Motiv Jackal Ghost Review

[Music] Welcome to Tamara Bowling video ball reviews. Thanks to Greg Victa and the Perfect Aim Pro Shop for drilling our test equipment. Today we are testing the new Motive Jackal Ghost. Tester one is a lefty medium speed slightly rev dominant tweener. Tester two is a righty high-speed cranker. Tester three is a high-speed tweener.

So, first impressions of the motive Jackal Ghost. Cliches notwithstanding, I can't recall throwing a stronger ball with this much continuation down lane. There are other beasts out there and this one fits in with the elite few. For value, we gave it an 8 out of 10. As is normal, these top dollar bowling balls will always struggle for a value proposition. I you could look at it a number of ways, but we always look at it in relation to how often you can use the ball. With the Motive Jackal Ghost

guaranteed to be the strongest ball in your bag, pretty much you'll probably be taking it out when you face heavier conditions. By the same token, if you have less hand, you may find the value prop higher. For tester one, the lefty tweener, I couldn't believe how far right I can get. As a lefty and a medium revs at that, I usually don't ever look to be in the fourth arrow and beyond on a regular basis. After testing another ball in the session, I was just taken by surprise how much further right I had to be. Moreover, I frequently worry about balls being DOA when I have to cover

that many boards. That's where the Jackal Ghost really impressed me. It seemed to have no quit. I moved in and it kept moving. That midlane read is so consistent, you knew it was coming up. Absolute trust. Standing out to me was the amount of continuation through the pins no matter how deep I got. Again, a benefit of a seemingly perfect matchup of cover and core. In comparison, the Trident is a touch cleaner, getting a little easier length and several boards weaker. Overall, it's still a strong ball as well with good continuation, but ultimate control and heavy roll would go

towards the Jackal Ghost. The Ghost generated 6 to 6.5° of entry angle, while the Trident 7.5°. Tester 2, like I was, Greg was impressed with the ball motion from the first roll and continued to be impressed. The motive of Jackal Ghost is a ball that you can trust to roll. Greg, who sometimes gets fast with his feet, can blow through the break point on his misses. With this ball in his hands, that was much harder to do. The ball has such a heavy mid-lane roll that he didn't have to worry so much about that.

With his rev rate, many balls can seem continuous, and the Jackal was no exception. It really drives heavy through the pins. Greg got fairly deep comfortably, feeling confident that this thing will always turn over. [Music] Compared to his Jackal Ellie, the Ghost is more mid-lane rolly, whereas the

Jackal Ellie is a touch cleaner with a boomier move down lane. They cover similar boards for him, but there is a differentiation in shape. When comparing to the Trident, the Ghost again has a stronger mid-lane reaction, while the Trident is cleaner mid lane with more angularity down lane. On this condition, the Ghost generated 6 and 12° of entry angle, while the Jackal Ellie 8° and the Trident 7°. Tester three, Brett, rolls the ball up the back with very low tilt. Again, he easily demonstrated how strong this ball

was because of his heavy forward roll. You might guess that balls this strong can hoop out down lane. He does get a bit of a hook set motion, but no loss of power and drive through the pins. You have to get comfortable and trust the ball away from the pocket as Mrs. In just go through the face, but giving it some room and wow, a really strong roll. Final thoughts. In the end, all three testers of the motive jackal go saw very similar characteristics. It really didn't surprise anybody in a bad way.

Only positives. It's a very rolly ball with strong continuation through the pins. However, lots of times these type of balls have a hard time being thrown away from the pocket. Not the Jackal Ghost. It had no issue with that whatsoever, even deeper than I would traditionally be personally. In addition, you can feel comfortable giving the ball some room because everyone had missed room out, but really none in. We would love to see this ball in a sport pattern where it's likely to provide significant motion control, which is what you need to score well. lower rev bowlers, up the back bowlers,

or seeing higher volumes will allow you to take this ball out. But when you do, it will be fun. Having a look at the shots that didn't make the cut, let's talk about forgiveness and misses. For myself, the lefty, it was better to miss outside. Missing inside pretty much never held pocket as the ball is just too early rolling. [Music] For Greg again, missing inside is not

the safest, but missing outside, even with his tendency to get fast, the ball saved him from the 2810 type lead more often than not. [Music] For Brett, same story. Every ball that missed in went through the face, miss outside and it comes back really nicely. So, the ball's characteristic is clearly a rolly one. [Applause]

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