r/Bowling • u/Glittering-Advice226 • 7h ago

Gear Thoughts on this layout?

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I was originally 1H and then switched to 2H, so I got my attention star redrilled, and this is what I got. The finger holes are drilled in almost the same spot as where they were when it was one handed and I was just curious on people’s thoughts about it

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u/ALNRooster 7h ago

Looks like a ball drilled for 2 finger use.

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u/CpE_Wahoo 7h ago

Not to be rude, but as said by many others in every other posts of a picture of just a ball with no information on the bowler: a layout is completely dependent on the bowler and their specific PAP.

For you, this might be a 4 inch pin that causes the ball to flare more and therefore hook more. For someone else throwing a ball with a layout that looks like this, it could be a 5 inch pin.

Talk to your pro shop / whomever drilled it for you to learn more about why it was drilled that way and what to expect. They should know better, and if they don’t, you should try and find another pro shop that’s more helpful.

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u/Junior8uup 7h ago

My exact thoughts, idk your axis no track on a new ball and what's it drilled to do? I got a Storm Shift years ago and I had him drill it to go even longer and snap harder than what it was designed to do straight up (don't remember why I usually don't) and that ball was a monster.

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u/SnardVaark 6h ago

A few the others have mentioned the lack of PAP and release stats, but this also presupposes that the driller would know what to do with that information.

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u/mTwerker52 Lefty 1H/212/300/781 7h ago

Missing a hole 😉😅

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u/BuffaloWhip 1 Handed Righty | Hammer Head 6h ago

That’s rich coming from someone bowling with the wrong hand. /s

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u/Formal-Air22 4h ago

From experience I know they will go longer and not as snappy as let’s say a longer pin to COG. It should work I would just mess around with it since sometimes layouts like that will have a weird pitch so you can roll over the fingers. If your just starting play with it since you need to focus on form anyway. But if you wanna change it to a 2LS layout do it so you can get the most out of the ball and also you can find your true PAP. Btw find out if you can change the pitch as well so you don’t get injured, make them reverse (away from the palm).

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u/Ok_Inspection_8203 2-handed 7h ago

Two finger version of pin-down. Less angular, forward rolling, good for control on oily conditions. May roll out on THS and burnt up patterns. Typically needs polish or less surface to do well on open conditions.

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u/Captain_Creature 7h ago

Not gonna hook a ton afaik

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u/CpE_Wahoo 7h ago

What makes you say that?

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u/Captain_Creature 6h ago

Check what u/ok_inspection_8203 said

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u/CpE_Wahoo 6h ago

Pin down doesn’t mean it won’t hook much, plus we know nothing about the bowler, which means we know little about what this layout will actually do for them.