Hammer Black Widow Legend Bowling Ball (16lbs)

1) Understand that if you are looking for a big backend move, you need to have a pin placement of 3-4" this add fails to say what the pin placement is, the one I received was 1" which is a mild backend (all things equal) I was looking for a lot more. 2) With the pin placement of 1", I will say I get a smooth backend even on heavy oil - I find that I don't have to make a lot of adjustments during 3 game league play, so seems to be fairly consistent for me as oil breaks down (I do you a different ball for spares, although probably don't need to) 3) I have not bowled for 40 years and got back into it 4 months ago, started with an league average of 167 right from the start (I did bolt 1 month prior to joining the league) After bowling 10 practice games with this ball and averaging 195 over the 10 games, I bowled 3 games in league play and rolled a 591 (easily would have had 600 series but missed a 1 pin spare in the 10th) I would say this is an excellent ball, overall and feel I will easily average over 200 ASAP with is It rolls very consistent in heavy, medium or dry lanes and leaves VERY few splits. I purchased the 16 lb ball and roll it 16.5 MPH on average. I have no negative comments about this ball, it is absolutely fantastic!

Has worked for what I needed it to, being a reactive ball with good back-end action for a mid/low rev rate guy. Take some time to get used to it. Get it drilled for your hand too. Bowled only a couple weeks so far. Once I found where I needed to be with it, stayed in the pocket. Early on it's a good ball. Will add review for long term later. Update: as advertised the ball is incredibly strong, I love playing left and still nailing the pocket. Ultimately, you may need a companion ball though. If the lanes transition and you get a ton of dry by boards 5-10 this ball will start going Brooklyn. Could probably be fixed by cranking the speed of the throw, but I don't have that ability yet.

this ball works really well for my son and his average has gone up since he has used it in the youth league

I've bought a couple of balls that I wasn't impressed with but this one has made me happy so far. I haven't bowled enough with it to see if my average is improved but I like the way it hooks. Got to get used to it and then I will hopefully remember to come back and update this review. Update......I have now used this ball for a while and my average game has increased rather well. Of course part of that is getting used to the ball but it is very consistent and has a good back end hook on heavier oil.

Love this ball! I bowl on the right side and curve it. It has the perfect strong high impact back end. Pins go flying! Truly a legend!