Always fun to watch people throw lighter balls. Seeing someone's grandpa throw more revs than me is always a great sight.

Due to a pinched nerve in my neck and carpal tunnel I had to drop from 15lbs to 12lbs. Funny thing my average went from 150ish to 180ish.

I get the feeling you are talking about Motiv balls. Well.. I went to Motiv from Hammer because of the core. Oh..and I do roll a 12lb ball. I'm disabled and 64, I tried to roll a 14 and couldn't make it past 16 frames. So 12 it is. But, core aside, Motiv seems to work better for me, except for one ball.. Hammer's Radioactive Vibe, still a beast of ball. But Motiv's Pride Dynasty. Jackal Ghost, Jackal Ambush, Black Venom, Pride Empire and Nuclear Forge, all seem, at least to me, strike more, give me the reacation I'm looking for more than Hammer. And I love Hammer. Been a Hammerhead since I was in my 20's. But Motiv works better for me. Now it might not for anyone else. But I think the core does matter, and the coverstock does matter, and Motiv offers them together. Am I being decieved by Motiv when they say it's the same core??? If I am, I am ok with it. I am thankful you finally did a vid on 12lb balls, I know they work. 197 average. My average with 15lb ball.. 174. People talk about more deflection, well, when you hit at the 17 1/2 board.. deflection is not an issue. And I do get messengers now I never had with a 15lb ball. Speed of 15lb around 14 at best. Speed with 12lb ball, ave16-17. More speed. Speed kills.. pins. Great vid. And thanks for doing a light ball. Please do more.

Thank you for this video from a Senior player who moved from a 14 pound arsenal to 12! The hardest part of my transition was accepting the fact that my physical game was suffering because of heavier weight.

The best game of my life so far has been 245 with a 10lb Ebonite Cyclone. Best ive done with my 14lb is 231.

I had to drop to 12 pounds when I blew out my elbow. I found that slowing down my ball speed and getting it outside was actually very successful. High games of 273 and 265 so far and I just started bowling last summer. I hope to be fully healed by next summer and use a 14 pound.

Thank you for doing this video. It’s very informative. I roll 12-lb balls, and it’s good to feel included and to know I can strike with entry angle.

I personally throw 12 pound balls as a 38 year old with joint issues and reactive hypoglycemia that dropped almost 50 lbs of weight that i couldn't lose. Im a 5 foot 10 male and barely weights 130. 12 lbs have saved my game

Great video. When you referenced the CZ....Rico drilled Classic Zone, one of my All time favorite balls.

I bowled a 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/9 game this year with my 12lb practice ball. I use my 12lb ball to warm up my first game for practice, or for a game before I play league. It works great for warm up and I use it to cool down from practice too. I also use it a lot of practice during long practice sessions when working on release and other such things. I can control it a little better when working on particular aspects before I move up to my heavy balls. I really get a lot of use out of my 12lb practice ball. I was struggling last week in league and went to my 12lb practice ball for my last game, scored my best game of the night, by far (237). I just got frustrated that I couldn't get the lanes figured out and I wasn't rolling particularly well, so said "screw it" and went to my 12lb ball, ended up being a good choice.

Enjoy your informative videos. Wife still has a 12lb Ebonite Cyclone; it has a high differential core; even down to 11lbs. Those were something special, even when they moved that core to the Ebonite Destiny series. And with her slow speed, it is the strongest ball for boards covered.

i switched to 12 pound ball from 14 after arthritis ruined my fingers and can still keep bowling, i found 12 pounds to be much easier to control

I use a 13 lb. Columbia 300 deep freeze. Works good for me!!

I have a recent baseball injury and have had to drop weight, from 15 to 14, old rhinopro to the new teal rhinopro, Yes, age catches up, I’m a bit older than you, thank you for showing us there are many more fun years bowling 👍

I don't think we've ever seen you smile this much before, LOL! Jokes aside, I recently had wrist surgery, and unfortunately, I'm unable to roll the ball down the lane as effortlessly as I used to without experiencing some discomfort. Despite my 13lb Radical RIdiculous causing a fair amount of deflection, I'm having a blast, and isn't that what it's all about, having fun? Keep up the great content!

I started with a 13lb ball when coming back after everything had been shutdown for covid. Definitely threw the 9 into the 10 pin a few times. Had the ball deflect into the 10 on light hits also. They do seem to hook more so my angles got steep at times.

Great info! I was helping a lady pick a 10-lb. ball the other day, and there was only 1 that was any different than all of the others. I can't remember which one it was, but it had a medium differential, where all the others were very low. Like you said, you've got to pay attention to the numbers.

The 12 LBS Igniter Cover is INSANE!!!! It DRIVES like a MAC TRUCK!!!!

