Basics

[rory]

i know everyone had to learn there basics at the beggining but what basics did u learn and what strings did u have with just basics?

[ashleyd]

the basics are things like stalls, atws, legovers, pickups, clippers. butterfly, clipset mirrage. things like that. and dont be afraid to kick inbetween. take it slow and learn everything on both sides.

[Frenzal]

Can you do that learn from others mistakes thing? Playing hackysack i developed a very strong right inside kick. This lead me to right inside and toe stalls a right side mirage and around the worlds and eventually a right foot clipper. So my early strings went ATW(in)>mirage)ATW(out)>mirage>clipper>mirage>ATW in etc

What i should have been doing is using my left foot aswell. No matter what moves you first hit spend some time schooling them on your bad foot.

[crazydwarf]

I can hit some stuff with my left, but it is really hard for me to hit clipper, or even inside kick, with my left. I have to really swing my foot to get it straight enough to inside kick... anyone else have any this problem, or any suggestions.

[innersmile]

the basics are things like stalls, atws, legovers, pickups, clippers. butterfly, clipset mirrage. things like that.

haha, that made me laugh. I have hit like 2 illusions and that's it. Shit, I'm not even at the level where I can school my basics. Clipset Mirage is like a wet dream for me at the mo...

My butterflies are laughable and I barely land pickups 30% of the time...

*sigh*

At least I got some of them down...

peace,

[Anz]

1.
Toe, inside, outside kicks

2.
Toe stall
Inside stall
Clipper stall
-------
Outside stall

3.
Legover
Mirage
ATW
Pixie (muted ss Mirage)
Clip set Mirage
Clip set Pickup
Butterfly
-------
Illusion
Pickup
Fairy (muted ss Illusion)

4.
Pdx Mirage
Far Legover
Osis
Infinite
-------
Far Pickup

5.
sets (tricks with 2 dexes)
components (spinning, ducking, etc.)

That's how I see the basics.

[zachatree]

1.
Toe, inside, outside kicks

2.
Toe stall
Inside stall
Clipper stall
-------
Outside stall

3.
Legover
Mirage
ATW
Pixie (muted ss Mirage)
Clip set Mirage
Clip set Pickup
Butterfly
-------
Illusion
Pickup
Fairy (muted ss Illusion)

4.
Pdx Mirage
Far Legover
Osis
Infinite
-------
Far Pickup

5.
sets (tricks with 2 dexes)
components (spinning, ducking, etc.)

That's how I see the basics.

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thats exsactly how i leard every thing in about that order.

[dazza]

Kool, according to your list, i have all the basics,
but of course, my flipside still needs a whole lotta love

Run osis run, but soon our two worlds will be one

[sniikeri]

And those are starter level basics. For more advanced shredders basics are stuff like ripwalk, pdx mirage, whirl...

Learn to do your tricks both sides!

[ebo]

There's also a thread for this:

http://www.modified.ca/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=5159

Both sides!

[dazza]

There's also a thread for this:

http://www.modified.ca/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=5159

Both sides!

Oh yeah, there's a lot to learn still !

[Jeremy]

Even the best players still have heaps of stuff to learn. I doubt you could ever get to a stage in footbag where there was nothing left to do!

When I was starting I didn't really know about tiltless/guiltless whatever - so I would drill my basics without doing combos a lot. Even these days I do that - for example I'll do a drill like this - toe barrage>op toe repeat. it's pretty boring but it means you can just focus on getting the technique right on that one move until it feels really easy and consistant before you work on linking it. I also think I'd get more out of that - than out of trying a guiltless toe barrage drill - because this way I can hit a lot more toe barrages before dropping it and I can really focus on technique - so not every toe barrage that I hit is good - even though it might be clean - but I can work on it until I get it as close to my idea of perfect for that move as I can.

[rye]

this is good stuff thanks for all the tips!! I've got some x core practicing to do now....