900 Global Sublime Focus Ball Review by Jeff Ussery

Layout: 60 degrees x 5 1/2" x 40 degrees

RG: 2.49"

Differential: .050"

M/b: n/a

Surface: 2000 Grit Sanded

Core shape: Symmetric

Manufacturer's Intent: Introducing the Sublime Focus—a meticulously engineered symmetric option designed to dominate medium to heavier oil conditions. Building on the success of the original Sublime, this ball features the new Reserve Blend 804™ Solid Reactive coverstock, finished with a 2000-Grit Abralon® for ultimate traction and control. At its core, the Immersed™ Symmetric A.I. Core continues to push the boundaries of innovation, delivering consistent, powerful motion through the pins. Handcrafted with precision, the Sublime Focus is your go-to ball for those challenging lanes where focus and performance meet.

When I took the Sublime Focus out of the box to drill it up, the thing I noticed after taking a look at the unique blue/yellow combination, was just how coarse and dull the coverstock on this ball is. 900 Global is advertising this ball as a 2000 grit sanded piece, but mine was incredibly rough looking. I had a sample of Storm's new Power Edge polish that they're going to begin applying to factory polished balls, so I decided to throw some on the Focus and see what happened. The result is what you see in the picture. Storm's new Power Edge seemed to polish the ball with ease and added a fairly good sheen to the surface. The key though is what happened on the lanes.

I drilled Sublime Focus with my taller pin drilling. I wasn't really sure what to expect from the ball. This is a medium rg, higher differential symmetric ball. Sometimes these are too much hook at my league at Olathe Lanes East, but I figured adding the polish would help. Sublime Focus impressed me immediately in a couple of ways. First, this ball is very, very strong in the middle of the lane. The cover seems to be stronger than what you might find on a Phaze II or Summit Ascent. Sublime Focus is looking for some oil for sure, even with the polished finish. But the polish didn't make the ball glide when it was on top of the oil. While it did get it through the front of the lane easier, the ball still tractioned in oil with a very strong motion. This should mean that Storm's new Power Edge polish has a lot of potential to deliver outstanding performance.

Focus seems to rev very quickly off the bowler's hand. Left in the duller 2000 grit box finish, this would be one of the strongest symmetric core balls on our wall right now. Even with polish, this ball still hooks a lot. To my eye, the Focus looks a bit earlier and stronger in hook than a Phaze II. It might even be as strong as some of the dull asymmetric balls on the wall at this time. The new 804 Solid Reactive cover seems to be hunting for oil every time I throw it. Once the ball picks up in the midlane, my Sublime Focus has incredible continuation and no quit down lane. It could be the polish I added, but this ball does not "glue up" in the midlane at all. If you drew a reverse-C on a piece of paper, that's the exact shape of Sublime Focus.

Sublime Focus is in stock now at TBG, and we have these in stock in both 14# and 15# weights.