The 5 Best Hybrid Asymmetrical Bowling Balls | Bowlers Paradise

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I’ve long contested that hybrid asyms are the best option to combat house shots. They tend to blend the wet/dry pretty well, and typically balance control with downlane pop without leaning too heavily on one side or the other.

BUT, hybrid is a very, very loose term. Unless you’re in the R&D department or on the production floor, you probably don’t know what’s going into these covers. To go along with it, they tend to be all over the place in terms of out of box finish.

The reason for this is because different hybrid asyms are meant to match up with different bowlers. Between the three major brands, there are currently 10 different hybrid asymmetrical balls in production, so I got my top 5 out and brought them to the same lane to see what the difference between them is. I threw each of them in three different zones to see what each would give me on a typical house pattern.

Also, yes I already know, I am not a robot and I don’t hit the same spot every time.

So starting in my furthest zone to the right, the reality check was the slowest transitioning of the three. The combination of the disturbance core and the S84 Beta coverstock is the strongest pairing of our five, so this comes as no surprise. The second is the RST X-3 and you can see just how much this piece loves to flip down lane. If you’re a lower rev rate player, this one is much more fit to your game than mine. Third we have the Storm Absolute where you can see how clean it is, and then how forward it rolls to the pocket. That is the definition of core dominance, where if you’re a low axis rotation player, you’ll love it. Fourth is the Ebonite Polaris Hybrid. It was stunning how much smoother of a reaction I got out of the polaris, but it further illustrates to me how this piece is made for rev dominant players. And last but not least, we have the Black widow 2.0 hybrid. This piece is the cleanest of all five, and generates the most angle downlane. Harder for me to control in this part of the lane, but for the high axis tilt player, this piece would be deadly.

Moving inside 5 & 3, I repeated the cycle. Unsurprisingly, the reality check still gave me the most controlled look. It’s definitely the most boring shape of the 5, but it works so darn well when the lanes are hard. The X-3 in this spot looked the best of the 5. skid, hook and roll phases were very defined and continuation through the pins was gorgeous. The heavy down lane roll of the absolute pushed all ten pins straight into the pit which was enabled by the mid lane transition caused by the strong core. The Polaris Hybrid was smooth as silk off the spot, but still continued through the pins. Control like this and continuation is a great combination to beat the cliff of a house shot. Then the Widow hybrid was just as good as the X-3. Those two pieces provide a similar look between brands, with the Widow having a slight edge in generating angle.

Getting into 4th arrow, the reality check was so slow it got behind the headpin, which in the right setting can be the best hit to get all 10 to go down. The x-3 was surprisingly lazy around the corner as it didn’t quite pick up a roll telling me I would have to move back right. The absolute flew through the fronts and actually rolled out, the only shot of the day to do so which causes the deflection through the pins. The polaris was the cleanest of the 5 breezing through the fronts and the midlane, but then packed the best punch through the pins. And the widow was so clean that it went absolutely sideways off the spot, thankfully not leaving a 4-9.

Then for fun, I had one of my high school two handers give all five a roll. His axis point and rev rate are much high than my own, but you still see more of what you expect between the five. The reality check being the earliest and slowest. the X-3 being highly responsive to friction and actually running through the face. The Absolute picking up a super heavy roll and cruising right past the 9 pin. The polaris giving easy length and control while still carrying the corner and of course, the widow grabbing the downlane friction and running sideways off the spot.

So even though each of these pieces fit a similar category, the way they get to and through the pocket is much different. So, depending on what your game is suited for, or what you’re trying to add to your arsenal, you have plenty of options on what you’d like to do with 60 feet and 10 pins.