When the wrist strap first came out, back in the days of the Bear Whitetail,it was a trainning aid, its main purpose was to let you keep a loose grip on the bow without fear of dropping it and for the most, it worked. Today, it has just become one of those natural bow assesories that gets set up with every bow. If you have no bad habbits " gripping the bow" then you dont need it, but haveing it on always reminds me not to grip.