when you ball a ball.. it states that its 15.3lbs for an example.. when you drill it.. you take away weight depending on how big your fingers are.. so in the end it will be around 14.7lbs. round it up it will still be 15lbs.. ahha.. but with a good drilling and a good fitting of your fingers.. you will feel ur ball is much much lighter than 15lbs.. this is because you dont need to squeeze ur ball to hold it in place already.. it will just be stuck to your hands throughout your whole swing..

the heavier the ball.. the more pin action you will get.. its easier to strike with a heavier ball(that is the basic understanding).. lighter balls wont go through the pins.. imagine a 9lbs ball going thru 40lbs of pins.. ofcourse the ball will deflect to the side instead of going straight into the pins..

however.. you must find a weight that you can manage.. try get a house ball.. make sure the thumb and fingers fits nicely.. stand using ur last step position(the ending position of your approach.. the one with the ur left knees bend and ur right leg is behind your body).. and then swing the ball 10 times.. see you can hold the weight or not..

fuuuhhh....
cayalah coach!

btul x aku ckp...
NeoSquall sure tmbh nye info...btw u're great bowler NeoSquall...

hahaha..betol2..

thanks for the info neo.. wow!!! its like having a real time coach.. cool!! and thanks to everyone too for the extra infos..

now surely i can start training with some objectives.. hehe

worthit bro if u buy own ball .

house ball wont fit me . im big . but my fingers are small . wrist not that to kuat . bole angkat 8 je sebab finger nicely fit but it is to lite .

10 quite nice for met but hole to big and tendency to slip or fall down tinggi .

then i buy own ball . about 11.3lbs . fit my hand nicely . now feel so ringan ady . i dun wan buy heavier ball cuz wana play spinner .

tapi try avoid those plastic ball . better buy entery level punya reactive ball macam neosquall cakap , etc tornado .

thanks iceman for the encouragement.. agreed totally.. coz i'm a 10 user.. its been very difficult to find available house ball to use coz its always taken..

wow!! u used house ball size 8 but u bought 11.3lbs as ur own ball.. that quite a lip.. how did u figure to buy a size 11?

if for me.. a 10 user.. what would u suggest me used?

hohoho..eyedeal..
i'm using 13lbs right know..
i'm not to tall n not too skinny or fat..63kg, 166cm
bese2 je..
start with 12 above..
when u using ur own bowl with according to ur hand or finger size,
it will be lighter.
try laaa..
mak i pon pkai 11lbs..

ohh okay.. thanks neutral..
u have almost the same bio as me..
perhaps i would try using 12 maybe..
hrmmm thanks again..

how heavy are you? I suggest you use the rough calculation of ball weight.. the one that is suggested by neutral88.. 10% of your body weight will equal to your ball weight..

i didont follow this last time tho.. I was 60kg last time which equal to 132lbs.. but I was throwing 14lbs ball... hehehehe.. its good for starting if your dont know what to throw.. slowly but surely you will train urself to hold the weight..

last time when I started I use to get those 9lbs balls and throw.. then when I bought my very first ball at 10lbs.. it wasnt enough.. I kept getting very disappointed because it just doesnt make my score high.. in the end I bought another ball.. jump straight to 14lbs because that time my friends told me 14lbs is the minimum weight for a hook ball to play properly.. peer pressure.. but it paid off.. it took me few weeks to get used to the weight and bowling got interesting..

k2anthrax ..inform me when u goin to collect the destruction..so i can ask hisham or jerry to hand it to u

hmmm bowling nie kan..mkin lme kite biase dgn berat tu,
mkin kite nak lebey pnye..
ni tgah cri bola 14 plak..
hohoho..
kalo bola reactive 13 lbs..
core dlm bola tu kecik..
xsyiok..
tp starting xpelaa..
dulu awal2 i men spinner pon pkai 12..
yg pnting basic tu..huhuhu

hmmm looks like an old wound has effect on you , go see a sports doctor , i think they are capable of treating your old wound ,

when i used house ball , can get hold of 15lbs , but now starting it's better with 13" , weighing @ 83kg @ 171cm ...

now who's got a wrist guard i can try before considering getting one ?

I got a very old wrist guard.. revcon.. im not using it already.. old until got rust.. want? Rm20.. hahaha..

old until rust " , want meh like that , considering donating to me le , actually just wanna try for a few swings only ,
the last time i tried one ... feels awkward coz my fingers are not long enough , and i did not try to bowl ...

surface rust only.. still can be used..

hohoho..quite cheap!
the new one i bought around rm220 for revcon handguard..
seriously, i can't play without my handguard..

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Added on May 10, 2010, 12:31 amanyone have seen that knee support?
at ebay, it quite expensive for shiiping rates..

This post has been edited by neutral88: May 10 2010, 12:31 AM

oh ok... i'm 64kg.. so should be around 141lbs.. so if 10% i should be using 14lbs ekh.. but have nver been using the 14 house ball.. seems to heavy lah.. but then again.. maybe i'll start out with some lighter weight balls..perhaps 12.. just to get used to the feel of throwing.. maybe then like u neo i would go a step heavier..
thanks agan to neo and neutral..

can try 1st b4 buying aer
hehehe ...

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Added on May 10, 2010, 12:40 amyes yes , starting with lighter ball is better , at least can control ... but that's for me ... sometimes i feel it's heavier , sometimes lighter ... but really depends how u position the palm and fingers ...

anyway bro neo , wanna meet uncle john tomorrow , what's did he call u last time , maybe i can ask him ... teehee

This post has been edited by 812799: May 10 2010, 12:40 AM

huhuhu...welcome broo..
slow2 n step by step..
that house ball doesn't follow our finger size..
that's why it make we feel heavier to carry that ball.
i just use 10lbs for house ball when playing suke2 with my friend.
n it seems heavy for me..
but with my track, i'm getting to be a CRANKER..
hahaha.i just a stroker actually..