I had always used a 16 lb ball but now hearing nobody uses a 16 lb'er anymore I bought a 15. I have a Storm Sync 16 pounder that I used a few times this year and throw it about 1 MPH slower than the 15 pounder. I am 6'0 265 lbs so doesn't take much to overpower a bowling ball.
As for Mark Roth, he ran our local center right around the time I dropped out in 2002. Even being big into bowling I had no idea who he was. With no internet or youtube there were only a few bowlers I had ever heard of. A local bowler/businessman bought our local bowling alley and somehow got with Mark Roth and they made a deal for Mark to run it. They had a new sign made up that said Mark Roths Hall of Fame Lanes or some iteration of that. I ran/coached the local youth league and was there every Saturday and talked to him frequently. He gave me a few tips and I watched him bowl a few games but even after somebody told me he was a pro bowler I still didn't realize his impact on the game or how 'famous' he really was. Seemed like a nice guy for the 6 months or so that I knew him. Something happened with the deal and Mark left and went back to New Jersey and the bowling alley closed down shortly after that.
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