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Title: How does your team keep its balls shiny?
Post by: tim2000s on April 27, 2012, 12:29:07 PM: As a bowler, one of the most annoying things when bowling is the complete lack of understanding about keeping the ball shiny. You all know the basics - keep it off the floor, choose a side, use something to shine it...

But does your team have any special tricks they use to keep that ball extra shiny? Any Murray Mints used? Hair Gel? What techniques do your bowlers employ (legal r otherwise) to make sure that the cherry is as fresh as it can be?
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Post by: legger123 on April 27, 2012, 12:30:27 PM: Mint Technique
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Post by: Number4 on April 27, 2012, 12:31:04 PM: Banana boat
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Post by: Pitbull on April 27, 2012, 12:31:59 PM: Just pure hard work, never used anything to help aid the shine of the ball and It always swings for me (not bragging or anything) haha.
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Post by: tushar sehgal on April 27, 2012, 12:32:06 PM: Sunscreen work well to if you have a towel, specially the spary-on water repellent kind. Put a little extra on your arms and use when need :)
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Post by: Talisman on April 27, 2012, 12:39:04 PM: Shiny balls require liberal use of nut oils.
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Post by: Number4 on April 27, 2012, 12:40:48 PM: Quote from: Talisman on April 27, 2012, 12:39:04 PM
Shiny balls require liberal use of nut oils.

Why does the word Deviate keep popping into my head when I read this...haha ;)
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Post by: bigbenh99 on April 27, 2012, 12:58:28 PM: When I'm not keeping the ball tends to go through me, I have very dry hands so ball comes to me between stumper and bowler and I give it a good going over, no extra ingredients just spit, sweat and polish. And keeping rough side dry as possible
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Post by: Bruce on April 27, 2012, 12:58:49 PM: Worthers Originals or Glacier Mints.
Other types of ball shining mint are available
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Post by: Alvaro on April 27, 2012, 01:05:24 PM: Charlie Dagnall was on five live sports extra complaining about the murray mint fad and how it made the ball sticky...
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Post by: charlie15 on April 27, 2012, 03:44:35 PM: The ball tends to come to me to be shined and I found that Wrigley Cool Breeze worked really well last season!
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Post by: acko109 on April 27, 2012, 05:48:09 PM: i find that i get the ball to swing more with just natural shining .. aslong as you dont keep getting the shiny side full of spit . keep it dry works a treat
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Post by: PM7 on April 27, 2012, 09:47:52 PM: The challenge can be to keep the other side dry and roughed up.
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Post by: acko109 on April 27, 2012, 10:15:58 PM: Quote from: PM7 on April 27, 2012, 09:47:52 PM
The challenge can be to keep the other side dry and roughed up.

If got quite sweaty palms though so hold the rough side into my palm when shining .. so the rough side gets heavier .
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Post by: bigbenh99 on April 27, 2012, 11:06:25 PM: Quote from: acko109 on April 27, 2012, 10:15:58 PM

If got quite sweaty palms though so hold the rough side into my palm when shining .. so the rough side gets heavier .

Getting the rough side wetter and heavier counteracts the effect of the shinier side moving through the air faster, gotta keep the rough side as dry as possible, then later in the innings when the shiny side is considerably heavier from all the spit etc absorbed into it, that's when reverse swing occurs.
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Post by: acko109 on April 27, 2012, 11:16:28 PM: i find i swing the ball more if the rough side is damp through the sweat .. and i tend not to spit to much on the shiny side that it stays quite dry
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Post by: tim2000s on April 28, 2012, 12:02:48 AM: I've always used sweat or spit on the side I'm trying to shine, and I can get an old ball to shine like crazy (but I've had years of practice)... I don't think you can rub one side with no lube and get as good a shine.
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Post by: Talisman on April 28, 2012, 09:34:34 AM: Sweat is best as it breaks down the tallow in the leather and allows moisture to penetrate further into the ball, this is why they can take on extra weight yet shine and produce the reverse swing when coupled with a rough dry side.