Scream Green/Pink

Thanks for reading all and as always the video to go along with this review can be found here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v5CJi5sPLc&feature=bf_prev&list=UUUdapKcbpNzp3PGwdo7P6GQ Rotogrip Scream is here. Great looking ball, great price and fantastic performance. Went with my favorite layout here 65 x 4 3/4 x 65. I was able to use this on all transitions while using the Shout and easily got the ball to the pocket when the lane seemed to go away. The core is modified from the Rising Star Shooting Star and Shatter to allow the ball to conserve energy further down the lane. Add in the pearlized coverstock and you have a long straight ball through the front with a little strong arc on the back part of the lane. The more you rev it up the more it kicks. I have left mine with the Box surface as I will be using it more for when lanes get some extreme breakdown. Rotation is easy to see and when the roll picks up when encountering friction you will recognize it. The ball transistions extremely well into the pocket and shreds racks with ease.

Ball specs – 15 lbs 3 oz, 2.62 top weight, 3 1/2-inch pin. The Scream, which is a polished pearl, was drilled using the dual angle method. The layout is a 4 inch pin, 60-degree drill angle and a 30-degree VAL angle. An x-hole was placed in the P2.75 location. Using Storm’s layout terminology the layout would be 4 by 5 with a 2 1/8 pin buffer. The cover was left OOB which is 1500 polished. The color scheme of the Scream is bright and eye grabbing The pattern bowled on was a 41 foot, 24 micro-liter broken down house condition. I had used a Defiant Edge and a Berserk earlier and was playing around 22 with them. With the HP1 Scream, I was able to move my feet 11 right and my target 5 right to get closer to the friction and get to the pocket. The Scream was very clean through the fronts, cleaner than the Shout, on the broken down pattern. The Scream made a much stronger move than the Shout off the friction into the pocket. I would describe the move as a hard arc. The hit and carry was well above my expectations based on my experience with the Roto Grip planet balls. Compared to the Shout the Scream was a little longer and quicker off the break point. The overall all hook was about the same as the Shout, just a different motion. The new Roto Grip HP1 lineup of the Scream and Shout will provide additional ball choices and motions for those lighter oil or broken down conditions. John Brodersen RG amateur staff

ROTO GRIP SCREAM I WAS THROWING THIS BALL ON THE LANE I THREW THE SHOUT ON. IT SURPRISED ME!!!! I WAS THINKING WEAKER THAN THE SHOUT, BUT I SHOULD NOT EVER THINK. I MOVED OVER TO A FRESH LANE WITH THE 39'HOUSE SHOT ON IT AND SQUARED UP AND WAS PLAYING 12 TO 5 WITH A BIG BOOMING MOVE TO THE POCKET. I BOWLED SEVERAL GAMES WITH THE SCREAM AND AS LONG AS I GOT IT TO THE FRICTION DOWN THE LANE, IT READ AND HOOKED AND HIT LIKE CRAZY. THIS BALL REALLY WENT WAY BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS. IN THE PAST, PEARL EQUIPMENT AND MY GAME DIDN'T REALLY MATCH UP VERY WELL...TOO MUCH SPEED AND NOT ENOUGH HAND!!! BUT THE LAST FEW PEARLS HAVE REALLY MATCHED UP GOOD AS FAR AS OVERALL ROLL TO HOOK COMBO. GREAT JOB WITH ALL FIVE OF THE NEW BALLS.