand on board 20, what part of my foot lines up with it?
The first number is his feet and the second number is the target with his eyes. So a 2 and 1 movement is moving 2 boards with his feet and 1 board with his eyes. I hope that helps.
Purple ball (my hyroad pearl) was my favorite ball since it came out when I bowled in Highschool. I got the zen recently after a few years off and now I have to say purple ball no longer my favorite. If they could make the zen purple it would be a game ender.
I was going to say no, it's a brain misfire but.. then I remembered the Hammer (of course), my original Beast, the (original?) Track (Heat?) Elite, Roto Grip Dagger.. so yes, maybe, purple for the win!
It's been already proven that color affects the performance and by a drastic amount. If you look at some balls (specially international ones) that are nothing but color changes of one-another, many of them are extremely different. The one that comes to my mind right now is the IQ Tour Pearl x IQ Tour 30
Can we all agree that Mitch's physical game as on par with Prathers? For me at least they are the 2 guys I'd want to mimic when throwing a balling ball.
Great explanations on the two balls, I really enjoyed the video with Mitch, such a great bowler. I haven’t really thought to much about the color of a ball in depth. But I did hear white had a more grab but my friend could be pulling my leg, but do own a purple the one only is a hammer, not a tank.lol my Q is did Mitch polished the two balls because being a solid they do look shinny, I thought of doing that with a few of my solids?
look i think I emailed you but I've been told 2 different things look I average 160 to 180 bowling straight with a ball thats over 20 years old my friend has and one person me to get a twist and the other shop said rhino which should I go with im not trying to change my release its fine
Im new to bowling, I'd love to see a chart I could take a screen shot of deciphering the terminology. I think I heard strong and weak is the opposite of what it sounds like, so strong sounds like it would hook harder, but it actually holds a straighter line longer?
A ball that is “strong” will use its energy early and hook earlier. Whereas a ball that is “weak” will save its energy for later, and these balls typically create a more defined motion at the end of the oil pattern
@@jrproshop well that makes sense in my head. Another video was saying the opposite and that it's normally referred to backwards and confuses people, so I've now heard two meanings. I like what you're saying better though lol, makes more sense
It's not an opinion: different colors do react marginally differently. We just don't see all of the color iterations manufacturers test to dial in what they want.
Mitch who???? Where is Barks??!!?? Mr. Hupe` is alright..............But he ain't no Barks! (Pardon my grammar) J/K Mitch! :) To answer your question color does make a difference and as soon as I find out I'll let you know.
