Pawel's journal - be strong, LIVESTRONG

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 27 Jun 2004 10:14

My First entry in my Diary

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Today Was my 3rd session after injury time. My ankle still pain.
I made some short and light tiltless strings. And I drilled
Symp. Mirage > Smear > [repeat] - only on one leg - on second I can't because of sore ankle.
Op Clipper > Same Clipper > [repeat] but I was setting footbag on head height.
Mirage > Pixie > [repeat]
Consecutives Illusions, Mirages, Legovers, Pickups, Ducking/Diving Clippers.
And at the end of session I hit my first Double Legover (set from Toe) and then few more.
11 days left to Polish Championships.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 29 Jun 2004 10:32

Today I had ca.2 hours session
I havent hit anothing new. but i hit with DLO at start and Spinning CLipper, Ducking Clipper, Smear, Osis and some others in it.
I have hit small string out off Ducking Osis > Osis
Still drilling Symp Mirage > Smear (i like the feeling of that

) and hitting some Sym Smears. I think that I'll hit Torque soon and maybe swirl?
And schooling my strings. Polish Champs are very close in the time.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 30 Jun 2004 09:11

3 hours session.
First 1h 30' i played in shadow, and second 1h 30' i played in full Sun.
I schooled my routine for Polish Championships (I wrote it yesterday on paper.)
My ankle still pain and i must play with one leg.
I tried to hit flip Drifter and flip Torque (I can't strong, and I can't school them because of my ankle).
My DLOs are much better and I think about put DLO to my routine.
I hope that I'll be able to play tomorrow.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 03 Jul 2004 04:56

Yesterday I had 2 sessions - 2 hours each.
I hit Ducking PS Mirage few times - the first felt super clean.
I'm improving my Duckings. I'm pretty close to spinning ducking and I wanna hit Peeking Weaving Osis - It would be cool move.

And I'm still schooling my routine for Polish Champs.
It's sad that i haven't any music when I'm shredding and I can't fit my routine with song

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 25 Sep 2004 04:06

Ok.. Pawel's footblog reactivation

Today I has some 1 h 30 min session. It was shor and light because I was sick.
I was working on my Stepping set and I have hit ripwalk one one side. I think that on next session I will hit it on the 2nd side.
I have hit Ducking Butter B2b and some stuf like Spinning Clipper > Spinning Butter.
Now I have to school my Atomic set... I have to school many things...

Greats.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 09 Mar 2005 05:25

Help!
I'm really bored these days! I'm ill since thursday and I just don't know what to do with myself!
I can't shred. Usualy, when I'm sick, I training when I'm alone at home, but not this time - I don't have energy. This ilness is too strong to shred with it.
I'm watching and watching these same vids over and over again. I watched every vid that was on internet over 10 times... It's good that there are some new vids... These 97 contacts run by Lon made my day better. Thanks Evan!
Lon has such greate style. Awesome! He is my favourite player. Style, style, style...

Yeah... I need to work on my style. I'll when I'll get more healthly. My style is so bad! Everybody tell me that it isn't so bad, that it'll get better with time. I say NO! It is shity, and it'll not get better with time! It will get better with really hard work. Piechu put my routine from Foobag Fiesta on-line (here you have link: http://www.footbag.org/media/587/Ptaku.avi ), and I have some stuff to analyse. I need to play more on my toes - but not too much - I don't like to play on toes like a butterfly.
BTW. Everybody say that these routine wasn't so bad... WHAT??? It was horrible! I don't know why I was 7th with it. I should place last...

You don't know my game level... I'm not happy with my style, but my skills are better and better with every session. When I will have some session I'll post some tricks and strings...

I'll write some other thoughts later, when I'll have some... I have too many time for writing this journal and for thinking...

I NEED SHRED !!! But I just can't... It wouldn't be good for my health...

SHRED ! SHRED ! SHRED !!!! SHRE .......!.....!.....

Hania · Post by **Hania** » 09 Mar 2005 05:34

Ptaku's blog, cute!

I decided to found 'shitty style players club', maybe you want to join?

(but your style WILL get better with, time you'll see! don't be too critical to yourself!)