Funny that you have this video today. With my arm problems (wrist & elbow), I was asking my friend if going under 13 lbs would ruin my game. If anything, I might have to start bowling with two hands.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally someone made a video featuring light weight balls & their weight blocks. I'm personally down to 13# because of the lockdown & 2 injuries but still love to bowl. Still hovering around 200 but striking plenty. My issues are only with off hits, splits & missing 10's.

Only word that mainly comes to mind with a light ball is “DEFLECTION” 😂. Depends on how much oil is on the lanes though too

Good video Sir, because your video answer my question. I'm 62 and I throw a 15lb ball so now I'm going to look into getting a 13lb ball to see if my avg. goes up or down. Thanks!!!

Cool video talk tech bowling bowling ball Brunsnick

Thank you Nick! Love your videos!! 66yr old male, i bowl league and as many tournaments as i can. THS/Sport. I throw 15lb Brunswick brands ….but will be having hip surgery (ies), hopefully first one in week or two?? My thoughts have been, initially dropping to 13lb (maybe staying there??) after watching Raw solid video and this one, I have better idea what light wts might look like on the lane. Knew that cores were going to be different, but what about motion, hitting power…?? Thanks may end up at 13?? my ball speed might be helped, and hopefully easier on new hips. Subscribed! Thanks again JP

If your using 12 lbs use. Lane Shine Solids!!! YOU get Extra Back end angle from the lighter weight. YOU dont need a Pearl to give you double the angle.

12# and blowing racks like that? Sheeeeesh

Great information. I just bought my son a 12lb high end ball and I am interested in ball reaction and pin action. Thanks!

Interesting and informative. Goid job. My wife does well with an 11 lb. Ball.

Perfect timing as I’m considering dropping to 13 or 12.

A 70 year old woman gave me her 15 pound ball today, and I noticed much more carry bowling with her ball than any of my 14 pound balls. In fact shitty shots even struck when I feel like I have to be perfect with my 14 pound balls that deflect too much. I'm a woman in my 50's and I'm thinking of going up to 15.

Just started bowling 6 months ago. I throw a couple 13lb balls. ( Hammer Raw and Track Paragon solid). Just ordered a 14lb, give it a try and see if my forearm can handle it. I know how to throw and adjust with my current balls. It'd be interesting to throw the new ball.

when's the last time you had that many revs?

Nick going up in weight since the spinner video. Keep the gains coming.

The day is here for me... I'm 55, have arthritis, and had to drop to a 12lb now. I throw the Teal Rhino Pro and I absolutely love that bowling ball, and also have the Dark Web Hybrid, haven't tried that one yet, getting it drilled on Firday. I'm also going to venture out and try some of the Storm Balls, Phaze II Solid Reactive, Hy-Road Hybrid Reactive, IQ Tour Ruby Pearl Reactive, and Urethane Pitch Black... Which Urethane ball does Brunswick make, and which Pearl Reactive from Brunswick/Hammer would you recomend? I like Brunswick and Storm/Roto Grip balls and wouldn't mind having all the converstocks from each vendor on hand. I would go Brunswick Hybrid, but all I see are Asym Hybrids from Brunswick... I want to stick with Sym balls because I like the nice smooth arch instead of the quick flip hook down lane.

I bought a Storm Green and black Tropical Surge. Came from eBay as new other, was sold as 15 and was 13lb. I drilled it and rolled it and it was Amazing. Such high RG and low Diff, but I could throw between 4th and 5th arrow. Bowled a 212 with nit and I am a 175 avg bowler. My highest game Realized it was 13lb after I grabbed a different ball and was wondering why it felt weird and rolled slower, iot was 15... I weighed them and saw for sure. Drilled weighs 13lb 0 oz and 15lb 1 oz. No thumb bowler.... Im not running out to buy 13lb balls now, but it still hits great, but I did buy a few 14lb balls for the higher RG realizing I like that better sometimes 14lb Collision has the best core specs of all the weight options IMO Grabbed a vapor Zone Hybrid in 14lb So anyway 2 hander with rev dominance a lighter ball with higher RG is useful when I am hooking too early/much

Thats a nice looking ball. Visually I love it.

Fun to c, at 71 I throw a 12 lb hammer raw pearl as a lefty and strike pretty good with it, fun to increase the revs like u said😮

Nick nice to see you do this comparison and add information, I just dropped to 14 pound recently, think I will beat you to 12 pound, lol, consider myself fortunate 75 years young, did notice I cannot control wrist position at bottom of swing with the 15 pound, with 14 lb still have that control. Thanks for all you do to educate and inform the bowling community and keep bowlers of all ages, IN THE GAME, waiting to watch what you come up next......... how about trick shot competition , between legs, opposite hand, thru a chair, on the wrong foot, 2 handed for one handers[vice versa] , add in different weight balls, your one with creative mind you can certainly improve on my idea and list.

