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HI,
MY NAME IS ROGER SCOTT. HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT WEIGHT OF BOWLING BALL TO USE? MY WEIGHT IS 150LBS AND I'M 5'5.
Place different weight bowing balls, one at a time of course ;), in the palm of your bowling hand with your elbow at 90 degrees and next to your side. The ball that you can hold there about 20 seconds without difficulty should be the weight you can use. Err on the side of being a little light as being a little heavy. I would think you should be comfortable with a 14# or 15#.
Good luck,
Chip
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Chip Aki
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Ball drilling/fitting, Layouts, coaching related questions, any. USA Bowling Bronze Certified Coach, International Bowling Pro Shops and Instructors Assocation member, 15 years Experience in ball drilling, Storm Staff member.
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Team USA State Champion Indiana'87 and Lousiana '97, National Collegiate Championship Wichita State '87, Ky state Singles Champion '99,Team USA National Finalist '97,'98, USBC Open Singles Champion 2007 (814 series)
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