Roto Grip Attention Star Bowling Ball

If your looking for a ball for transition, look no further. This piece provides you the length and surprising “hit power” when the lanes begin to open up/dry.

Ball speed: 16mph Rev Rate: 420 Axis Tilt: 20 degrees Axis Rotation: 50 degrees Layout: 65x5x35 The Attention Star features the Momentus AV core with A.I. wrapped around the E-Trax+ coverstock. Out of the box both my Attention Stars were extremely clean and had fantastic motion off the back of the pattern, I almost found it too clean on most patterns. I sanded One ball to 2000 to bring the breakpoint closer to my feet and to handle “fresher” conditions, this ball does exactly what’s I wanted it to do picks up a touch more in the mid-lane and has a heavy roll to the pocket. The second attention star I sanded to 3000 and added smooth edge to it to give it a sheen, when the fronts are hooking a pinch more and there’s a little more transition I’m able to use this ball to create more length but not miss the mid-lane as much as it did with the out of box finish. At both surfaces this ball is incredible and I find myself trying to get into it as often as possible. It fits in between my Gem and Optimum Idol, this ball will shine during early transition if you keep it with polish on it and it can handle some of the fresh if you use surface, this ball is extremely forgiving. Most players will be able to use this ball in league as is strong enough to handle some volume and doesn’t come off the friction to quickly. Lower rev players will love this ball as you can play the friction well with it and it has just enough juice to turn the corner in the oil. Higher rev players will love to get in and wheel this ball around the lane.

I am higher speed, rev challenged 220-250ish, high tilt, high rotation, and super low track player. I drilled my Roto Grip Attention Star 35 x 4.5 x 25 using the dual angle.My axis point is 3 1/4 over and 7/8 up. The Attention Star is a welcomed addition to my arsenal it revs up early but clean through front part of the lane and continues down lane. I generally use this ball game 2 - 3 of league or when there is friction right and transition is happening. The Roto Grip Attention Star definitely does not disappoint! My YouTube video of the ball can be found at: https://youtu.be/C_1t77_MvNk?si=QmJAF3HOkrNKPR6B

Bowler Stats: Speed: 15.5 MPH Rev Rate: 250 RPM Tilt: 6.6 degrees Axis Rotation: 80 degrees PAP: 4 5/8 over 1 5/8 up Layout: 5 X 4 X 21/2 VLS Video Ball Review: https://youtu.be/BqFFCwMh5I0 With the popularity and the chatter that the Attention Star was to be a newer version of the RST X-2 I knew I wanted to give it a try. I drilled the Attention Star slightly stronger than my RST X-2 because I was not sure how much stronger the A.I. addition to the core would make the Attention Star compared to the X-2. When I compared it to the popular Exotic Gem there was a noticeable difference in how much stronger the Exotic Gem was to the Attention Star. For me the Attention Star is closer in strength to the Virtual Energy Blackout than the Exotic Gem. After using the Attention Star on the PBA 50 Tour patterns the layout I had was flaring too much for the lower ratio patterns compared to the house shots at home. I drilled another Attention Star with a weaker layout 5 X 51/4 X 2 to get a better more forward motion on patterns. I have also removed the polish to get a more consistent motion off the end of the patterns. Pete Dohan Storm Bowling Amateur Staff #StormNation

Cover Stock: eTrax Pearl Reactive Finish: Reacta Gloss Core: Momentous AV + A.I. Core Color: Berry/Silver/Iron RG: 2.48 Differential: 0.049 Intermediate Diff: 0.017 The newest addition to Roto Grip’s HP4 line is none other than the Attention Star. The Attention Star features the original Momentous™ Core which, before now, was found primarily overseas. This ball gets through the fronts easily, has a strong midlane reaction, with an even stronger back end reaction. This is a great fresh medium oil ball that I can play up the lane with and when they start to break down a little bit, really start to open up the lane with. For me this ball really fits perfectly in between the Roto Grip Clone, as it gets down the lane a little cleaner, and TNT infused as it is just stronger overall.

