Training aid to control wrist movement

A training aid for persons using a hand-held sporting implement which strikes a ball, wherein the cocking of the wrists of the person is to be controlled, the training aid comprising:

• a housing, strap means connected to the housing for removably and adjustably securing the housing to the wrist and forearm of the person, the housing having a length, a front end and a back end, a longitudinal slot formed on the housing extending between the front end and the back end, a sliding latch slidably guided in the longitudinal slot, a stud formed on the sliding latch and oriented toward the back end of the housing, a socket formed in the longitudinal slot near the back end of the housing, a rigidbowed connector having a first end and a second end, said first end being connected to the sliding latch, a member pivotally attached to the front end of the housing, an opening being formed in the member wherein a thumb of the person's hand may be received in said opening when the housing is secured to the person's wrist and forearm, a swivel connecting means carried by the pivotally attached member, a second end of the bowed connector being connected to the swivel connecting means such that when the training aid is mounted on the person's hand, wrist and forearm and the person holds the sporting implement in a position to swing the sporting implement, the stud is received in the socket and the bowed connector restrains movement of the pivotally attached member in which the thumb is received thereby obtaining a desired setting of the wrist;
• and when the person swings the sporting implement, the desired setting of the wrist is maintained until the wrist uncocks and pulls the bowed connector to release the stud from the socket close to impact of the sporting element with the ball.