Interesting 👍👍

I bowl with a 13lb Phaze 2 a 13lb Hustle Camo. I have 14lb ball that I can still handle if my hand placement is comfortable and loose otherwise there’s slight pain from arthritis in my right hand. I’m 58yrs old and love bowling.

About 22 years ago, due to tendonitis, I dropped from 16 to 13 pounds. Here is what I found. As long as there is good backend, performance is fine. I was able to shoot a 300 in league and also won the Chicago Metropolitan Bowling Association Scratch Singles Title with I think was 768. To show how dry the lanes were for the CMBA title my practice shot, I lined up at fourth arrow and picked off three in the left hand corner. I moved in to fifth arrow and launched the ball the rest of the match. If I were using my regular weight I probably wouldn’t have even cashed.

I tried this years ago with a 13lb ball. I was frustrated with my heavier ball due to poor carry; 4/9s or anything on the back row after solid pocket hits. My carry greatly improved with the lighter ball. However, when I threw the ball badly I might leave a solid 5 pin; easy to pick up but hard on the ego.😊

I got a 12lb vintage phantom and I love it

I’m 66 and bowling in my first league sine 2 knee replacements and left ankle reconstruction. Slide foot. A friend gave me a 13lb Radical Sneak Attack. I like the lighter weight. For me it seams to as hard as when I was rolling 15lbs. I will probably work my way back to 14lb. Thanks for this video.

That puma amazing. Mine are 15 and 16. Love that ball tho

Due to health and injuries, I have had to switch hands to lefty and throw 12# ... averaging 175, down from 220 as a healthy righty throwing 14#

3:06 Nick I noticed that you didn’t have a messenger like you always have, is that because of the weight of a 12 lb. 5:51 oh crap man I haven’t seen that spare in a long time. 10:38 OMG dude Nick you got that 12 to all the way to the 4 board and it looked actually good.

I throw messengers with my 12lb ball and 13lb ball when I use them. Bowled a 255 with my 13lb ball the other day and a 247 with my 12lber

i bowl with a 13 or 14 lbs ball during leagues, usually starting with the 13 lbs for the first game

懐かしいボール！ですね。 初代のPUMA２代目はよく活躍してくれました。

I found my 12 lb rubber ball Brunswick(Fireball) 7 years ago that was on the racks with the house balls at my league bowling alley and have been using it since. I bought it for 5$. Helped my team win the championship that season using that ball. After that I bought a used 70$ used ball thinking i would be better with a real bowling ball which didn’t fit my style(straight/old school+no thumb). Then my gf bought me a $300+ 16lb bowling ball(Motiv Chronic Paranoia) and that ball was real hard to control. Then last year I bought belmo’s Fate(15 lb) for 60$ and I love it but I need more practice with it and need to use lower grit on it for better control. But just two weeks ago I finally stopped switching back and forth between games and admitted that my 12lb rubber ball is my main ball and not just my spare ball. For the past 2weeks I have gotten 600+ series and feel like I can get my first 300 game soon with this 12 lb rubber ball lol 😅 who woulda thunk🤷‍♂️. I’m planning to get the Storm 13lb iQ 78/U next then the 13lb Teal Pro Rhino after that. they both seem to be more my down my alley.😁 so for everyone who thinks you need a fancy/new expensive ball, know this, it’s not the equipment that makes perfect, it’s your technique that matters and once you find your perfect technique you can find the right equipment for your next level of mastering your own bowling style. Oh i also kept switching back and forth styles from two handed to reverse curve and one handed(no👍). Good luck on finding your right ball

One of my favorite Traber Dave stories is he punched like a 12lb Nitro (green one i believe) before a tournament, and shot 300 with it in the pro am. Funny thing was, he brought it to league the next week. this was about 5 or 6 years ago. That was an amusing night. Lol

Could you do a comparison between 15 and 12lbs?

Wow 😯. So I will be able to continue bowling, and fart anytime I want to and nobody will hear 😂.

I need to try this with no thumb 🐉

When I was, maybe, 15, I was exasperated by the way I was bowling so for my last game I grabbed the lightest ball in the bowling center, put my two fingers in the drilled holes and put my thumb on the outside of the ball itself, and threw it dead straight at the pins as absolutely fast as I could. It ended up being one of the very few (3) 200 games of my life.

I had a 15 pound Super Nova didn’t like it. Came across a 14 pound super nova and it’s my favorite ball. The difference in the 2 is crazy to me. My avg went up by 17.

It's a macho thing. If you want to impress do pushups. I have a 12-13-14 in my bag and they all work. I go to the 12-13 on the third game because my arm starts to get tired and I have more contol. Great video

i get more control when i dropped down

Im a high rev speed 1handed player, i play 16pounds!

