I'm thinking of going back up to 16 lbs. in ball weight.  I feel like my back swing is getting a little crazy with a 15 lb. ball and the 16 lb. ball will help some.  Also, I notice that due to my spin/rotation, I do leave an occational 8-10.  I think the extra weight might help here.

 

Also, I'm buff so the extra pound is nothing. 

 

Did you go up?  Why?  Did it help?

 

TIA

I've been throwing 16lbs since i was 14???   I've stuck with 16lbs when 99% of everyone in bowling uses 15lbs or less....   

 

I personally think if I went to 15lbs i would over throw the ball, and wouldnt get the carry i get right now.    Plus, i dont feel like replacing the 12 to 15 bowling balls I have right now......

 

I did notice years back when a few bowlers i knew switched to 15lbs, I noticed on heavier oil patterns, their carry was sometimes lacking.... 

16's since I was thirteen..

 

Tried 15's a few years back and didn't like the way they carried..

 

I threw 16's when I was a teenager.  I went to 15's later and eventually had slow  ball speed and bad timing.  I worked with Carol Norman and she fixed my timing and the ball speed went thru the roof.  I still throw 15's but there are times I do go to 16.

 

Smash49

I've thrown 16 lb balls since my first one in 1963 except for a few months after my right hip replacement.  Then I went to 14 lb until I decided I could handle 16 lb again and was not satisfied with the carry using 14 lb.  I am speed challenged and rev dominant, so I need the extra lb to improve hitting power.  --  JohnP

I use both 15 and 16lb. equipment, it depends on which house and type of shot I am bowling on.  In one house, the oil volume is longer down lane plus the backends are very weak.  So, I use my 16lb. stuff in this house to avoid deflection and get as much drive into the pocket as possible since I am forced to play a tighter and straighter line on the lane.  But, in another house I bowl in, the backends are very clean and crisp, and we bowl on the White pattern, which doesn't have a high volume of oil down lane.  So, I use my 15lb. equipment here, because the 16lb. stuff drives too hard much of the time and I leave a lot of blower 10 pins and 9 pins (I am left handed).  I averaged 234 in the 16lb. house, and 235 in the 15lb. house last season, so it seems to work well for me.  The biggest change I have to make, though, is when I use the 16lb. equipment I start the ball in a lower position on my pushoff, or else it screws with my timing too much and I am fighting it all night.  Otherwise, no problems going back and forth for me.