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Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 14 Jan 2005 15:32

i had a good session today. It was good because i practiced alone and attempted many diverse tricks and combos. I was able to keep myself going for about 1.75 hours, working hard the whole time. At the end i pushed myself until i hit a cool combo, atomic drifter>whirling swirl.

Here are the results:
all new:
-pdx dlo>pixie whirl BS
-pdx dlo>pixie whirl> pdx dlo
-vortex BSOS!!! (thats only my 3rd vortex on flip ever, too!)
-flip smog>pixie paradon (3dex>3 dex)
-flip pixie ss dlo
-barfly>pdx drifter>repeat
-toe whirl>pdx eggbeater>repeat
-atomic drifter> whirling swirl

great session!

EDIT:
I also broke my osis record, previously 15, which is now 24!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 16 Jan 2005 16:52

hit a flip ddd in today's session
hit spinning butterfly bsos in today's session
3 consec flip spin clippers
79 tiltless contacts
flip symple swirl a couple times
flip whirling swirl a couple times

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 17 Jan 2005 16:42

today i had a 96 min session. i was trying to hit about 5 repeating drills but didnt hit any of them. I was feeling a bit weak in the quads from having played 1.5 hrs or more for each of the last 4/5 days or so. Anyway, the drills I was attempting were:

barfly>pdx whirl>pdx whirl>barfly
vortex>drifter.vortex.drifter
paradon>pdx eggbeater>repeat
pdx drifter>ripwalk>repeat
bedwetter>pixie butt>repeat

Even tho I didnt hit em, I got cose to some or at least practiced the lacking elements of my game.
In addition, I also practiced some 5>5 combos and other difficult links, for example, blurriest>blurry drifter, whci I dod not hit. I did manageto hit blurriest>blur 3 times whilr trying for it though. Also I managed to hit flip bedwetter>smoke, which was da bomb. Right at the end I was trying to hit atomic drifter>blur or to pdx dlo but I could manage neither on either side. The best I managed was atomic drifter>osis on my strong side about 5 times. Osis is too automatic on that side so i bail to it a lot. My goal is to hit Atomic drifter>blur>repeat!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 18 Jan 2005 20:31

Anchor (2x, 1 side only)

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 18 Jan 2005 21:44

Senor Grommet wrote:Anchor (2x, 1 side only)

Nice

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Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 19 Jan 2005 19:22

ive been shredding so much lately, i think my shin splints are going to come back; ive had sessions every day for about the last 6 days. Prolly 15 sessions in the last 20. Anyway, I forgot to mention that yesterday afternoon while shredding with Jackbag, I hit my first mid-run ripstein! Oh my god, the feeling! It was soo cool. I first hit the move almost 4 weeks ago, or so, and yesterday, FINALLY, i hit it midrun, fairly qell controlled, and then kept going with my run!

Also, Ive been recently schooling a lot of elements that are lacking in my current footbag game, such as flip gyro, flip spinning, flip diving, fip zulu, flip pixie, and both sides fairy. really, i only practice each one of those concepts for a total of about 3 minutes each session, but i think it will help to improve the lngth of my runs. Im not sure.

Its weird, not matter what i try to do, I cannot seem to hit runs of more than about 20 contacts, usually more like 10 or so. i want to have longer runs, but i also wanna keep hitting big tricks, in runs. I guess only time will tell wheter this new schooling will add length to my runs.

How did you all practice increasing your guiltless string length???

(BTW, I can hit tiltless runs of more than 40 contacts, so its not exactly a stamina thing, more of a consistency thing maybe??)

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 19 Jan 2005 19:40

Senor Grommet wrote: How did you all practice increasing your guiltless string length???