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 09 Mar 2005 06:36

Yeah, don't be so hard on yourself. Eventually, as the concepts get
easier and easier for you, you will find that your upper body will have
to do much less work. The more confident you are with a move, the
more your style is progressing, and it's never too late to work on
style! (Haven't seen you shred, that routine didn't work for me, file not
found).

Personally, the more I learn a move, the less I twist my arms in
funny positions.

..and what I did when I couldn't shred: Play Blurryworld

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 09 Mar 2005 06:45

ebo wrote:Yeah, don't be so hard on yourself. Eventually, as the concepts get
easier and easier for you, you will find that your upper body will have
to do much less work.

It's true, but I hate that even moves which I feel confident with look like I don't can them really good.

And thanks for nice words, but I know what I need to know...

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 09 Mar 2005 08:42

Hey ptaku, it's cool that you started to write in your blog again! Working on your style is OK, as long as it don't take all the fun from playing

I'm waiting for more posts from you and I hope you'll get better soon!

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 11 Mar 2005 01:41

I'm still sick... I think that I will not be able to sherd in next week... I didn't shred for over week... Over two weeks breake !!! Noooo!!! My last shred was on previous Wednesday... My legs hurts from not shredding...

Ohh... I took some advices about working on style from Lon Smith. He's cool guy. He wrote me that The key to good style is in the Osis. And that I should practice with many different bags and shoes. So sometimes I will kick with my old cheap-shred-shoes and my old-big-floppy-supper-stalable bag...

I must do more drills when shredding. It'll help my style. And I decided to not play too much on my toes - I'll try to find the 'gol middle'. I decided to school sets more. The only set I feel confident with (but not too much... I'm not really good even at this set) is rigth Pixie. Other I can do, but not consistently. I will school my left Pixie, both Fairies, both Steppings, Atomics and Quantums, it will take much shreding time. But I will do it, I will master these sets - I can do them, so I need to just drill them.

Oh shit... It snows here! It's 11th of the March and there is snow here! I just can't wait when it'll be warmly and sunnily... I will shred hard outdoor, and I will have some space to school long runs, because now while shredding in my room (after moving some furniture) I school single moves by most of the time.

Good times are coming... Yeah... I feel that...

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 12 Mar 2005 10:20

Since I'm sick and I have too much free time (actually I should learn something for school

) I decided to use this time in a good way.

Today and yesterday I worked hard oon my training shedule... This programme span preparation-cycles for Euros this year. It'll help me to beat Vaska.

I was thinking about such shedule for long time. So every element is well-thought-out.

I made a big sheet in Excel for my shedule, and I will put there my training-statistics.

So I'm pretty sure that I will be well prepared for Euros and I will show what polish shredders can do, and I will show too, that everybody of us has huge potential - every shredder has - but I don't know anybody who train footbag the way it should be practised - as a true performance sport. There is a need to set new standards in this sport - and I will try to do that... I'm not kidin' ...
Look at my signature...

Greets,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 18 Mar 2005 02:51

Just had a small session today! I was alone at home, so I decided to dhred light for a moment. It was first session after 15 days. After such long time kick the bag first time is better than first sip of cold beer.
The training was 1 h 45 min long, and I was hitting some random-light combos.

I wanted to hit new trick too, so I hit Reverse Swirling Pickup on my right side a few times, and come really clos on right side. On left side it is quite easy for me. Then I have hit it midstring, but more about that in the next part of my post

I was quite close to Whirr and Whirling muted Dyno too.

I wanted to hit some Zooms too, so I hit new link for me:

Osis > Spinninng Clipper - Both sides

Today I was able to hit every single non-shuffle trick more consistently than usual. I hit some short string. I had no power for long runs, because I'm really weak after the illnes (ouch... I'm stil ill ... I forgot).
I wrote down in my journal these two:

Clip (Right side) > Diving Mirage > Butterfly > Osis > Pdx Mirage > Pixie ss Clippe > Diving Clippe > Osis > Butterfly drop (I couldn't go longer, but I would be able if not the 'body contact' with book-shelf)

Rev. Swirling Pickup > Butterfly > Pdx Mirage > Pixie (no plant) Clip > Osis > Butterfly > Butterfly > Pdx Mirage > footed Flail

Fairy (no plant) Clipper > Spinning op foot Clipper > Pdx Mirage > Pixie ss Clipper > Ducking Pdx Mirage > Butterfly

I have hit this Rev. Swirling Pickup thing midstring too, but only with BOPs.

