Can really dry lanes damage balls?

[HeathornHawk]

I've been practicing a lot lately and have found a couple of places where I can bowl for a "very cheap" price. I'm not bowling for scores so the fact that the lanes are so dry doesn't bother me but I'm wondering if that can actually damage my bowling balls. I'm not sure when they oil them but I know my balls comes back with no oil on them at all. Also my ball hooks so much that it's not even worth trying to bowl for real.

Anyway, should I continue to practice at these places or should I stop?

Thanks!

[Thepainscoming]

I've been practicing a lot lately and have found a couple of places where I can bowl for a "very cheap" price. I'm not bowling for scores so the fact that the lanes are so dry doesn't bother me but I'm wondering if that can actually damage my bowling balls. I'm not sure when they oil them but I know my balls comes back with no oil on them at all. Also my ball hooks so much that it's not even worth trying to bowl for real.

Anyway, should I continue to practice at these places or should I stop?

Thanks! It might because u will probably gutter it more and the gutter chips it.

[can-ham]

I've been practicing a lot lately and have found a couple of places where I can bowl for a "very cheap" price. I'm not bowling for scores so the fact that the lanes are so dry doesn't bother me but I'm wondering if that can actually damage my bowling balls. I'm not sure when they oil them but I know my balls comes back with no oil on them at all. Also my ball hooks so much that it's not even worth trying to bowl for real.

Anyway, should I continue to practice at these places or should I stop?

Thanks!

You might want to practice there with your blue dot.

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But there might be a bigger problem with your arsenal. You have two of hammers most hooking balls and a spare ball. This is fine if you only bowl on heavy oil, but it sounds like you bowl else where also. I would recommend polishing you hawgzilla or looking into a vibe or doom for your next ball some thing to give you more variety in your bag. It's nice to get the most hooking ball, but you really should have a variety of balls that match up to different conditions.

Best of luck!

[Thepainscoming]

You might want to practice there with your blue dot.

http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/international/photosvideos/photos/the-hands-of-a-worker-after-a.jpg
But there might be a bigger problem with your arsenal. You have two of hammers most hooking balls and a spare ball. This is fine if you only bowl on heavy oil, but it sounds like you bowl else where also. I would recommend polishing you hawgzilla or looking into a vibe or doom for your next ball some thing to give you more variety in your bag. It's nice to get the most hooking ball, but you really should have a variety of balls that match up to different conditions.

Best of luck!

Yeah, if i were u and u don't want to mess with the surfaces. Get a toxic and a vibe. That should give u an excellent arsenal.

[oregonhammer]

See if you can find one of their alley balls that fit you. Where
I bowl they have an old blue hammer urethane ball that fits
me really good and reacts to the dry lanes really well. I hate
practicing with my No Mercy and having to heave it 100
mph just to get it in the pocket.

[HeathornHawk]

I was practicing my approach and timing so it really didn't matter to me if I hit the pins at all. I was more concerned about damaging the ball.

So it sounds like it's not that big of deal? I understand that I could use a different ball but I only have two drilled right now and they happen to be my No Mercy and Black Widdow Perl. The guy who's giving me lessons thinks I should bowl with a 15lb ball instead of 14lb so I'm going to try to do a trade in with the ones I have that aren't drilled.

[can-ham]

I was practicing my approach and timing so it really didn't matter to me if I hit the pins at all. I was more concerned about damaging the ball.

So it sounds like it's not that big of deal? I understand that I could use a different ball but I only have two drilled right now and they happen to be my No Mercy and Black Widdow Perl. The guy who's giving me lessons thinks I should bowl with a 15lb ball instead of 14lb so I'm going to try to do a trade in with the ones I have that aren't drilled.

Sorry Hawk made an assumption from your signature your ball selection sounds just fine. But yeah if you are just practicing form and hitting your marks I'd throw the white dot and save your strike balls surface for when you need it.

[bluerrpilot]

but I'm wondering if that can actually damage my bowling balls.


It will burn a track faster.

[TenPinSniper]

It's nice to get the most hooking ball, but you really should have a variety of balls that match up to different conditions.

Best of luck!

[Start of Bad Advice] All No Mercy all the Time! :p [/End of Bad Advice]

I'd look for a used Blue Vibe, Toxic or Doom... Any of these would add some diversity to your arsenal.

Dry lanes will cause more wear on your ball... tracking out, and burning the polish... So you'll have to keep up on the surface and/or repolish it more regularly. Oil is there to protect the lanes from the friction, between the lanes and your ball. Oil will lower the friction between the ball and lanes, so thus benefits the balls surface, not a bad side effect.