The Rebel Yell is the third release in the Rebel line for Hammer, following in the footsteps of the original Rebel and the Rebel Solid from 2016. Just like the previous two Rebels, the Rebel Yell uses the symmetrical Rebel core to give it an RG of 2.48″ and a differential of 0.044″. This ball uses the Juiced Pearl coverstock in place of NBT Pearl that was used on the original. The Juiced coverstock has been seen before in its solid reactive formulation on balls like the Red Legend Solid and the Bad Ass. The polished box finish, which uses a smoother base finish grit (2000 Abralon) than the original Rebel (1000 Abralon), helps push the Rebel Yell easily to the breakpoint before making its move to the pocket. We found the Yell to be a ball to use when the Gauntlet Fury and Black Widow Gold are hooking too much.

Tweener had the best reaction of our three testers on our fresh medium oil test pattern. For him, the extra length from the polished box finish allowed him to play right up the track area. His ball was crossing between the second and third arrows and he could get his ball to anywhere between eight and 12 at the breakpoint to get to the pocket. He carried well on shots shots that were thrown to the outside part of that range, as the polished pearl cover would respond harder to the drier area outside. While he could still hit the pocket on the shots that didn’t get as far right, his carry wasn’t as good. Stroker saw more length that he wanted to see on the fresh. With more skid through the front of the lane, he really need to be straighter with his launch angle....

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