Roto Grip Wild Streak Review

hello once again and welcome to another video this one is a bit different and off the beaten path in the past I done opinion videos in addition to my regular review now at first it was a way for me to add my personal thoughts about a ball to the regular review which is just designed to explain and describe the ball reaction without adding much if any personal bias into it after the first few my opinion videos became more like comedy skits to get my opinion across without being so technical but while they were more fun and light and approachable they also didn't really do much in the way of getting more in depth

or more technical which is actually more what I'm about I like digging deep I like the nuances and the minutiae of ball reaction the things that seemingly make two similar balls possibly vastly different in terms of use and application and that's what I want to accomplish here so we're starting with the wild streak now buckle up because this could possibly be confusing or a little daunting if you're newer to bowling or the more technical side of things but it's always good to start chewing on more information or get the wheels turning in the right direction now as I said in the review the wild streak is very responsive to

physical adjustments or what you make the ball do and this is the key characteristic of this ball and what makes it different from a ball with more personality like an idol or something like the new Allroad in terms of design similarity technically the wild streak and Allroad are pretty similar balls they come in almost the same cover prep one of the solid the others a hybrid but their cores are also very similar slightly higher RG and minimally stronger differential for the wild streak but all in all the cores should do very similar things for these balls and I think they do they still breeze

through the front part of the lane which should be easy to see versus a ball with a stronger core like the idle as the idle rolls down the lane it starts revving very early so that when it sees the slightest bit of friction it's ready to hook as it begins gaining traction in the buff area of the lane pattern it gets into the hook phase earlier so when it hits clean back in it's on to the roll phase and it's moving the higher RG of both the wild streak and all Road delays this quite a bit more they don't get into a roll or revenue early as quickly they're going to be much more dependent on the cover stock for

reaction or movement now once the cover stock gets friction that's when the ball begins to slow down and get into the roll phase so what's happening for the wild streak and Allroad is happening quite a bit further down the lane than it is for a like the idol this is how you can have two sanded solid balls like the idle and wild streak be so different there are also differences in cover stocks the base formula for the Idol is a stronger and earlier formula them for the wild streak so while the idol needs less friction to hook the wild streak needs a bit more so in addition to the large differences in the core this creates an

even greater separation from the two ball reactions what this does though is create a ball reaction that's much less sensitive to early friction and helps move the reaction much closer to the pins the idle is great for heavier volumes up front and controlling friction down lane while the wild streak is good for helping you get length on drier conditions up front but still being able to control the motion down lane as well while they are similar in how well they control the back ends they are quite a bit different in how they do it and the applications where both of these are most effective take the typical USBC Open Championship steamed

pattern for example usually medium length medium to high oil volumes now while you could look at both these balls and say they both have solid covers they both blend wet dry well so they should both control the back into this pattern well that's solid logic however in addition to the differences between the balls the other big difference is what this pattern creates with a higher volume up front it gets the ball down the lane and helps it store energy that's why you typically don't want faster response balls on this pattern because they hydroplane on the oil and then jerk when they hit friction stronger covers like the NRG based micro

tracks on the idle help to gain traction earlier and thus reduce the friction response down lane however the idle is a very strong ball and even though it's going to blend the lane better front to back it's still going to get traction earlier and when it hits friction it's still going so unless you have a very high amount of speed for the vast majority of people a ball like the idle is going to overpower this pattern so while it's Lane blending is theoretically applicable the overall strength makes it just way too strong to be effective take instead the wild streak solid cover a bit cleaner but

still needs enough friction to move that it by default is very good at controlling it also however being that it gets down the lane much easier than the idle it needs more of that friction to get it to move so what you would think that that technically moves it into faster response territory it's not quite the same as a ball like the idle / which is still rolling and revving and wanting to hook earlier but with the shiny cover making it quicker response the entire package of the wild streak is slower or really later response so when it hits that friction it's not quite

ready to move yet like the idle pearl when the idle pearl hits the end of that pattern it's ready to go so it's going to still move the reaction closer to you instead of the pins and that makes it quite a bit tougher to control your angles a little bit left with the idle pearl and it's gone a little bit right and it doesn't have the cover to make it back with the wild streak no it's not rolling sooner but it is beginning to gain traction a little earlier this helps it blend the lane better front to back the core however is not revving nearly as quickly so it allows you to close your angles down side to side

because you aren't in need of adding angle to help you with length which is what makes bol reaction on a pattern like this so tricky sometimes you want stability up front but you also want a softer read down lane with the wild streak it allows you to use straighter angles for stability and the cover helps you blend the back end down the lane when the wild streak gets friction down laying the cover is going to help control it and without the core beginning to rev up on its own this naturally blends the end of the lane the ball encounters friction it begins to move and the important thing about this

ball is that the direction it goes off the end of the pattern is entirely up to you if you have a higher Rev rate you'll be able to come up the back of it have it control the end of the pattern without fighting the earlier revving or motion you'd have out of a stronger core and get it to quit or go straight through the pocket for lower Rev rates you can come around the side of it more to help it move because it's naturally going to want to go longer for you anyway this is the story of the wild streak it's going to help you control your angles and be very precise with what you want it to do down Lane this also comes with a rather dangerous drawback this ball is very responsive to

angle of rotation changes so with just a small adjustment in my hand position I can get the length the ball gets to change by a huge margin so I can control both distance and shape down Lane the issue here is that if you're not very physically consistent you could end up with some pretty different results in ball reaction from the same spot with the same speed and same reverie in my opinion this ball will be best for the high average tournament crowd I can only imagine how many of these you'd have seen at the US Open if you weeks ago if it would have been available this would have solved the

biggest ball reaction problem they were having which is namely length and directional control off the end of the pattern because it seemed like most of them had one or the other but not both if it was getting down the lane it wasn't shaping right and if it was shaping right it wasn't getting down the lane so this should also be very good for the older crowd who grew up playing straighter angles with urethane and used hand position tricks and changes to manipulate the reaction this ball loves straighter angles and they won't have to fight it near as much as stronger balls to get it down the lane they'll be in full control of what's going on with it

for everyone in the middle straighter bowlers will get along with it better than the higher Rev tires for your lower to medium averages this could actually help the straighter players out because again they're not gonna have to fight more dominant ball dynamics messing with their angles for the higher Rev and medium to lower average group I can only imagine that wild streak would magnify your physical errors like I said in my review this ball gives you plenty of room left to right especially when you wind it up so this is definitely good news for the higher Rev lower average crowd but on the flip side lower average

crowds usually make mistakes or misses in a variety of ways it may be your target on one shot speed on the next axis tilt after that then angle of rotation so there will likely be better balls for you if you fit in this category if you're interested in a ball that's helping to minimize or mute your mistakes as much as possible if you're interested in a ball that will give you sharp and direct feedback on what you're doing wrong I can't think of a better ball to put that on display and help you identify what mistakes you're making so in summary a very effective tool very

precise tool not going to hide or cover up your mistakes this isn't a ball that's going to see much of any action from me on a house shot but I have a local sport sweeper series and this will be the first ball in my bag for Nationals next year so it will still see a fair share of action wild streak releases on Black Friday November 29th thanks for watching