Catoblog

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 19 Oct 2011 18:11

Kicked with Bob and Jackson tonight. Tried to keep it simple most of the night because me legs are hurting. Had a really good tiltless string early on but wasn't counting. Felt like 10+. Bob helped me with my flip Osis and my drifters. I'm very close to drifter now hopefully next session I spend time on it.

Ripwalk Only strong side. I had a close one on flip but then I started pulling my set foot in on stepping and couldn't stop it.

Dada Curve BSOS. Almost had it b2b but had to throw in a ss clipper to gain a bit more control.

Ended on Pixie Pickup BS.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 19 Oct 2011 19:57

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!!!!

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 21 Oct 2011 11:17

Solo session this afternoon.

Far Osis > Infinity rpt. This one is fun.

SS Butterfly > Infinity rpt x 2

Pixie SS Mirage BS

Smear BSOS

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 25 Oct 2011 17:41

Session with Bob and Jackson tonight. With some tips for Bob I finally figured out fairys.

Fairy Butterfly, Fairy SS Butterfly

Fear, Fairy SS Mirage

Fairy Legover

Footed a couple flip Phoenix which will be my first weak side 5 add.

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 26 Oct 2011 18:27

Kicked with Bob and Jackson tonight.

DLO First try. Couldn't hit it again though lol.

Diving Mirage

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 05 Nov 2011 15:04

Solo session today. Trying to keep it pretty light to let my legs recover. I've figured out the problem, been landing on my heels when I start to lose control. Practicing the basics while focusing on keeping on my toes. I have also been working on Jordans top 10 drills. Worked on weak side fairy abit. It's amazing how much working on weak side improves my strong side. Strong fairies almost perfect now.

Fairy SS Pickup first try, Fairy Pickup

Fairy SS Legover

I footed alpine fear a few times hopefully soon. Still trying to keep it light so only tried about 10 times.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 05 Nov 2011 17:16

Sick! That shit is raw man. You're really taking to this Fairy stuff. It's awesome to see. Sounds like it's easier than Pixie for you.

Fairy ss Pickup = Nallegam (Pixie ss Legover is "Magellan", which is "Nallegam" backwards, cool, right?!)

And Alpine Fear has got one of the sickest names in footbag, in my opinion... It's called "Guillotine". That's a gnasty trick man. But like you said you're gonna do... stick to your basics and you'll be so much better off.

2 weeks til we kick again!

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 07 Nov 2011 18:48

Kicked with a couple of the quakertown guys this afternoon then had another session with Bob this evening.

Fairy Ducking Butterfly

Legbeater

Smear > Fear

Bsos Pixie ss Clipper

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 19 Nov 2011 22:08

Awesome session with Nick tonight. Took awhile to find a spot with good light but was totally worth it.

Dyno BS

Fairy Muted SS Dyno

Kicking with Nick again!!

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 20 Nov 2011 14:32

Short but good session with Nick, Corey and Jackson today. Didn't learn anything new but had some good strings. Really starting to feel like I can string now.

Phoenix and Fairy Warrior both first try.

Ended on Dimwalk BSOS

Oh and I suck at PDX Mirage lately so I'm gona get Butterfly>PDX mirage rpt for 20 contacts next time I kick.

Jazzkid · Post by **Jazzkid** » 22 Nov 2011 15:24

yo .....

start here

quality over quantity ...

also look at drill 11-20..... Using your hips to open and close off of the bag will help and make HUGE leaps in your ability to easily do butterfly>p mirage and drills like that......just focusing on the tips that Moir gives in 1-10 drills will be a big help....I promise...

Also....thanks again for the killer bags

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4lPDNUbC5k[/youtube]

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 22 Nov 2011 16:21

Had an awesome session with Nick today. Figured out how to do good atmoics and also ducking my strong stepping set.

Atomsmasher BS

Legbeater BS

Fear weak side

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjHAVnjLj30[/youtube]

I failed at the Butterfly > Pdx Rpt. got about 8 contacts then I twisted on my support which hurt my leg.

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 23 Nov 2011 22:49

Good session with Nick, Bob and Drew tonight.

Fairy Butterfly > Ripwalk

Some pretty long tiltless strings. I wish I could count while stringing.

Blur second time every and I think I hit it first try.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 24 Nov 2011 00:36

Yeah man, you hit that Blur first try. Real sick. I was actually about to not give you props, because from how it looked, I thought that you hit those all the time... Then I realized that I never saw you hit one before lol Madd props on that one. Your shit is getting crazy good dude. You just need to take some time off because of the shin problems. ...Maybe once we kick a few more times

We need to shred with Nick P now. We need to stitch soon too!!!

Dude, I'm scared to see how good you're gonna be next during Christmas break, when I come home again. Rest up tomorrow and ice the legs a shit load and hopefully you'll be good to go on Friday.

Happy Thanksgiving man. See ya soon.

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 26 Nov 2011 12:20

Had a session with Nick and Nick last night. Had some good long strings.

Osis x 6

Illusion > Fairy Butter

Just got back from a good session with Bob and Nicks. Some more good stringing. My legs are really bad right now so its pretty hard to play. Going to take a couple weeks off to let my legs fully heal.

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 08 Dec 2011 18:50

Great session with Bob and Jackson tonight. Bob had me doing some drills which really helped me clean up my clipper set illusions.

Bsos Pdx Illusion and Bubba

Quantum Butterfly

Pixie SS Mirage b2b

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 27 Dec 2011 12:07

So I went to a leg specialist a couple weeks ago and he had me get a bone scan. Just got the results from the scan. Both legs have stress fractures. I have to wear a boot thing on each leg for 3-4 weeks each. So no footbag for me for at least 6 weeks. The doctor also said he would have me do some physical therapy to strengthen my legs once they healed to help prevent this from happening again.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 27 Dec 2011 21:34

Wow, bummer. Were you just going too hard, or did you do something else to cause this?

Catopillar · Post by **Catopillar** » 27 Dec 2011 21:38

I pretty much sat on my ass playing video games for the last 4 years than started playing footbag really hard. I guess my legs just wernt strong enough to handle such a drastic change. The doc says they will be stronger than before once they heal so hopefully it won't come back if I'm more careful this time.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 27 Dec 2011 22:00

Alright, well good luck on the recovery!