Storm Fast Pitch Review

Yeah, baby. Hey everyone, welcome back to JR Pro Shop Vids. Today we're going to take a look at the brand new Storm Fast Pitch. So, the new Fast Pitch features the Control XL cover stock and the Tour Block core. Now, the Tour Block core was also found in the Fever Pit. So, all we've done is wrap that in a new cover

stock. So, we're going to compare against the pitch black today cuz both of these are true urethane. The pitch purple had a bit of a reactive blend in it. We didn't think that would be a fair comparison for this video. So, even though these are both urethane, the new cover stock on the fast pitch, we expect it to be a little bit further down the lane and a little bit more continuous through the pin deck and possibly hook a little bit more as well. So, the oil pattern that we've chosen for these is 36 ft. It's Pegasus. We chose this pattern because typically urethane looks really good on shorter patterns and not so good on medium to longer patterns. So that's enough for me, Mr. Urethane.

Let's send it to Jung on the lens. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Jungle's back. Fast pitch time. So, as Barker said in the shop, he thinks this one's going to hook a little bit more continuously down lane versus the pitch black. So, uh, let's throw this first.

[Music] That was sweet. Stood on 22 there. Aimed at 12 at the arrows and hopefully get that ball out to three or four at the break point. Came screaming back. Shred the rack. Okay, let's throw the pitch black on the exact same line. [Music]

Missed a hair inside there, but as you can see, it barely picked up at all. Pitch black was brought back to box just before we started. Last pitch right out of the box. just has a couple frames on it for me warming up. That's it. So, let's try and slow this down and see if we can get the hook. [Music] That felt really good off the hand. Same line as the fast pitch. Left the 28 just hooks a little bit less and a little flatter off the spot down. All right,

let's shred the rack again with that fast pitch. [Music] Missed a hair inside on that one, too. And you can see how much more continuous it is than the pitch black. Pins are already fallen. [Music] Really good shot there. Switch his own

pocket with the pitch black. That was three boards right of the fast pitch. So, let's go one and one more. See if we can. [Music] Okay, so that's the right line with the pitch black. Seeing four boards of difference between the fast pitch and the pitch black. I have actually have a ton of games on this pitch black. That's the beauty about urethane, you know, they don't wear out. Use it forever. No pitch purple here cuz honestly, it's not true urethane. It is a blend of reactive

and urethane. So, it's just going to hook too hard on the back end. We already know. Let's give a better look to the fast pitch. All right. Same line. Let's watch it go through the face. Very predictable. Such a nice early even hook. Just like the pitch black, but you're getting four boards more hook. Uh, Zach, same. So, cousin says, "Looks like the Conucks colors." Yeah. Blue and green. Yeah. Yeah, baby. Let's move back to where I was when I struck and let's

let's pound town another one. [Music] Obviously pulled that one directly through the face. Five count. When I pulled the pitch black though, it kind of held it line a bit better. So the fast pitch definitely has more continuation down like 36 ft pegs this year. So you want the break point to be around five. So let's actually get this up to five. [Music]

[Music] The racks are always off here. I'm kidding. The racks are perfect. Ball's too small. So, we all know Jung's favorite ball, Mr. Idol. Let me know your favorite ball down in the comments. Sure, we'll see some interesting balls down in the in the comments. [Music] Woo. So, have you seen the six ways from Storm about the fast pitch? Six

different angles. Let's try and do it. So, we did three left there. Flushed it. Let's go three more and uh slow the speed down here. [Music] Getting a little light. Let's go. Three more. Slow it down even more. [Music] Got it again. Three more. Let's go. Mega

slow hook. Quite honestly, when I saw the six waves from storm, I thought it was a bunch of hoie. Cuz how can a urethane ball do that? But uh it's not hoie. [Music] Not hoie. Okay, I think I got one more slow mega hook in me. [Music]

Wow. All right, let's go the other way. Just for reference. Still the pitch black on the same line there. [Music] It didn't even try to hook. I threw those two pretty similarly. Storm six ways. Not a bunch of hoie. Let's go the other way. Started on 22. Let's go. Five right amp. [Music]

