Whats The Difference Between A Solid, Pearl & A Hybrid Bowling Ball?! Featuring The Zens! 

Luis you have a lot of bowling knowledge and we can tell your understanding is quite a bit deeper than others making videos. Thanks for putting your time into these for us

We need a Luis masterclass or something. Always love watching you videos. Very educational and digestible.

Thank you Luis for all of the good videos! These have been helpful since I recently got back into bowling. I hope you're having a great day!

i need a reminder to rewatch this video when my coverstock is my weakest link. Thanks for demonstrating and explaining the difference!

Thanks for the great vid. Trying to get into bowling and it was so helpful

Can't wait to see this video about difference between this bowling balls

Fantastic vid. Very well explained!

I needed this video! I have a hybrid and a beginner pearl for a spare ball. I have been thinking I need a pearl for when the lanes break down. This helped with my understanding alot!

Thank you for making this video

Thank you Luis, for you videos and your replies

Nice breakdown 👍🏾

I have 2 zens and a zen master. Can't wait to add the soul next week.

you’re a legend Luis

This video is awesome

I really love it this video

Great subject for a video and good explanation. Would be cool if you could overlay shots in post and highlight where you observe the differences in motion occurring between different balls.

Great video...

Check back in, the line has been great, threw 700 last night with hybrid then pearl then eternity last game, hated this solid so usually go with this hybrid on the fresh. Getting new arsenal rounded up this month, here comes the new hotness 😆 🤣

"What you need to succeed." Make that a shirt!

Hey Luis saw you today at Suncoast walked up said hello and I watch the vids super cool meeting you forgot to let you know I shot 698 scratch for 3 games for sweepers have 12 pins handicap so shot 734 very cool too meet you tho 💯🙌

The Zen series is the best Solid Pearl Hybrid combo in all of bowling

Used your code on coolwick for my league jersey!

Zen is still King. But I do like the motion of the Soul over the Master. A definite add to the arsenal.

Hey Luis, i saw your video with Luke, and I'm another Miami guy who just got into bowling. Can you possibly start adding where you think each ball would fit in a bag like 1-6 or what arrow you think each ball you review would play best on, when you discuss it after

Questions: What bowling style are you considered to be. What is your ball speed, ball weight, rev rate, axis, tilt, all that info. Are you restricted to certain ball manufacturers. I'm trying to learn, to better understand ball reactions. I'm working on getting back to my old self in the late 90s. Like from 1996-1999. Back then i bowled (with a 15lb ball) alot, I'm talking about 15 games everyday. I stopped for about 19 years. Now, I'm a 59yo, 5' 1". I'm still trying to use 15lb ball. I'm a stroker to power stroker style, my ball speed is between 14-16 mph. I can roll it straight or turn it up a bit and swing it. I guess I'm balanced with rev rate to ball speed, sometimes I feel I don't have enough revs, or enough ball speed. I trying to get new equipment & replace some old. A BIG QUESTION i have is should I drop to a 14.0 lb or heavy 14lb. How will that effect my pin carry. I went to a ball expo and I had to throw 14lb equipment because of span fittings. I actually felt/bowled pretty good with the weight. I'm right handed, PAP is: 4 1/4 right and 1" up. My ball driller is Tony Warren & Joe. I have some ball layouts that they did for the equipment that I was bowling with if needed for info. I have been watching your videos, and J R Raymond, mostly for ball/bowling info. I would like your advice. Here is my email: larryhudson1963@gmail.com

The only thing I would say would be get the Camera a tick more left so you get a little more straighter look

Good morning friend

Would this be a good options for a 2 handed lefty looking for a straighter reactive option? I prefer a straighter game and would like something reactive to complement my purple hammer. Thank you

Did you ever do a video on the use of pads to modify ball surface? what level of grit pad to use on different surfaces, how much pressure to apply when using the pad?

I love hybrids. Has my highest 800 with hybrid. I need a new hybrid.

I think the philosophies of 'ignore the coverstock type' and 'I need a pearl in my bag!' are the two extremes and both are incorrect. Somewhere in between (shocker) lies where our philosophies should be. There's nuance to it. Like you point out with the IQs, different formulas entirely can react in the inverse to what traditional thinking says. But in the context of the same formula but different designations, like the three zens here, you CAN get an idea of how each one will react and maybe which one you should get based on the rest of your arsenal.

Luis--great vid, but I have a few questions please: 1. You touched on this a little bit, but if there are different kinds of hybrid formulas, how does a bowler decide which hybrid to put in their bag? It's already confusing to decide when to move from solid to pearl versus solid to hybrid, versus hybrid to pearl. If a bowler now has to decide which formula type of hybrid to have in their bag, or even whether to have more than one kind of hybrid to have in their bag, it will really make things murky and confusing, when the bowler needs to make quick, good arsenal sequencing decisions. 2. If the point of adding a hybrid to your bag, is to deal with the bowling equivalent of Goldilocks and the Three Bears (solid is too early and smooth, but pearl is too late and "boomy"), it sure sounds that the hybrid is a very niche-y type of ball. If so, does a bowler need more than one hybrid in the bag? To me, it sounds like a mechanic having a very specialized tool in their shop.....they have it for the one time they need it, but they only need one of this specialized tool..... 3. Again, you briefly touched on this: surface can change the fundamental characteristic of a ball. This can either help or confuse a bowler. If I shine a solid or dull down a pearl, doesn't that blur the line between these two kinds of balls? And if you add or remove surface to a hybrid, which is already a mix between the two groups, then what are you really ending up with? Could you please do a video about the proper or smart way to use surface, in a way that helps the bowler, rather than causing unnecessary confusion? Thank you, Joe Hoenig

Do you happen to know what percentage the hybrid is? Meaning is it more solid or more pearl or 50/50. Thanks for the review as always

Do you think having the zen and zen soul would fit in a bag together? If so what 3rd ball would you use?

