Copyright Wright Balance® 2026

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
Confucius circa 575 BC

"When the wind of change blows, some people build walls, others build windmills"
Chinese Proverb

This eBook documents a major "movement" in the disruptive technology and evolution of Wright Balance®. The above ancient Chinese Proverb is quite fitting as this content presents a change where measuring hands size is no longer in use nor is the finger taping used to produce a square hip line. Once the Wright Balance® wristbands are applied, a player is ready for play, assuming the trail hip is lower at address. What do you do if the trail hip is higher? I will cover that correction in a future Zoom session and eBook.

Note: At the end of this eBook is a summary of the origin of Wright Balance® wristbands in creating balance. This summary includes videos by Joel Legault, from the Province of Quebec, presenting his initial observation.

The following short videos and brief quizzes are from the June 15, 2026 Zoom education session. The first video is a review of Planes of Motion, the measurement system used by Wright Balance® to determine the impact of various "treatments" on the kinetic chain.

Planes of Motion: The Wright Balance® Measurement System

If you are working toward Wright Balance® Certification, it is important that you understand the measurement system described in this short video. If you are going to be teaching or training Wright Balance®, you will be working with professionals who regularly use "Planes of Motion" or have a working knowledge of "Planes of Motion". With a little practice you will have that same working knowledge. This terminology is not common for many students and a demonstration of movement changes will suffice for those individuals. You will tend to lose the lay public with too much terminology.

Planes of Motion: The Wright Balance® Measurement System

Video 1

5' & 15"

Question 1

If I am walking running or take a step backward and my kinetic chain is "disorganized", what will I likely see on one side of my body?

a. One shoulder is lower than the other and the hip on the same side is higher
b. I will have restricted lateral motion on one side and freedom of movement on the other side
c. My hips will rotate as I walk
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

Answer

d. All of the above

Question 2

When I have a bar on my hips, I stand tall and observe rotation, what plane of motion am I examining? (Be certain to read all of the answers)

a. The rotational Plane
b. The Axial Plane
c. The Transverse Plane
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

Answer

d. All of the above

Question 3

If I look in a mirror and see one shoulder lower than the other. I am looking at the:

a. Sagittal Plane
b. Coronal Plane
c. Transverse Plane
d. None of the above

Answer

b. Coronal Plane

Question 4

What can I generally predict when I see one shoulder lower the hip on the same side higher?

a. Knee pronation on the same side
b. Rotation of the hips when the person stands tall
c. Neither a nor b
d. "b" only

Answer

a. Knee pronation on the same side

Wright Balance® Wristbands Impact Planes on Motion

Video 2

4' & 50"

Question 5

I am right hand dominant. On which wrist do I put the Wright Balance® Wristband to impact my rotational, transverse / axial plane?

  1. Left wrist
  2. Right wrist
  3. Either wrist
  4. None of the above

Answer

  1. Right wrist

Question 6

Again, I am right hand dominant. What happens if I remove the Wright Balance® wristband from my right wrist.

a. My hip rotation returns
b. Nothing happens. My hips remain square to my stance line
c. My right shoulder drops and my right hip rises
d. None of the above

Answer

a. My hip rotation returns

Question 7

Again, I am right hand dominant. What happens if I put a Wright Balance® wristband on my left wrist?

a. My hips and shoulders level
b. My hips DO NOT rotate when I step forward or back
c. I no longer have knee pronation when I step forward
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

Answer

d. All of the above

Planes of Motion Corrections with Wright Balance® Wristbands

Video 3

6' & 45"

In this video, I referred to the Lower Core 8 inch Stance Width range as 20 to 28 inches. It is important for you to know the 8 inch range by Core Zone for each of your students. If you are new to Wright Balance® and aren't sure about 8 inch Stance Width Ranges, please review this eBook. As you will see in this eBook, every player's 8 inch range is different. The Lower Core Player makes up only about 10 percent of the players you will measure. Knowing the 8 inch Performance Stance Range (PSR) for the Middle and Upper Core Player as well is imperative.

https://instructions.wrightbalance.com/wright-balance-certification-level-1-draft-2/

Question 8

In this video I demonstrated the impact of a "First Tee" warm-up. What, if any, affect did this stretching warm-up have on my kinetic chain?

a. There was no affect
b. My Rotational / Axial / Transverse plane was the only plane of motion impacted.
c. My Sagittal plane was the only plane impacted
d. All planes of motion were disrupted

Answer

d. All planes of motion were disrupted

Question 9

Following the disruption of my kinetic chain with the "First Tee" warm-up, what did I do to correct all disruption?

a. I removed the Wright Balance® wristbands and did the Wright Balance® Express
b. I removed only my right wrist Wright Balance® wristband
c. I removed only my left wrist Wright Balance® wristband
d. I snapped my right and left wrist Wright Balance® wristbands and all planes of motion were corrected

Answer

d. I snapped my right and left wrist Wright Balance® wristbands and all planes of motion were corrected

Question 10

True or False

With the Wright Balance® wristbands on my left and right wrists, the 8 inch Performance Stance Width Range (PSR) no longer matters.

