I often make the mistake of radially deviating my wrist during my stroke causing the tip to move and decrease my stroke accuracy. When I can control it, my game is a few levels better, but I have struggled with it for some time now. I was thinking of using a wrist splint to lock my wrist into place to stop it from being able to deviate. Has anyone ever tried this before?
Wrist splint for stroke training?
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There is a product available, and I hope someone will remember the name and link to it.
Worked very much the same as a wrist splint might work, except this was designed specifically for that purpose of what you are talking about.
It wrapped around you wrist and tied thru your fingers as well.
I was actually considering it at one time and still might.
Worked very much the same as a wrist splint might work, except this was designed specifically for that purpose of what you are talking about.
It wrapped around you wrist and tied thru your fingers as well.
I was actually considering it at one time and still might.
It's my opinion that such twists, swipes etc are symptoms, not causes of bad shots. They're caused by poor bridge placement and the subconscious movements they lead to during delivery.
I've done some testing with a fixed bridge and found that if the bridge doesn't move, and the bridge is near to the effective pivot point, then almost all jabbing, swiping, wrist twisting makes very little difference to the shot, providing you don't swerve the shot a lot (by soft hitting with elevation) or unless you impart considerable outside english on the shot.. say more than 1/4 tip.
Swiping itself, if you hit near CB center does very little to change the line of the shot as determined by the bridge position.
I believe most people can move the cue pretty straight... try the in and out of a beer bottle drill. It's the 2nd guessing of the line of a pot that makes people cue weirdly.
A good remedy is aligning, locking bridge, looking at only CB during the stroke and hit it with a straight stroke in the center. You'll soon discover the inadequacy of your pre-alignment. This helps one to develop better pre-alignment.
I've done some testing with a fixed bridge and found that if the bridge doesn't move, and the bridge is near to the effective pivot point, then almost all jabbing, swiping, wrist twisting makes very little difference to the shot, providing you don't swerve the shot a lot (by soft hitting with elevation) or unless you impart considerable outside english on the shot.. say more than 1/4 tip.
Swiping itself, if you hit near CB center does very little to change the line of the shot as determined by the bridge position.
I believe most people can move the cue pretty straight... try the in and out of a beer bottle drill. It's the 2nd guessing of the line of a pot that makes people cue weirdly.
A good remedy is aligning, locking bridge, looking at only CB during the stroke and hit it with a straight stroke in the center. You'll soon discover the inadequacy of your pre-alignment. This helps one to develop better pre-alignment.
Frank "Sailor" Stellman had me use a bowling glove for a few months.
Me too... Although it wasn't overnight, it didn't take long to rid myself of that problem.
Your buddies might laugh at you, but when your wrist problem goes away & you're doing the winning, they'll quit laughing.
Do they make/sell these anymore???
I bought a brace from walmart...........
I hurt my wrist and went to Walmart and bought one of those cheap, $15 carpultunel braces. It really helped keep the wrist straight. I could also bend the metal in it to fit my hand better with the cue.
When I'm teaching and I have someone twisting the hand during the stroke this cures it instantly. Feels a little uncomfortable at first but gets the job done.
I hurt my wrist and went to Walmart and bought one of those cheap, $15 carpultunel braces. It really helped keep the wrist straight. I could also bend the metal in it to fit my hand better with the cue.
When I'm teaching and I have someone twisting the hand during the stroke this cures it instantly. Feels a little uncomfortable at first but gets the job done.
I'd tend to agree with you Colin.
It's sort of like when someone tells someone that they missed because they moved.
Perhaps, but more often than not the movement is due to the subconscious trying to save the shot due to some other mistake that the subconscious recognized & is saying something like, 'you fool...we can't pocket that ball with this...I'll need to change this during the stroke & that's going require some movement.
I've seen some very good players that twist the cue. One needs to be very careful when changing what might be perceived as a flaw because one 'flaw' usually is cancelling out another 'flaw'. When the one flaw is fixed without also fixing the associated flaw the results can be disastrous.
I was thinking of getting a bowling brace when I was inadvertently putting a slight bit of right side spin on the ball when I want to slow roll the ball with a high center hit as I perceived my wrist action might not be 'perfect'.
That would have been a mistake as my issue was elsewhere.
Good Luck to you, Mantis99, with dealing with your issue
Best Wishes to You Both,
Rick
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