An old timmer told me once that if you act like ther is a man standing infront of you on your release and you want to shake his hand. It's not a very high rev. but it works for some.

If your wrist is straight sometimes and not straight others is there any real harm in using a brace to provide consistency? I had that problem and opted for the brace last month and my average is up 10 pins and climbing. In my league the brace is worn by more than 'crankers'
Ed

There is absolutly nothing wrong with using a wrist brace. If it works for you do it.

When I was younger and seen all these new fancey wrist braces coming out I went out and got one too thinking it was going to help my ball hook more. It did help but my average came to a stopping point one day. Then like a ton of bricks hitting me in the head I heard a voice say "When did you break your arm?" This reminded me of my coach asking me this every time he seen me with the brace on. I thought he was just being funny so I asked him one day...Why do you keep askingme this? He said "Well you're young and strong and I figured the only reason you would be waring that thing is because your arm was broke." I said "No....I'm using it to have more control and to have more action on my ball." He said "Well you're doing a good job at controling a 165 average and as far as hooking goes I see your balling hooking away from your spares so if thats what you wanna do then yes I guess you're doing a good job at it." It took me years to understand his riddles because he would never just come out and say what he means. He figured it was healthy to use my own brain and I knew he was wanting to tell me something so I just came right out and asked him and he said. "If you broke your arm and had to put it in a cast but never took the cast off would your arm get strong or would it heal to a point and rely on the cast for strength?" Then he walked away to leave me to think about it. Next night out I took the brace off and felt like I had the strength of a child in my wrist. I had lost all the muscle I had built up over the years in my arm because I didnt need them anymore because of the brace. It took me awhile but my arm strength returned and my average shot up 20 sticks. Im 34 and I have elbo problems so I do use an arm band at the elbow. With out my old brace I can change my pitch at any given time and I feel like I've over come a handicap. I'm not telling you to not use one but I would say think about it first. What if something happens in tournament play and your brace breaks and you have to rely on your own arm to get the job finished? I feel that if you have less things to break and go wrong you'll have less excusses at the end of the night why you couldnt shoot 600 average.