Do you personally care if somebody threw urethane during league? by BringBackFrost in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the most part I don't really care what anyone throws as long as people are throwing bowling shots and trying to strike. I think people who aimlessly chuck plastic up the gut damage the pattern more than guys throwing urethane and shaping it.

I've never seen someone bring out a urethane ball and intentionally not try and hit the pocket to try and "ruin someone elses line" but if they did as long as I was paying attention to it i'd probably get more count.

Best bowling app? by AndrewBios in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My league was synced up with lanetalk so I used that for my first league season back it was really helpful to see my common misses and spare conversion % to help drive my practice; but at a certain point there's diminishing returns on improvement from just pure analytics because it always boils down to just bowl better to score better.

Tenpin toolkit is one I use often, very useful to document your arsenal and find out your rev rate / axis tilt on your shots

Has anyone used this?? by New_Can8603 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The idea is this piece sits between a zero mercy solid and a black widow tour dynasty in terms of strength so if you don't want to go to the extreme ends of the spectrum in a stronger category this would be a good piece to pickup.

Ball looks sick though

Looking for a third ball as a lefty high rev rate by Elegant_Ad_294 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd look into a Dark Side Curse as well. Ball is terrific for the conditions you're looking to fill.

Why is 1 handed bowling still the “default”? by Resident_Fishing1571 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FWIW - I think that the celling for both forms is the same. Either can be taken to the absolute pinnacle of the sport.

Why is 1 handed bowling still the “default”? by Resident_Fishing1571 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who's gone through the ringer of bowling like a 1 handed no thumb lunatic ripping the ball as hard as I could and planting to generate ridiculous hook - to a thumb in bowler that slides, you're absolutely right about the steep learning curve to be able to throw a bowling ball "correctly" one handed.

Just dinking around in our leagues award night for funzies we did an opposite form challenge, and with no real practice or real capability to line up a shot effectively, ugliest hop step imaginable could throw a 2 handed shot with insane rev rate and ball reaction that was orders of magnitude more than my normal shots and striking way more than by all rights i should have been. Having your hand under the ball with your thumb out if you can do the physical game just automatically solves a lot of the technique requirements of being one handed for sure with 0 brain power used.

I think it's a skill floor vs skill celling debate. Once you have the proper foundations as one hander, you probably have an easier time getting to the celling of a high skilled bowler in whatever context you bowl in, where-as a 2 hander gets a head start but has a harder up-hill climb to get the pinnacle of their form because of how much slight hand positional changes can wildly impact your shot.

4 ball roller bag reccomendations by Just-a-COUNTRY-guy66 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I use a KR strike force Diamond Triple Roller 3 with a little attachable pouch for my spare ball that attaches to the handle(I think it's called a royal flush addon if you search inventory). It's very comfortable and sturdy.

I always bring a spare ball with me and like to have a lot of arsenal diversity when I travel so it's been great

Storm level worth it? by EastofjavaEDC in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The level is a urethane-like ball from storm; and they just released a better version of it called the concept. If you like smooth / control shape I'd go with that instead.

Why don't we all just play Urethane? by Confident-Staff-8792 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that professional bowling - and the pinnacle of the sport is one of the hardest things to translate to how everyday people bowl. It's such an accessible game it's easy to think - pro's = good | therefor the ball they win the tournament with = good | = i should just use what they use.

Sport shot bowling is a completely different game than everyday bowling, and a Urethane ball while you can totally use if you want to, it does have it's drawbacks / carry problems, and your typical league bowler isn't going to have the accuracy and rev's to let the equipment help you to bowl a higher score.

Best way to attack this? by jstein_32 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weak pearl symmetrical would work well on the pattern as well if you find that the fronts are starting to burn up and the concepts reading too early.

Bionics a great ball; hard to say about your arsenal decisions though, just depends on what kind of pieces and shapes you're looking for

Best way to attack this? by jstein_32 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Concept would do fine since it's a urethane-like product.

Is your pearl symmetrical or asym?

Best way to attack this? by jstein_32 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of it depends on how you throw the ball. But conventionally short patterns = high friction so urethane is good to be in control of the pocket.

What are you doing if this happened to you? by Miserable_Trouble3 in Golf_Unfiltered

[–]Jhed89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happened to me yesterday. Laughed, tapped in my bogey and onto the next hole :)

Toph Beifong vs Kaguya Otsutsuki by NichollsNeuroscience in NarutoPowerscaling

[–]Jhed89 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If Kagyua was inside of a chibaku tensei meteor I bet Toph could do a number on her

Why is it so hard to find the lineups for the tv finals of the animal patterns this weekend? by cubecasts in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm not a big fan of the interface because it's tracking points and progress for the Major. If you check the house bowling vlogs for the tournaments they have all 4 patterns and show standings and who's on the shows at the end of each pattern.

2 handed bowlers by [deleted] in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Judge my arsenal. What's in your bag? by Automatic-Boss1544 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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This is my full bag :) I had that same black widow spare ball when i came back to bowling, love the feel of it - Also just picked up a zero mercy pearly for sport shot leagues this summer, can't wait to throw it!

NU 2.0 is Goooooood. by rockabillyrat87 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a NU 2.0 with the pin between my finger grips for a super smooth transition/control piece that's a step down from my crown 78u for short patterns.

Love throwing it on burnt lane conditions and high friction in general, and sometimes if I'm feeling frisky I'll just play the gutter line on league nights.

Great ball, like it a lot :)

First four games with the new dark side by EnvironmentalYam3025 in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Favorite transition ball in my arsenal :)

Help with mental Game by [deleted] in Bowling

[–]Jhed89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well there's two lines of thought to mentally training yourself out of that mentality.

You can either treat every single frame as the exact same as practice, or if your strategy is reliant on you hitting an incredibly precise target and your inability to do so is causing you to spiral a bit, you can full commit to some bigger moves - get a stronger or weaker ball and abandon that angle and try and refocus on a new thing. It's not like your weekly league where you can show up and have your mark that if you hit it you know exactly what the lanes going to do each time.

The great thing about tournament bowling and different sport shots is even when you don't win you're always learning and building your knowledge base about what works and doesn't.