Answer

False The 8 inch PSR always matters in golf or any activity

Question 11

What happens putter through driver if I am narrower or wider than my 8 inch Wright Balance® Performance Stance Width Range (PSR)?

a. My clubface will open or close
b. Nothing, the Wright Balance® wristbands override any impact and my clubface remains square
c. My clubface is square in all stance widths except in my 8 inch Wright Balance® Performance Stance Width Range (PSR)
d. None of the above

Answer

a. My clubface will open or

Grip Sizing & Wright Balance® Wristbands

Video 4
17'

The following video is from 2012 when I was fitting MLB players in bat handle size. San Diego Padre, Drew Macias and New York Yankee, Mike Lamb are in this video. Mike had been fit in bat handle size and brought Drew to the lab for a grip size and stance width fitting.

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The following is a 40 second video of New York Yankee Mike Lamb describing his ability to see the ball in space as a result of changing his bat handle size.

This video

Question 12

The latest advance in Grip Sizing is:

  1. Use of the middle finger as the primary measurement
  2. Use of the 18 inch baseball bat as the primary measurement
  3. The Wright Balance® wristbands override the need for hand measurements and grip size no longer has an impact on heel to toe balance.
  4. None of the above

Answer

  1. The Wright Balance® wristbands override the need for hand measurements and grip size no longer has an impact on heel to toe balance.

Question 13

These images shows Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young and Shane Lowry wearing a wristband on their right wrist.

What advantage would these players have on the rest of the field?

  1. Their hips will remain square in all stance widths inside and outside their 8 inch Performance Stance Range (PSR)
  2. Their hips will remain square in all stance widths and he will have no "drag" when walking
  3. Their wrist bands are too tight to have an impact
  4. There is no impact unless both the left and right wrist are covered with wrist bands

Answer

  1. Their hips will remain square in all stance widths inside and outside their 8 inch Performance Stance Range (PSR)

Question 14

These images are from the 1980s & 1990s NBA players. What impact would these "cloth" wristbands have on their kinetic chain?

Or Wristbands

  1. There is no impact. The wristbands were too wide to have any impact
  2. They would have total freedom in their kinetic chain in all planes of motion
  3. The only plane of motion that would be impacted is their sagittal plane
  4. None of the above

Answer

  1. They would have total freedom in their kinetic chain in all planes of motion

Question 15

What about taped fingers with the Wright Balance® wristbands? Do you need them?

  1. The fingers still need to be taped to cover the 3 subregions of each stance width used during the Wright Balance® Express
  2. The fingers no longer need to be taped when using the Wright Balance® wristbands during the Wright Balance® express or at any other time
  3. The taped fingers while wearing the Wright Balance® wristbands ensures that lateral motion will remain during any activity.
  4. None of the above

Answer

  1. The fingers no longer need to be taped when using the Wright Balance® wristbands during the Wright Balance® express or at any other time

Question 16

Tiger is a Middle Core Player. His advantage on the field was in the short game. When he wore tape on the Upper Core Power Spot of his middle finger on his trail hand, his hips became square from 0 to 24 inches.

Normally as a Middle Core Player, Tiger's hips would have been square with a stance width between 16 and 24 inches. What would happen if he put a Wright Balance® wristband on his trail wrist?

  1. There would be no difference in the taped middle finger and wristband
  2. His hips would be square from zero to as wide a stance as he would play from
  3. His hips would be the square from 16 to 36 inches but not 0 to 16
  4. None of the above

Answer

  1. His hips would be square from zero to as wide a stance as he chose to play from

Brain Hemisphere & Wright Balance® Wrist vs Ankle Bands Observations

Video 5

7' 30"

Question 17

How does the brain hemisphere impact my Wright Balance® wristbands

  1. Initial observations show that if you are right-handed your hip rotation is impacted by a Wright Balance® wristband on your LEFT wrist.
  2. Initial observations show that if you are right-handed your hip rotation is impacted by a Wright Balance® wristband on your RIGHT wrist
  3. Initial observations show that if you are right-handed that your hip rotation is impacted by a Wright Balance® wristband on your LEFT ankle.
  4. None of the above

Answer

  1. Initial observations show that if you are right-handed your hip rotation is impacted by a Wright Balance® wristband on your RIGHT wrist

Question 18

TRUE - FALSE

Initial observations show that the difference between placing the Wright Balance® wristbands on the wrist vs ankles is that one of these placements produces the same carrying angle on the left and right arms.

