Question for spinners.

• harmzuay

  20 Aug 01, 02:10

  To all the spinners out there (and all others who are more in the know than myself),
  
  i notice some spinners carry more than one ball.
  i understand the need for different weights, but different balls??
  
  is it just for asthetics? Or is it more than meets the eye?
  
  Please enlighten me... oh, ones with the vertical axis... Ü
  
  
• rando

  20 Aug 01, 11:49

  Originally posted by harmzuay:

  To all the spinners out there (and all others who are more in the know than myself),
  
  i notice some spinners carry more than one ball.
  i understand the need for different weights, but different balls??
  
  is it just for asthetics? Or is it more than meets the eye?
  
  Please enlighten me... oh, ones with the vertical axis... ?
  

  IMHO, u need 2 balls lor ... one for oily n one for dry lanes ?? anyway ... poor spinner like me cant afford to carry more than one bowling balls lor.... regards n see ya guys during oriention bowl soon ... cant make it to the trg cos i am very very leong ahahah
  
  
• shleesx13

  25 Aug 01, 02:52

  hi,
  spinners are also like heavy ballers need 3 basic balls 1 for oily lanes 1 for medium lanes 1 for dry lanes....
  if u think its better to alter your release to suit the lanes its fine wif 1 ball but more often than not u will be sacrifcing your scores if u do so.
  so the best advise will be at least 2 balls 1 smooth and 1 dull finish to counter diff lane conditions
  
  rdgs,
  john
  
  

  Originally posted by harmzuay:

  To all the spinners out there (and all others who are more in the know than myself),
  
  i notice some spinners carry more than one ball.
  i understand the need for different weights, but different balls??
  
  is it just for asthetics? Or is it more than meets the eye?
  
  Please enlighten me... oh, ones with the vertical axis... Ü
  
  

• harmzuay

  25 Aug 01, 13:04

  wow.
  
  i have to admit, i didn't know that lane conditions made any difference to spinners. a friend of mine once told me that spinners like as little friction on the ball as possible, hence favouring flooded lanes, because the friction slows the ball down - subsequently increasing the deflection off the head-pin.
  
  thanks for the replies. =)
  learned something new.
• Max_rian

  26 Aug 01, 23:29

  Originally posted by harmzuay:

  wow.
  
  a friend of mine once told me that spinners like as little friction on the ball as possible, hence favouring flooded lanes, because the friction slows the ball down - subsequently increasing the deflection off the head-pin.
  

  Basically, what your friend said is very true. But I do have a friend who used only one ball to conquer the lanes in Spore. Though not advisable, but he still emerged the top in SIM.
  
  
• chuanish

  27 Aug 01, 00:48

  Max, you're not talking about yourself are you.....?
  
  Or.... could it be...WX?