It also is a ball you can roll away from the pocket and have it curve back, which many strong balls don’t do well because they burn up and 2-pin or flat 10. The REALITY only hooks too early if I grab it. One of the best things about the REALITY is that I don’t have to force it to the break point, like I feel like I have to with the PROTON PHYSIX. And I struck a ton for three games before switching to the 900 Global WOLVERINE DARK MOSS as I earned the top seed by more than 100 pins. In the SSBA tournament, I was able to fire the ball as fast as my 60-year-old bones could up around 10-board and had hold and roll-up if I got it a little right. On the Ten Pin house shot, I could play inside 15-board at the arrows going out to around 10. It gave me reaction on the Weber from an inside line that would have produced way better results if my wrist weren’t hurting and stiff from the preceding PBA50 JAX 60 Open. (The Disturbance core numbers are nearly identical for 14, 15 and 16 pounds, so my review should apply for all those weights.) I have used the REALITY on the Dick Weber 45 lane pattern in the PBA60 Dick Weber Classic, on the house shot practicing at Ten Pin Alley, and the house shot in the SSBA senior tournament in Clinton, Iowa. With my PAP of 4 7/8 over and 5/8 up, the numbers are 5 3/8 pin-PAP, 4 1/4 MB-PAP, and 1 5/8 pin buffer. I chose a strong pin-up drilling with the pin well above the bridge and the MB kicked right for my REALITY. The REALITY was the first ball in the line featuring the Disturbance Asymmetric core.
And it was a great decision, because the REALITY provides a different look than my other favorite strong balls: the Storm NOVA is sharper and the PROTON PHYSIX is “rollyier.” The REALITY for me provides a rounder, fairly continuous motion that reminds me most of the Roto Grip UFO. But continuously seeing top-level players having success with it convinced me to get one. The reason is that I had ultra-strong balls that I like, and I knew nothing of the REALITY. The ball was released at the start of 2021 and I didn’t get it until mid-2022. With my PAP of 4 7/8 over and 5/8 up, the ball numbers are 5 1/8 pin-PAP, 4 mb-PAP and 4 pin buffer.I was really late to the party with the 900 Global REALITY. It is much more a ball I can get in and go around a pattern with. UPDATE: On the recommendation of several people, I drilled a second ZEN with my favorite pin-up drilling and it makes a stronger and more curving motion, rather than the hockey stick of my original. The ZEN is as good as all the praise heaped on it and I would recommend it to anyone. Once the pattern really started to break down, I had to get out of the ZEN and go to something shiny (I had hit my ZEN with a 2,000 CTD pad for team event and left it for minors). I used the ZEN in minors at the 2021 USBC Open Championships, rolling a 5-bagger the first game of singles after going 30-clean without a double using mostly other balls in doubles. Since I don’t have any 900 Global balls to compare it to, I would say the Roto Grip MVP PEARL might be closest to the ZEN for me. The ZEN rolls heavy through the pins, leaving more flat 10s for me (not uncommon for being just shy of 59!) than ringing 10s. The ZEN motion I would describe as semi-hockey stick, with a quick and strong forward motion at the breakpoint. I’ve found the ZEN to be a shiny pearl that handles oil fairly well and is a great addition to my arsenal because it’s not skid-flippy or curvy. With my PAP of 4 7/8 over and 5/8 up, the ball numbers are 5 1/2 pin-PAP, 3 9/16 mb-PAP and 4 15/16 pin buffer. I chose a drilling I have had much success with in a variety of balls: pin in my middle finger with a strong drilling angle. The ZEN features the S77 Response pearl cover and the Meditate symmetric core, which for 14-pounders features a 2.50 RG and 0.051 differential.Īs I do with pretty much every box shiny ball (1,500-grit polished for the ZEN), I hand rubbed it with a 4,000-Abralon pad to take off the gloss, and hopefully take away any squirty-ness. And it has turned out to be everything it was touted, becoming a staple in my arsenal. It wasn’t hard to choose which 900 Global ball to drill, as the consensus was clear: the ZEN.
To avoid giving myself way more balls than I could keep in a working arsenal, I haven’t drilled up every single release since I gained access to Roto Grip balls in 2012. The addition of 900 Global to the ball options for Storm Products staffers presented me with an obvious question: Which 900 Global balls would I drill up?
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