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Honestly, can't believe I hooked from there. Let's go back to this job. You going to ask me a question or what? Yeah, at some point. All right, we're back from the lanes. Jordan just threw the brand new fast pitch. What are your initial thoughts? This ball actually hooks quite a bit. Yeah, no kidding. But it's nice and round like a true urethane. Starts up early, very smooth and continuous, but definitely out hooks the pitch black by four to five boards easy. So, we saw you play all different parts of the lane. You're playing the ditch. You're lofting the gutter. Is it too much hook for urethane? Actually, I don't think so. It's just very continuous down lane, right? It

doesn't have that sharp motion like a reactive would on a shorter pattern. Definitely starts up nice and early, but it's actually nice and continuous. Goes through the pins really well, even when you're swinging it a little bit on the short. So, we saw in the previous video where you threw the pitch purple, it was really, really sharp down lane. This one looked a little bit more controllable. Is this what you thought the pitch purple was going to be? Yeah, exactly. Thought the pitch purple was going to be just a tiny step up from the pitch black and a little bit more down lane and continuous, but it hit the corner way too hard for me. The fast pitch here, this is exactly what I wanted. Now I can bring two urethanes to

a tournament on a short pattern and be really confident that I can find something. So would you say this fits right in between those two balls? The pitch black and the pitch purple. Yeah. Uh for me the pitch purple's already been retired. So fast pitch definitely fits right in between the two. Pitch purple, like I said, very hard off the corner down lane. Fast pitch is early and very smooth but continuous. So on the short patterns, were you not able to score well with the pitch black all the time? On some short patterns, you know, the pitch black just wouldn't hook enough. Sometimes the shorter patterns have much heavier volume. So the pitch black would start up really early and lose all its

energy and just not cover enough boards. So I would have to get into reactive when I didn't really want to. But now with the fast pitch, I can definitely cover those boards that I want to cover and stay up the gutter where I think is the right play on some of the short patterns. Yeah. So sometimes on those short patterns, switching from pitch black to reactive, the reactive just kick too hard. You can play the same part of the lane. Fast pitch gives you that opportunity to kind of stay in that same zone and and shape it a little more. Definitely. I know on short patterns sometimes when the pitch black here is just a little bit too early and not enough down lane, I'd have to go into

reactive. And it's such a big jump from a pitch black to an IQ. You know, that's a big gap when you're playing on a short and you just want to move a little bit. You're really close. But now I can go from pitch black, fast pitch, and then the IQ when the short pattern breaks down a lot. So I think this be a good gap filler for me for short pattern tournaments where I thought the pitch purple would play a role, but no. And we're not here knocking the pitch purple. There are certain styles of bowlers where that's going to be really beneficial. Lower ball speeds, lower rev rate. It's going to help that ball get down the lane a little bit more where the pitch black is going to not hook

enough or it's going to hook too early. So, the big question, does this have a spot in your tournament bag? Uh, yes, for certain patterns. So, I'm going short patterns and short mediums. I'd say 37 38 ft all the way down to short like 33 34. I'm definitely bringing both of these, but anything over 39, I'm not going to bring the fast pitch. I'm going to bring the pitch black as my spare ball. And that's it. Pretty pattern specific for me, but you know, there are lots of tournaments on short, so it'll definitely get some use. So, where does this ball fit on your graph? Got the pitch black there at 33 fast

pitch going 44. And as you can see, that's a huge gap from the pitch black to the IQ2. So, this is going to fill a little bit of that. All right, Jungo. Anything you want to add? For those of you who throw a lot of urethane, uh, lefties, two-handers, and whatnot, this is definitely a good option for you if you already have a pitch black. You know, it's going to give you a little bit more hook, a little bit more continuation before you have to get into reactive. So, if you use a lot of urethane, you know, this is going to be a really good ball. You're going to get a lot of use out of it. All right, thanks guys. Make sure you like, subscribe, follow us on social media in the links below. Don't forget Jungle Barks promo code shop.buffabuling.com. 10% off your order

at the checkout. All right, Jordan. So, what do we have on deck? Axiom Pearl, baby. Thanks everyone for watching. We'll see you next time. [Music]