First Impressions
The Black Widow Mania is not shy showing off some big angle.

Jason Boyer (Lefty)
Style: Power Player
RPM: 470 rpm
PAP: 4 5/8 & 0
Average Speed: 19.5 mph (at release)
Axis tilt: medium
Axis rotation: medium
Test Equipment: 14 Pounds
Layout: 55 x 4.75 x 35

“Keep in mind that coverstock accounts for 70% of ball reaction, but the core creates the dynamic shape of the reaction. Your driller will alter the shape to suit your game.”

Pattern
THS: 44ft, 25.8ml, 12:1 ratio
Sport: TBD

Specs
The Hammer Black Widow Mania uses the Gas Mask Asymmetric core inside the new HK22 – Cohesion Pearl Reactive coverstock.

15 pound = RG of 2.50 diff of .058, mb of .016
14 pound = RG of 2.50, diff of .056, mb of .016
Coverstock finish: 500, 1000, 1500 Siaair / Factory Compound

Power Player’s Persective
Jason is back and this time we are looking at the Hammer Black Widow Mania. Let’s start with the obvious, this is a big shiny asym which puts it in the Mid Defined Category in the arsenal. It’s clean and snappy while still having the Gas Mask heavy roll. Let’s just say with where Jason is playing, he is definitely feeling the cliff of the house shot pattern. Although you’d think oh, when it’s time to get deep, this is the right shape. However, on house shot cliffs, sometimes more blendy shapes are a bit more effective, especially for a lefty. Nevertheless, this is just to say it may not look perfect for this shot but we still want to show what this ball does. Jason moves in a little further to get away from the cliff and it looks better. It just shows off the length and pop it has. It’s basically the quintessential Mid Defined shape. Bring it out at the right time and you have some a good motion for the right condition.

Let me reintroduce Jason as a higher rev lefty who is tossing some Brunswick family pieces with us. His game kind of speaks for itself. Like me, he also uses 14lb equipment. As you can see he’s playing way deeper than what I typically plan to accommodate his power style. WIth the Paragon Shadow, you can quickly see it’s that big core digging ball. This is near the top of the bag type ball. The cover has good strong traction. So he is playing in the meat of the volume of the pattern. The core gets going but the QR-12 Hybrid cover still allow for strong backend. This is the kind of ball that helps blend the pattern with the huge core. But you can’t miss big in or out. So the window of forgiveness is in both directions but on center if you know what I mean. It’s too strong to make a big miss in and too early to make it back from a big miss out. It’s not quite Strong Defined but a good bit more than Mid Defined. Really kind of similar to the spot I put the Black Widow 3.0. So there is a quick look at the Paragon Shadow.

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