Hello everyone and welcome to another Beyond the Arrows Ball Reviews brought to you by Striking Results Pro Shop, Bowlifi and Turbo 2 n 1 Grips, today we will be reviewing the new Roto Grip Attention Star. The Attention Star has a low RG value of 2.48 which means it will rev up early and a medium differential of 0.049 and a high intermediate differential of 0.017 which will have a slightly sharp change of direction on the backend. The Attention Star becomes the second Roto Grip release that has the AI Core Technology. AI Core Technology lowers the RG and raises the differential that creates a quicker roll and more surface contact with the lane. In addition, the Attention Star comes with a Momentous AV core which has been altered from what was overseas to come along with the AI core. As per the eTrax Plus Pearl cover, which was initially formulated and used on the RSTX-2 provides a plenty of push through the front of the lane while providing plenty of footprint and responsiveness to friction down lane. I did a ball comparison to the 900 Global Eternity and Storm Virtual Energy Blackout at 42 ft house shot, 25 ml of oil. The layout chosen 65 x 4 ½ x 85. Box Finish used for review. In comparison to the Eternity, The Attention Star starts up a little quicker being pin down but is not as sharp as the Eternity that is pin up with a stronger core. If the Attention Star was drilled the same as the Eternity I feel the Attention Star would out hook the Eternity being the Attention Star has a lower RG, a higher differential and a stronger intermediate differential. In comparison to the Storm Virtual Energy Blackout, the Attention Star starts up earlier but being pin down is not as angular. The Blackout was designed to be a longer but very angular on the backend to be that ball to use on the transition/burn where you need a ball to have a little more length but still make it up the hill. As per the surface adjustments, the Attention Star’s box surface is Reacta Gloss which is which is 500>2,000>4000, reacta gloss which has been fixed from some previous issues and I haven’t changed the surface yet since the ball has been great out of the box. In the bag, will be the Eternity Pi, Optimum Idol, Attention Star and Storm VEBO Please pick up a Roto Grip Attention Star at a Striking Results Proshop near you and please like and subscribe to my page Beyond the Arrows Ball reviews. Use my coupon code Patrick300 on your first purchase of a Bowlifi jersey and get $5.00 off or $5.00 off a $50.00 or more purchase.

Roto Grip – Attention Star Layout 4.5 x 4.5 x 1 Style – stroker Ball Speed – 14-15 mph at pins Condition – house pattern - HPL surface Surface – box condition Interesting piece so far…when it’s looked good it’s been great. But, when it hasn’t…ugh. I’d decided to drill a couple new balls with stronger pins and buffers to get different motion. Seems I need a little more help as I get older in creating some different shapes. As I move left across the lane, I can get it to blow right through the break point. Which is surprising as I don’t have much ball speed any longer. I’d expected something different reaction wise. However, staying further right, more in the dry, it picks up and continues very well. My VEBO sees the spot better and allows me movement left. But I did lightly hit the surface on the VEBO with a used 4k pad. Wanted to wait until I bowled a tournament this past weekend to hit the Attention Star. It’s going to happen this week. Hopefully, that brings it alive and closer to what my expectations were when drilling. As far as recommendations are concerned now, I’d see this as very useful for lower rev players that prefer to stay right. Will get through the fronts and continue with core strength. I haven’t seen any higher rev players in my area roll this piece. Would assume rev dominant players would enjoy it. But higher speed players would need to crack the shell to use in the puddle. Not sure that I’m going to need both the Attention Star and VEBO in a bag. If you rotate a small arsenal I would see the same thing. Higher level tournament players it could make sense to have both.

The Attention Star has quickly become one of my go to transition pieces for the tournament arsenal. I generally keep a 2000 grit on the cover just to get it to pick up in the oil a touch more. But I can usually get into this ball once my Optimum Idol stops making the corner downlane. Definitely able to open up the lane a bit more with this especially once I start to see some friction developed on the lane! Coverstock: eTrax Pearl Reactive Core: Momentus AV + A.I. Tech RG: 2.48 Differential: .049 Int-Diff: .017 Layout: 5 ¼ x 5 x 4 Pap: 4 7/8 Right, ¼ up Rev Rate: +-500 Speed 17-18mph

The new Roto Grip HP4 ball is Attention Star which comes with the Momentus AV core with A.I. technology wrapped in the eTrax Plus pearl reactive coverstock. I drilled mine 4.25 x 4 x 2. Pin up. Personally the Reacta Gloss just doesn't match up with my ball roll. So I used 1000 pad to take it off then added Storm step 2. To be totally honest it took me a while to figure out the Attention Star. It is a unique motion for me. It is very very clean through the fronts even with such a big asymmetrical core. I have used the Star on our modified house patterns, 44ft and 46ft. I ended up taking a light 2000 Abralon pad to the surface to help the reaction. That helped get it started up a little earlier which blended out the pattern real well. I have also used the Star on Kegel sport patterns, even on the shorter lengths 39 and 40 ft. The big core takes over and gets real forward but continuous through the pins. Very impressive on how versatile and how the Attention Star goes through the pins. Great looking ball also for shelf appeal! Great Addition to RG Line! Brian Watson Pro Shop Staff Emerson Lanes Parkersburg WV 23 year old Pro Anvilane Synthetics PAP - 3 7/8 up 1 1/4 MPH - 16-17 RPM - 400 Tilt - 17

Layout: 40 x 4 ½ x 35 This ball is, without a doubt, one of my favorite releases that SPI has produced in the last 5 years. The Attention Star has a rare combination of having a strong backend while still having a “stick to the lane” feeling – I never feel that it's at risk of over-shooting the break point, which can easily happen with some strong-backend balls. The reaction shape of this ball is a strong, hard arcing backend – I would not call it skid-flip, but it does have an impressive amount of down-lane motion. At it's out-of-box finish, it is not meant for true heavy oil, but for me it worked on anything from medium-heavy to medium-dry oil conditions. This one is an absolute must-have.