Organised Footbag Training

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 12 Oct 2004 23:07

Hey everyone,

Ive been playing footbag casually for about a year now and its getting to the stage where its hard to keep track of all the concepts I can do and keep them consistant enough to have in runs.

Surely everyone must have some form of training schedule, for example 20 legovers>mirage / pickup>illusion / clipper>op clip on each side, then 10 butterfly>pdx mirage / dlo>drifter / swirl>ducking clipper / nemesis>archnemesis, then try learning some new moves and do some runs to finnish off etc etc

Well atleast thats how I would imagine a good training schedule to go for each shred, so that you cover every concept you want to remain consistant at.

How do all of you train? What drills/techniques/streches/dances do you do to maintain and improve your level of play?

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 13 Oct 2004 04:18

What I did is I typed up a List of tricks I wanted to hit (also some concepts that I wanted to work on) Printed it out, and posted it on my wall. Everytime I get something dialed on my list, I check it off and move on to the next thing written down.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 13 Oct 2004 05:08

I normally choose a few things i want to work on in that session, and just do them. So some days i school atomic, some days i dont, just depends on what has/hasnt been getting alot of attention, what is bugging me etc
i dont devote any time on purpose to hitting new hard moves, or concepts that arent really that useful to me yet (eg. Nuclear, spinning ducking, flailing, fairy etc.) the big or new moves often creep in though, at the end of a session when im a bit puffed and cant really drill any more effectively. so i just stuff around with various things im interested in

but yeh i try not to learn new concepts and sets unless they are really important to developing your game (important things include: stepping, pixies, drifters, osis, atomic, dlos, whirls, double downs, spins, maybe ducking moves... unimportant things IMO are: nuclear, blazing, fairy, swirling, stepping ducking/inspinning, quantum, exotic shit like that. if i do any its not for very long or very seriously)
That kind of unusual stuff i think should be left pretty much to when your guiltless game is pretty strong and you are hitting alot of fours and a few fives... quantum may be the exception cos its just like atomic for some people)

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 13 Oct 2004 07:23

I don't have much of a regime.

I just keep a mental list of all the things I was hoping to learn and how I am doing at them.

I believe Andrew Grant has a big crazy training schedule.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 13 Oct 2004 15:38

I think the best thing to have when training is discipline! I don't like to set goals when I train like - 30 of a particular move - but I like to stay on the one thing for a long time. In a 90 minute practice session I only drill about 5 different components - spins, whirls, drifters, torques and blenders at the moment - I also give my self little breaks between each component where I work on something different or just shred. You can still go over everything by working on links bettween moves - for example I might try and hit pdx drifter>matador while drilling drifters and since I'm drilling components I might also spend some time working on smoke or something like that - this means that all my game gets some work and the things I feel I need to particularly work on get the most.

Setting goals is a good way to find motivation but make sure they are attainable. I have a bit of problem of not knowing when to stop so if I set a goal that is too hard I could end up playing for 3 or 4 hours and getting very frustrated (this has happened).

Also think about what you're doing - don't just keep trying a move over and over if you're dropping it. You should try to make sure you understand every time you drop a move why you dropped it and what you need to do to land the move next time. - Play smarter not harder!

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 13 Oct 2004 17:17

mosher wrote:I believe Andrew Grant has a big crazy training schedule.

i have a daily schooling schedule. it consists of 5 days of schooling and leaves 2 days of for group shreds (since that's about what we get at this time of the year). every day is separated into different secions, schooling specific actions, specific moves, specific concepts, drills, and then strings with a heavy bias on the concepts/ moves/ what ever i was working on that day. it's all written down with amounts of time dedicated to each element of the program. it took me about 9 months to get the program to what it is now. i'm really satisfied with it. and it gives me direction. it's doing wonders for my shred!

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 13 Oct 2004 21:45

hacksterbator wrote:
mosher wrote:I believe Andrew Grant has a big crazy training schedule.
i have a daily schooling schedule. it consists of 5 days of schooling and leaves 2 days of for group shreds (since that's about what we get at this time of the year). every day is separated into different secions, schooling specific actions, specific moves, specific concepts, drills, and then strings with a heavy bias on the concepts/ moves/ what ever i was working on that day. it's all written down with amounts of time dedicated to each element of the program. it took me about 9 months to get the program to what it is now. i'm really satisfied with it. and it gives me direction. it's doing wonders for my shred!

That sounds fantastic, do you reacon you could pm it to me or post it here so I can build my own with yours as a base?

bob · Post by **bob** » 14 Oct 2004 14:10

i've just started creating something for myself. basically on certain days i work certain concepts/sets. the first part of the session is warm up, the middle of the session is drilling most of the moves i know out of that set or concept, and then the end of the session is drills and strings that heavily apply that concept. I used to do alot of organized sports and i tried creating this program similar to what i had experienced before (without all the pressure of really sticking to it, i mean come on, i still wanna have fun). when i completely finish it i'll post it.

bob glasser

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 16 Oct 2004 05:38

Actually I don't have a training schedule, but I keep a training journal. And I plan each session after the last, when I have all awareness fresh on my mind.