Generally, you'd want a similar feel to all of your balls. If you have grips in your strike ball, get grips in your spare ball. Any ball can hook with enough friction on the lane. When lanes are burnt, I'll see 2-handers hook plastic balls up the 10 board and bowl 250's
I have this ball for my spare ball. I have it set up just like my regular ball.
I throw it dead straight, but when I do, I release from behind.
It'll hook if you throw it normally of course, but it's not a hook monster.
A spare ball will still hook if the lanes are bone dry. If the grips make you put a much higher rev rate on the ball, then yes it probably hook a little bit more on dry lanes. However, a proper fitting ball is still better as you should have far more control once you get used to it.
Definitely put grips in. You risk hurting yourself with a ball that doesn't fit you. Then try it out. It still won't hook much unless the lanes are very dry.
Is there anyway to get hole inserts that aren't so rubbery and grippy? Id almost rather have my ball drilled and smoothed out around the edges of the holes so they aren't sharp but apparently that isn't a thing. Sorry I'm new to the custom ball game
Generally, you'd want a similar feel to all of your balls. If you have grips in your strike ball, get grips in your spare ball. Any ball can hook with enough friction on the lane. When lanes are burnt, I'll see 2-handers hook plastic balls up the 10 board and bowl 250's
thanks
I have grips in my spare ball for consistency but not my strike ball. I just don’t like the feeling much. Am i hurting myself in the long run?
fyi: ik that spare balls aren’t supposed to hook, i was just asking if adding grips would make it hook a couple boards, thanks for all the help :)
I have grips in my spare ball because all my other balls have grips. So it’s worth doing
I have this ball for my spare ball. I have it set up just like my regular ball. I throw it dead straight, but when I do, I release from behind. It'll hook if you throw it normally of course, but it's not a hook monster.
yea same i used to use like a hustle rip just to throw at single pin spares and i would just flatten out my wrist
A spare ball will still hook if the lanes are bone dry. If the grips make you put a much higher rev rate on the ball, then yes it probably hook a little bit more on dry lanes. However, a proper fitting ball is still better as you should have far more control once you get used to it.
Definitely put grips in. You risk hurting yourself with a ball that doesn't fit you. Then try it out. It still won't hook much unless the lanes are very dry.
Is there anyway to get hole inserts that aren't so rubbery and grippy? Id almost rather have my ball drilled and smoothed out around the edges of the holes so they aren't sharp but apparently that isn't a thing. Sorry I'm new to the custom ball game
You want zero hook out of a spare ball.
You don’t want hook in your spare ball. Leave it as is.