I had a very bad wrist injury that forced me down to a 10 and then 12lb ball. I can say with absolute certainty, a sub 14lb ball is inferior in terms of carry. from 15 down to 14, there's not much of a difference. But from 14 to 13, there's a very tangible loss of performance.

I got that 12 pound Ebonite Puma I use sometimes. How you feel about the new Blue Hammer NU announcement?

Bowled my first 300 game back in 1999 at the age of 16 with a 14lb light bulb ball.

Another plus more speed and more revs allows for balls with more surface.

Even though I've gone up in weight (15lbs), my current high game was shot with 13lb DV8 Poison Solid, which is funny.

We have a very good player around here that uses 12 due to a medical condition

I have been playing around alot with weight as of late as I am getting back into league and bowling since stopping around 2011...(Bought prob 6 balls since June, now its the end of October..) I started with 15, dropped to 12.. LOVED the look out of the 12 with out the pain.. however I am having a hard time slowing down to let the cover stock work for me, seems like a lot less hook (esp with my low rev rate) as I am in 17+mph range as high as 19 sometimes if there is a lot of oil with 12lbs. went to 14 not bad.. I just like knowing I have the same design core..YES, I know I am over thinking it, however I *think* manufactures should lower the price for sub 14lb balls using generic cores, as the R&D had already been done and you are just recycling the same core for millionth time.. am I wrong?

Thank God my 15 pound ball doesn’t hit like that 💯😬🤣

Oddly enough I once shot 205 with an 8lb columbia 300 scout

I'm 57, good shape, but have had the same 10lb hammer all my life. My son and I have been bowling together much more of late and I'm interested in jumping up in ball weight. What do you recommend for me as a left handed bowler?

I was using 14 it really wears me out and it’s hard for me to be consistent I’m not the biggest or strongest

Hmmm. You convinced me to drop my ball weight, lol.

what rg and differential numbers shpold you look for in a 13 pound ball.

just curious why your two fingers holes are not drilled evenly.. (side by side).. it looks like your middle finger is place further out than your ring finger. Is this layout common? if so, what would you call this layout? thanks

I disagree with what you said about the reason for not putting the same core into a 15 pound ball versus a 12 pounder. A manufacturer doesn’t have to make the core less dense, because there are three, not two, components that can be tweaked in order to lower the weight of the ball. The coverstock, for all intents and purposes, cannot be made lighter, but the material between the coverstock and the core certainly can be made less dense. That is what one manufacturer does, while using the same core in their 12 pound balls as their heavier ones. On this brand the thick white layer between the cover and the core is much softer and less dense on the twelve pound balls than the fifteens and sixteens. I drill the balls from this company for myself, and I can attest that the middle layer on their balls drills and sands much easier than the cover and the core. In fact, when drilling this company’s balls I have to be very careful and feed the bit very slowly because the holes might drift off center when the bit passes through the intermediate layer into the denser core. This company makes fine balls, and another bonus for me is that as of this writing their balls are made in the USA. Maybe you don’t know that you are passing on misleading information, but I will tell you that at least one ball company puts the exact same core in all their products from twelve to sixteen pounds. That is why, when I decided to buy a urethane ball I chose one of theirs instead of the purple pearl urethane that everyone has been gushing about for the last few years. And my results indicate that I made the right choice. I’m not affiliated with any ball manufacturer. All I care about is performance and what best fits my game. I think a lot of manufacturers are putting generic cores in their lighter balls strictly as a cost-cutting measure. That’s okay by me, except if they’re going to cut corners on the core they should charge less for the lighter balls. But they don’t. That’s why I prefer to spend my money on the American-made balls with the top- notch components in all their balls, regardless whether they weigh twelve or sixteen pounds.

GREAT video!!! Thanks for taking the time to address smaller weighted balls. 🎳

Im just beggining bowler, and use a 14 lb ball which i have a hard time controlling. Should i buy a lighter ball 12lb? And try the 14 later? Or just focus on my 14lb?

I use 12 lb thanks

Who you calling Grandpa?? 😄😄 I'm 58 and can still throw one hand no thumb with over 400 revs. I'm sure my speed is at least 9 mph!!

You should have throbot thrash a 12 lb at 20 mph with 500 revs

Why doesn't Brunswick make a Sym Hybrid, all I see are Asym Hybrids. I think someone over there at Brunswick needs to go back to the drawing board and start making some Sym Hybrid please. I guess I'll have to add the Hammer Dark Web Hybrid to my Brunswick Arsenal until Brunswick decides to make a Sym Hybrid.

Do some string pin setters or doesn’t Brunswick think they are legit.

A video for "beginners" would have been great. You were talking Greek to me and it did not help.

So the title is misleading. Not cool.