You're 6'2" and weigh nearly 180lbs... use a heavier ball!

[Lingering Grin]

What? I bowl with my nephew's youth group buddies, I hear it repeated several times over an afternoon. But these kids are 14-17 and most of them use the 14-16 lb balls; IIRC, my parents bought the nephew a 16 pounder for his last tournament, and he's not exactly a big kid. If he can chuck 'em, I'm sure the SC could. He was probably just too lazy to use a heavier one and Daddy SC will of course back him up.

Oh, I'm not a big guy myself, and I throw just over a 14 (my ideal weight is a 14.4). This guy was at least twice my size.

[Primer]

As a kid, I could hurl the 16 lb balls with the rest of them, averaging about 135. These days, I'd be lucky to be able to lift a 6 lb, and I certainly could NOT hurl it hard enough to worry about cracking it (torn rotator cuffs, both shoulders)!