Another cool links from this session are:

Pixie (no plant) Clipper > Gyro Pickup (I wanted to hit Fairy Osis after that Gyro Pickup, but I was not able today)

Fairy (no plant) Clipper > Spinning op foot Clipper

I think that it's all new stuf from me today.

I'm also happy because I think, that my style is a little bit better now, but I'm not sure because I didn't see it. It just feels better now.

Next session will be on monday, I think. I'll be alone at home again.

Greets,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 18 Mar 2005 14:18

This movie from Jorden was so inspiring!

It allowed me to realise that I can hit so many cool links and combos with that what I actually can hit, so I will work more on consistency. So I can do long runs with many cool things.

Ohh.. Does anybody read my blog? If yes, then feel free to post some coments or something. Because I feel like I am talking to myself.

Seath · Post by **Seath** » 18 Mar 2005 14:30

you are, no one reads this..

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 19 Mar 2005 04:30

Ehhh... Now I doubt that it was a good idea to shred yesterday

I didn't feel very well yesterday afternoon, and I don't feel too good today

But I was so happy because of that shred!

It's not fair! People can shred everyday, and I just can't! I'm sick or I'm healing some injury ... All this illnesses and injuries drive me mad! I wan't to be 100% healthly! From NOW!

I've some leavens (is that what it's called in English, when you have some behindhadn lactic-acids in your muscles?), but they're not too big. And I like the feel of this... It just give me more satisfaction from the training I did...

I want to shred so hard! I need shred! I must to shred!

I need to do some work on site... Add some stuff, write some article... We have almost 400 visits a day, but I want to go over 400 with it! It's really possible!

I don't know when it will be warmly enough to shred outside! But first I must get well out of sickness... The forecasts for next 10 days aren't too good, but however I would not bee ready to shred outside! I hope I will when good weather comes!

I'm thinking about start doing some yoga! Maybe it'll help my health? I must read this e-book that Evan posted, and then take the decision if I want to.

Seath: nice to know....

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 21 Mar 2005 05:43

I'm so pissed off today! But I'm calmed at the same moment... I just don't understand myself!

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

I wanted to shred today, when I will be alone at home... But... F**k! My sister was only on one lesson in school, because of 1st day of the spring, and she came home a little bit after 10 am... So I couldn't shred! Shit...
Today I feel a lot better, and I have the power... I just feel like I would be able to hit everything I want when I would wear Levers and start kicking the bag! It's damnend feeling of confinement when I feel the power and can't shred!

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

The Sun shine so strong today. It would be awesome to shred today in some full sunny spot! Outdoor session... I just can't wait for it...

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

I'm watching so many vids these dayse. They're keeping me 'alive'. Everytime I watch these sime video for next time, I notice something new. I think that it gives me alot of experience. I'm trying to remember everything I notice, and hope to use it in shred.

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

I have so many strings in my head, I'm thinking about news strings, new link all the time. I hope that my game will be just flow when I will be shredin', and my runs will be mad long!

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

I downloaded new 50 Cent's album... I will hear it and check what a shit it is... Is it THE SHIT, or it's just shit? This is the question ... But from what I noticed at the begining, it will not be very good for shred.

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

My Grandma is coming to us from Warsaw on Thursdays morning. I think that this will be greate Easter time.

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

Tomorrow I'm going to a doctor. I hope that she will say that everything with me is right now... I just hope that she will not tell me to not doing physicall exercises for too long... Whatever... I wil shred althought what she will tell...

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

I was talking with Ners today via internet. He said me some things about Todex6n, and that it was cool... Pity that I couldn't be there. He side that the most numerously represented country was Poland ;] Polish Footbag Scene is getting so huge! We will becom an official sport, recognised by goverment in no time! I hope so...

