Re: Things I've already learned from my DeTerminator
Posted: March 24th, 2018, 1:34 pm
Hmm, this thread really interests me. I've never really paid attention to how long the spun ball locks on the drilled PSA position -- I've always taken the timing as soon as the ball locks and moved on. When I reviewed Mo's videos on the subject, the balls all seem to stay locked on -- I don't believe that any of mine do. So, I loaded up six drilled balls of various flavors -- sym & asym, balance holes & no balance holes, aggressive & less aggressive, different layouts, all statically balanced to within 1/4 oz. I spun them without regard to timings -- just wanted to see if they would stay locked on and let them spin for about 30 seconds (man that seems like a long time - LOL). The PSA location and the thumb holes are all very close to each other on all of these balls.
And, just as I thought, none of these balls stay locked on for any appreciable time. The ball that I like the least (asym with balance hole) will almost immediately move to the PSA location, hesitate briefly (less that a second or two) and then drift away, only come back in the general location of the drilled MB, and just drift in and out.
My two stronger balls (one asym & one sym both with balance holes) lock on the longest, but that lasts only several second before they drift in and out.
I guess that the large thumb hole might have an impact in the early stage of the spin, but once the thumb hole moved into the locked position area, it should not. The one-inch finger holes and the 1 x 3 balance holes might continue to knock it out of lock as I notice the balls all thump as they spin. Maybe I need to find some way to temporarily plug these holes and see if that has any impact.
I guess I am surprised that none of my bowling balls stay locked when in all the videos I see of the DeTerminator indicate that they can and do. Something must be impacting my results that I am missing??
And, just as I thought, none of these balls stay locked on for any appreciable time. The ball that I like the least (asym with balance hole) will almost immediately move to the PSA location, hesitate briefly (less that a second or two) and then drift away, only come back in the general location of the drilled MB, and just drift in and out.
My two stronger balls (one asym & one sym both with balance holes) lock on the longest, but that lasts only several second before they drift in and out.
I guess that the large thumb hole might have an impact in the early stage of the spin, but once the thumb hole moved into the locked position area, it should not. The one-inch finger holes and the 1 x 3 balance holes might continue to knock it out of lock as I notice the balls all thump as they spin. Maybe I need to find some way to temporarily plug these holes and see if that has any impact.
I guess I am surprised that none of my bowling balls stay locked when in all the videos I see of the DeTerminator indicate that they can and do. Something must be impacting my results that I am missing??