Answer

TRUE

Question 19

Which of the following placements of the Wright Balance® wristbands creates level hips and shoulders in the Coronal or Frontal Plane?

  1. Dominant hand wrist
  2. Dominant ankle
  3. Non Dominant wrist
  4. None of the above

Answer

  1. Non Dominant wrist

Question 20

Where is the placement of the Wright Balance Wristbands that produce the same carrying angle?

  1. Lead wrist
  2. Trail wrist
  3. Both wrist
  4. Both Ankles

Answer

  1. Both Ankles

Question 21

The 2012 video of MLB players showed changes in what that resulted in the improved ability to see the ball in space.

  1. Stance width
  2. Bat handle size
  3. Both stance width and bat handle size
  4. None of the above

Answer

  1. Both stance width and bat handle size

Why do the Wright Balance® Wristbands Work?

The obvious question is why do these Wright Balance® wristbands work?

The following summary includes videos of an endoscopy procedure showing the "working" of "living fascia".

In our skeletal system, bones are separated and not touching. Our bones are "floating" in what is referred to as a tension structure of muscles, cartilage, tendons and ligaments, each covered by a "fascia" network. Fascia covers every one of our internal organs, blood vessels, muscles, bones, etc.

Fascia serves many functions in the body including providing structural support for muscles, tendons, ligaments, organs, bones and nerves. It also acts as a shock absorber during physical activities such as walking or running; cushions joints; helps create joint stability; helps move blood around the body; helps with balancing muscles; assists with circulation; transmits forces from one area to another; stores energy; assists in motion control; serves as an interface between different areas of the body; can help regulate temperature; assists with lymphatic drainage; acts as a filter to protect against harmful agents entering the body through the skin or mucous membranes; aids in nutrition transfer between cells; helps with waste removal from cells and promotes scar formation following injury or surgery. In short, fascia plays an essential role in keeping our bodies functioning properly by creating an interconnected web throughout our entire physical structure.

This video was made by a French Surgeon using and endoscope to "stroll under the skin". This first video is a short version. It is fascinating to observe fascia up close. Note the geometry of fascia as you view these videos.

This is a short version of "Strolling Under the Skin" (2 minutes).

For those interested who wish to drill down, here is a 28 minute version from which the above excerpt was taken.

Tensegrity

The term Tensegrity was coined by R Buckminster Fuller. It stands for Tension - Integrity and is based on a model of struts that are offset and balanced by tension. The bones of the human body make up the struts and the connective tissue of muscles, tendons, cartilage and fascia are the tension components. Our bones are the compression component of the Tensegrity model. The Tensegrity model incorporates all other models

According to R Buckminster Fuller, "The integrity of a structure is derived from the balance of tensions (connective tissue), not the compression of struts (Bones)"

The Origin of Wright Balance® Wrist Bands

The following is a summary of interactions I had with Wright Balance Professional, Joel Legault from the Province of Quebec. Subsequent to these interactions I have tested 83 players and concluded that Joel's original observation has advanced the evolution of Wright Balance

March, 2026 Communication with Joel Legault

Currently being tested is a wrap of tape around the trail wrist, firm bracelet or firm ankle bracelet on the right (trail side). Preliminary observations are that all of these placements square the hips from 0 to 36 inches INSTEAD of the fingers being taped as shown in Wright Balance® videos through June, 2026.

This observation was first made by Wright Balance® Professional Joel Legault of the Province of Quebec, Canada. We are indebted to Joel for his curiosity and expansion in the continued emergence of Wright Balance® Technology. Thank you Joel. At the end of this eBook are the original YouTube documentation by Joel as he was presenting his findings to me in early March, 2026.

The following image was sent to me by Joel for further testing. As you have heard me say, we refer to these as "observations" until we have an "n" of 40. I wanted you to have advance understanding of how we do our research. By the time you read this, we will have results from 40 plus individuals and will have concluded whether or not this is the latest in evolution of Wright Balance® Technology. Check in an eBook that follows for the outcome of this observation.

If you are going to try this, use a piece of tape that encircles both wrists to test. The tape or band does not have to be too tight, just touching the entire circumference of your wrist. Rings or band-aids on the hands and feet in our early observations have no impact on the observed changes.

This video shows Joel describing his observations and testing procedure in the discovery of wrist bracelet:

This video is of Joel and his wife. Joel demonstrates his findings with his wife.

Since the above videos were made, the research has shown that the Wright Balance® wristbands produce the changes Joel initially observed. This research has been tested on over 250 individuals as of this writing.