Cool video talk to tech bowling ball Luis

Question I am starting bowling again I basically throw a straight ball I don’t have that big arch as most people do. I currently use a hustle ball but I think it’s time for upgrade . I only have about 160 avg. so I am not a superstar. Suggestions please

I’m really not sure I hear a lot of great things about the Zen master I’m really leaning to get one but unsure right now I have the Brunswick black and blue I like it it’s great in the beginning but later on in the games attends the fall out what would be better good for later in the game when the lanes start messing up I generally bowl during league I was thinking about getting an asymmetric I guess I want a different ball to have different options that is not close to the current ball I have can you give me some advice thank you

Can they all fit in the same bag?

Your my #1 fav bowing channel. I just bowled a 275 with a phaze 2. Just bought my second ball a Hyroad! I think my next ball is going to be a weaker ball so I can play around 10, any suggestions?

And when the Solid, Pearl, and Hybrids give too much over and under reaction, then Urethane can definitely blend it out.

How are your 4 Zens drilled? Are they Strong, weak, or in the middle?

How about a video to help to get your average high

I live in Jacksonville Florida

hi luis, am lefty and full roller bowling 45 yrs / from wood lanes and rubber balls to present / nobody talks about full rollers /when i am striking mine are just as good as 3/4 rollers / and they tell us we only have one way to drill and no pap how do we select balls for us /i aveged 195 to 205 in my career need your input

U should do videos on the bowling by belmo game

Hey Luis I know you put 4000 grit w/ polish or lane shine on your Zen Master.

I don't view the solid/pearl/hybrid issue as a choice of balls based on the lane conditions. Rather, I view it as a choice based on your bowling style. I started bowling in league in 1979, so I am not a young bowler. I have revs, but not that many, and play a straighter shot than many bowlers and Mr. Napoles. I am only 155 pounds and always throw 16 pound balls because they strike more. What I have found in the last 20 years is that when I throw solid balls they lose too much power hooking and are weak when they get to the pocket. So I quit throwing solid balls years ago. Instead, I always throw pearl balls because they store energy and are accelerating when they hit the pocket. So as the conditions change I don't choose between solid and pearl balls, I choose between pearl and pearl balls. I throw my Axiom Pearl (basically the Storm version of the Zen) until it hooks too much and then move to my AstroPhysix which is longer and hooks even more at the end. That gets my average into the 220s and keeps me competitive with the younger strongest bowlers in our big city. I believe pearl covers are great technology for us weaker bowlers.

I wish they produced the "light load" pearls (where all colors had a 50% pearl additive) of years gone bye.

Back in the 1990s I lived in North Carolina, I bowled 3 or 4 leagues a week plus the 15 games bowled everyday, I bowled tournaments and for money only. Back then I carried a 220 tournament average for 60 game rotation. Big thing is back then I was in much better physical shape than now. Also back then I used an AMF Nighthawk the original, I had 5 Nighthawks, 1-for heavy oil,1-for medium (medium leverage drilling) this was my benchmark, 1-for light oil. 1-that was a little stronger than my medium leverage more like a skid flip and 1-for very light to dry,dry,dry !!! And of course a Columbia Blue Dot. SO WHY ALL THIS INFO=== I'm bowling leagues now, but I want to get back to tournaments & action bowling. I don't want more than 6 balls total. I would like to make it less if possible. I'm trying to get friends to sponsor me. The big thing is money is limited. Any help is appreciated!!!!

Unfortunately, the camera doesn’t show difference in ball motion. You need to bring back the tracer lines like you used in the past.

Are ANY of the Zen balls Asymmetrical? I don't trust symmetrical stuff at all outside of stuff that you can ball down to when the lanes turn into sandpaper. I mean I have my eyes on the solid ones, but only if they're asyms.

what do you mean when you say a ball has nice shape?

How to come a pba bowler

I think that Zen Master is still mad at you and wanted to prove you wrong...lol

Boom-ier = Angular 😂

4/5 shots fouled

you fouled every shot on the solid ball

SAME FORMULA.............SAME COVERSTOCK ????????????? THEN ...............THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT IS THE WEIGHT BLOCK?????? YOU are assuming we know too much............... OR you know something we don't........... TRY AGAIN............

This is easily your worst look over the years. Keep your beard short.

Sorry to be negative but that lil thing you do with your hand when the ball hits the pins is comedy. like its not even a natural continuation of your throw. quit it.