Expert: Warren Friedl, Pro Shop Owner/Operator, - 5/4/2009

Question
Hi Warren,

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.