Wrist guards
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switchblade81
Peace 'n' Chicken Grease
Why do you need a wrist guard?
bitchy lil brunette
New Member
i wear one, but not all the time. when the lanes are dry i take it off.
Stuart Little
Member
I cant even release the ball using a wrist graud. Personally, i dont like them, i understand if ppl need them because of injuries, but the whole keeping ur wrist in the same position every release just helps the game get easier and easier!
Street Racer
Active Member
i rarely use mine,
I had one for quite awhile, it pretty much killed any sort of release i had developed over the years (what a mistake that was). In the end i took it off and found my accuracy actually increased, the downside being my wrist was pretty weak and my release was up the creek. Took me a good 2-3 years to repair the damage one of those things had done, you could see it was an issue when i started making huge improvements each year once i got rid of the thing.
Im like the others here, i dont advise you use them unless you need to. If you have a weak wrist (due to injury or otherwise) and need the support, then they can aide your game. For pretty much anyone else i feel they do more harm than good.
Im like the others here, i dont advise you use them unless you need to. If you have a weak wrist (due to injury or otherwise) and need the support, then they can aide your game. For pretty much anyone else i feel they do more harm than good.
I have gone into a wrist guard under the guidance of Andrew Frawley, as have many others (such as Stephen Cowland and Chris Slattery) each of us bowled our junior years in a wrist guard while we develop out shot, accuracy and name in the game. Both of them in their last year of juniors decided to come out of their wrist guards once they had the time to train for it and thought they were strong enough to have a good consistent release without a wrist guard, I am yet to take mine off as I don’t feel I should for at least another 6 months so until I am ready I will continue to use mine. This has worked tremendously for both Chris and Stephen who both have a release that many would envy and a great shot with accuracy to go with it. I do feel that wrist guards do train bowlers to do the right thing while they are "learning" how to bowl, although to will not work for all bowlers.
~Mrs STORM~
Revless Wonder...
Im with Craigy on this one...
Although have absoloutly no idea when I will take mine off...ever!
Although have absoloutly no idea when I will take mine off...ever!
*chook :>*
A child of bowling
I use one coz it looks cool and social bowlers all look at you and think you are a professional... haha
Nah, I use a wrist guard because I have a weak wrist and it also decreases the probability of a major error in the release, such as breaking the wrist and releasing on top of the ball instead of behind it.
In regards to where your hand is positioned at the release, that is entirely up to you and your style/shot. You can make your hand be on the side of the ball or behind it with or without a wrist guard.
Nah, I use a wrist guard because I have a weak wrist and it also decreases the probability of a major error in the release, such as breaking the wrist and releasing on top of the ball instead of behind it.
In regards to where your hand is positioned at the release, that is entirely up to you and your style/shot. You can make your hand be on the side of the ball or behind it with or without a wrist guard.
Rowey the li'l lefty
Your daily dose of random
Frawls tried getting me to have a go with a metal and velcro wristguard once...I could barely hold the ballStuart Little said:
I've used a wristband before, but I find it hard to use wristguards...it's just not my style Bubyee
Rowey