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

I was thinking about organising some Footbag Summer Jam in my town... You know, Kołobrzeg is something like the summer-capital of Poland. But I don't know if I'll do this year... There is so many events, tournies, jams... Even two on o ne day (28 May)... I don't think there is a good date to organizing such event ... Maybe in June... but GFO is in June and many people will want to save some money for it, and after it they will not have money to come here. And I will not have many free time, because I will have 'hot' period at school, and I'll don't have any time to thinking about organising a Jam... I think that this year isn't good year for making this Jam. I want too to prepare myself very good for Euros and GFO (I wrote about that few entries above...)

SHRED! SHRED! SHRED!

Greets,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 21 Mar 2005 10:41

Ufff... I just ended clean up for today. I clean my room for spring and Easters. I was clearing the book-shelfs over my desk. So many shelfs, and so many shelfs to clear, and so many books to move from and on shelfs. On every book and every shelf there was a thick dust layer...

Tomorrow I'll clean my desk and those shelfs that I always hit wit my arms and back when shreding...

Now I'll read the report from TODEX6N that Ners sended me, and then I will pu it on our polish footbag site

The first relation from TODEXON 6 will be on our site ... Sweet... But pity that it'll be only in polish.
We need to work on english version of our site.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 23 Mar 2005 10:51

Uff... I finally ended all this clean ups! Awesome feeling that you did everything you had to do, and now you can do everything you want to! But yeah .. I can't shred

I feel a lot better generally, but after all this clean ups, and dusting I have some head aches - it's because i have allergy for acarus and saprophytes...

I finally emptied one shelf, and now this is shelf for my Lavers and footbags! Lavers always stayed near to my bed, on floor, and the footbags were lying in different places.

Generally it was very strenuous (this is the word?) day (maybe not so hard-working, but after such long illnes it was...). When I woke up, my father told me to eat breakfast quickly and then we went to a supermark for some drinks for the Easter... So we bought a lot of juic and beer. I checked in practice, that I've a lot of power and energy! When we were coming back from the shop, I was carrying something like 5 litres of beer in glasses, in my left hand, and 8 litres of juice in right. And I carried with no problem to home, and then went with them up the stairs. This stretching each evening is avesome. My legs just feel so cool! I can't wait for shred!

I'm thinking about combos, links and tricks all the time! I just want to hit everything I thought about. I don't know when my parents will let me shred...

This life without shred isn't so funy, like with shreding every day, but... I like it however...

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 23 Mar 2005 16:05

During today's stretching session I realized what kind of combos I like...
I like when a hard tricks are linked with stylie tricks and BOP's... And I like parts of runs when the dificulty of tricks is getting higher with every trick, and then is a calm with same side butterfly or something. You know... Something like 3 > hardest 3 > 4 > hardest 4 > more hardest 4 > 5 > BOP or some stylie 3 ...

I think that BOPs are stylie! This guiltless and genuine thing... Yeah... it's nice to pushing your limits, but that doesn't mean that you must play guiltless or genuine ... If you want, if that makes you happy then it's ok. But if you want to do what you like - do it. I want to be able to lay genuine, but not rushing it... It will come with time. And when I'll be, then I will know that, and sometimes do some genuine runs, or put some solid genuine strings into longer runs. But .. it's all about style and fun - I'll use Bubbas, and Far Pickups and Guays, but I know that with time I will be hitting Stepping ss Illusion or Weaving/Diving Bubba instead of just Bubba... I will hit Zulu Pickup, instead of Far Pickup... And it'll be even more stylie... but everything with no rushing...

Yeah... it's something like ... I chose the way I want to go in footbag, in my style, in my development... Greate feeling... I know exactly what I want... And I ... just don't feel the need to become Europe Champion this or even next year... I know that I would be able... And now I'm sure... but... I don't need to prove myself anything. It'll come, or will not... I will working hard, and that is for sure... but... I will work the way I want to... Not strictly for Euros... Schooling my routine few hours a week or something is not whatI want... I will school new stylie links instead of that. Cool links are the best part of footbag abilities. I know that now...