Hammer True Blood
Well if you are a fan of sookie and vampires you will
definitely love this ball,
Not just because its name is taken after the vampire series
but how the way this ball attacks the lanes with its precise and deadly
accuracy.
One of the places I bowl league in is usually bone dry and
even lowest end of the reactive balls would also over hook so, the only balls
that can be used there is either urethanes or polyester with core in it like
the hammer taboo or the hammer true blood.
I already had the taboo polyester and this time round I needed
something stronger with a polyester cover so the true blood was my choice, besides
the urethanes.
I have this drilled up at 55 x 4.25 x 35 and kept in oob.
This layout gives me an earlier roll as compared to the
usual lay out I used, and also considering that this is a polyester cover
stock, definitely need an earlier roll with this.
I did some practice when I had the ball and the usual
getting the ball into the pocket having it to strike was nothing to boast of.
But what amazed me when I had a few splits.
Remember how frustrating it is when u leave a big 4 and you
try to slide your spare ball just at the side of the pin 6(for right hander)
and pin 4 (for the south paw) to take out the pin 10 or pin 7 so that the pin 6
or pin 4 can slide across the deck taking out the 6/10 or 4/7?
But most of the time its either the spare ball will over
hook because you gave it too much a lift to ensure that it doesn’t skid off the
lane into the gutter or without an lift the ball will just head straight to the
gutter.
I did try a few times on the big 4 with this ball and I was
amazed at how good this ball is at keeping its line.
Once it did the turn, it just went straight on brushing the
pin 4 on the shoulder (I am a lefty trying to convert the 4-7-6-10 and 4-7-10
and 4-10),did that 8 times and 5 times it just brushed the pin 4 not touching
it, I told myself this has got to be the most stable polyester ever threw, the
other 3 times were I pulled the shot and it went straight into the pin 4 taking
out the 7 but could not slide the 4 across the deck.
The next time round my friend had a 4-10 and I asked him to
let me try, this time round I made the ball tilted more by giving my wrist a
tad more turn instead of lift and it did what I wanted it to….made the turn
went straight but because of the slightly more tilt, it actually turned a bit
more, this time round, hitting the pin 4 squarely on the side and slide the 4
across the deck taking out the 10, it is just like watching a beautiful piece of
art with a stroke of mastery added to its final touches.
Kudos to hammer for being creative enough to pin strong
cores in their polyester apart from the usual pan cake core that other
companies are using, you actually made bowling more fun when it comes to lanes
where urethanes also over hooked.
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