AboutWarren Friedl Expertise 20 Years Pro Shop Owner/Operator, 17 Years Bowling Center Operator (Manager/General Manager), Certified Coach since National Bowling Council and YABA days. Also Dick Ritger and USA Bowling Bronze certified. International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association (IBPSIA) Charter member, IBPSIA Certified, IBPSIA "On Lanes" Certified, 2 Time Member of the IBPSIA Board of Directors and Past Secretary/Treasurer, Small Shop columnist "Pro Shop Operator" Magazine, contributor to "Bowlers Journal International" magazine, editor of IBPSIA NET NEWS weekly e-newsletter, editor of "The Bowling Tree" blog and webmaster of www.revbowl.com.
Experience 20 Years operating Revolutions Pro Shops in 2nd Largest bowling ball market in the country, Chicagoland.
17 Years in Center operations as Marketing Director, Asst. Manager or General Manager, becoming GM in every Center I worked.
Organizations American Bowling Congress/USBC Member since 1976, bowling 50 years.
International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association (IBPSIA) Charter and continuing member (18 years), 2 time member of IBPSIA Board of Directors, former Secretary/Treasurer.
US Bowling Coaches Association (Bronze Coach)
Bowling Writers Association of America (BWAA)
Publications “Bowlers Journal International” and “Pro Shop Operator” Magazines.
Chicago Bowler, Windy City Bowling News, Centennial Lanes.com, The Bowling Tree Blog, IBPSIA.com and IBPSIA Net News (e-newsletter).
Education/Credentials IBPSIA Technically Certified. Multiple Seminars from AMF, Brunswick, Columbia, Circle, Ebonite, Hammer, Mo-Rich, Storm, Track, Dexter, Etonic, and others. Kaploe and Davis Bowling Marketing training.
Certified with the Young America Bowling Alliance (YABA) and the National Bowling Council (NBC) as a coach in 1982. Other coaching credentials include: Dick Ritger Level One, Dick Ritger Coaching Coaches, and USA Bowling Bronze Level.
Awards and Honors Created and executed Promotions highlighted in Bowlers Journal Magazine and included in the “150 Promotions for Bowling Centers” organized by the Bowling Proprietors Association of America (BPAA).
First Pro Shop featured in Bowling Industry magazine, for customer service and merchandising, October 1996.
Identified “One of the best ball fitters in the country” by then Track, Inc. President Del Warren, September 2005.
Tournament Promotions lead to top performance in center, or for center hosted events including: Chicago City Championships, US Open Qualifiers, Amateur Bowlers Tour.
Past/Present Clients Presenter at the IBPSIA National Convention.
Presenter at Bowling Proprietors Association Management School
I using a wrister with a horizontal and vertical adjustments. I having some trouble adjusting since I'm not really familiar on the adjustments since I've always been a straight bowler and I recently found that I have a breaking wrist. I wanted to know what the horizontal adjustment mean to my shot as well as vertical adjustment. What happens per adjustment like left or right of the horizontal and up or down of the vertical.
Thanks
Bowler in distress..
PS... what adjustment will typically work on a ball set to early roll :)
thanks again
Answer Francis,
Your delivery dictates what the brace causes your hand/arm to do.
You need to roll a couple shots and get the feel for what the lane is doing, then experiment with the brace.
Lane conditions, ball speed, rev rate, tilt and rotation all come into play with the delivery of a successful shot.
(Not sure what device you purchased but) Roll the ball and adjust one thing, throw a couple shots until you get the feel for what the adjustment does for your shot. Play only with one adjustment, more and less until you have a feel for the benefit. Then try the other and only the other. Don't adjust both horizontal (I believe wrist cup -rev rate) and vertical (axis tilt) until you have a feel for what you need to add or subtract from your delivery.
Your experimentation is the only way for you to understand the benefits of the brace. The vertical adjustment should cause your tilt to change and the early roll of your ball to push down the lane.
Let me know how it works out. Thanks for the question.
