One of the best tips for picking a ball weight was:
With your arm hanging at your side, Hold the ball with your wrist firm (like your making a shot). If you can hold the ball like that for about 10 seconds, that's around the weight you want.
If your using house balls right now, they will feel heavier than a ball fitted to your hand. This is probably why your arm and wrist were killing you, from straining to hold on to the ball.
A properly fitted ball will feel lighter, because you won't have to strain to keep hanging on to it.
Is heavier better?
Well there's a debate about that, at one time most said yes it was better. But now with the new more powerful balls, a lot feel a lighter ball is just as good.
Which is better to start with a conventional grip or a fingertip grip?
Generally a conventional grip is where you would start. It's a little easier to hold onto, you have more control which is good for working on proper technique and accuracy when your starting out.
Now a fingertip grip offers all the options for release style, power, hooking etc.
Myself I started with fingertip and I had never bowled before at the time.
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