I became aware of my breathing, and paid more attention to it. Do a few cool tricks linked together, BOP or two, move where you breathe, few more cool tricks linked together, breathe during a BOP, 5 add, BOP, easy breathing trick (ducking butterfly/symp mirage) link some tricks, rinse, repeat. Don`t think too hard about the string as the whole, or making a long string: instead, focus on doing cool combo (3 or 4 tricks), easy breathing trick, repeat. Once you get better at doing long guiltless strings which are mostly genuine, the non-genuine stuff becomes easier to take out. If you want to hit 20+ genuine strings right from the start, you can get frustrated easily when you don`t hit them. My 2 yen.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 20 Jan 2005 16:52

Short solo session this afternoon. Hit some awesome combos, and 1 good run:
(flipside) blurry whirl> blur> (flipside) atomic whirl
whirling swirl>inspin mirage
infinity>pdx whirl x13 (1 sided repeating combo)
ripwalk>whirl>repeat many times
3 flip vortexes in 30 attempts
a 35 contact guiltless run with prolly 6-8 4 adds, and about half geniune

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 23 Jan 2005 11:34

I want to be able to hit infinity swirl out of anything. Today i took my first steps at being able to hit it with my flipside. I went outside and practiced only flip infinity swirls for 10 minutes straight. I attempted 70, as far as I could count. I was able to hit a total of 8 flipside inf. swirls. ^ of the 8 were barely caught on the back of the laver near the heel and of course were catapaulted into my ass, however two of the 8 were nice delays that I was able to play out of. After one, I hit a clipper. After the other, I hit an infinity>infinity>infinity swirl (BSOS!)

So, recapping, in 10 minutes, I sealed my first ever flipside infinity swirl, and in the same run, I hit it BSOS. YAY!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 24 Jan 2005 17:30

after watching lovely's vid, i decided to rip it up like the players on the vid. Problem: im not as good. I was busting hard, but oh so short. Anyway, i had a fun, quick 75 minute session. The three highlights of it were:
-ps whirl>blizzard
-blurry whirl>infinity swirl>whirling swirl
-2 pdx whirling swirls (4th, 5th time)

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 26 Jan 2005 11:59

i trained up my flip infinity swirl in 10 days. 10 days ago, i had never hit one. Today i managed infinity swirl>infinity swirl and infinity swirl bsos in 2 other runs. It just goes to show you that even if you cant hit a trick now, it doesnt mean you cant hit it. It just means you need to school it and think about it, make it easier for your body to hit. It worked for me. My goal is to be able to hit infinity swirl out of every 4 and 5 add move i know that ends in clipper.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 28 Jan 2005 14:48

Good session with my gf.
I hit some firsts:
-ps eggbeater (unsealed tho)
-flip ps dlo
-toe haze
-ripstein>ps whirl
-blurry whirl>fog
-spinning osis>ps whirl
-pdx dlo>pixie paradon
-pdx dlo>dimwalk repeat
-drifter>grifter
-33 contact guiltless run, 26 contact guiltless run

not new:
-tapping blender some more today
-Backside toe blur after a set is haaaaaaard.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 29 Jan 2005 18:17

today ps whirl>symp whirl>repeat rolled off of my foot twice. No luck. I did manage: grifter>drifter>drifter>grifter>drifter>drifter! That was the bomb yo. I started schooling grifter pretty hard this week!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 30 Jan 2005 17:13

On Sept. 30th, I wrote:

Overall, I counted contacts on 37 runs. My avg run length was a measley 6.89 contacts. My avg for the first 25 runs (with bag X) was 5.8 contacts. My last 12 runs (with bag y) averaged 8.83 contacts. Pathetic.

On Jan 30th, today, I measured the average of 24 runs. It was 10.70 tricks per run. Furthermore, upon taking out the lowest three run totals (3,3, and 3), my average would rise to 11.80. That is a fair improvement from 6.89 three months ago. Anyway, its not great, but its a start.

More impressive to me though, is the ease with which i can now throw down 20 contact guiltless runs if i "want" or "need" to. Lately, Ive even been able to hit some 30+ contact runs, tough no sign of 40 yet. Thats my newest goal, a 40 contact run.

I had janiwalker>fog off my foot today twice. I hit 5 consec barflies today too.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 01 Feb 2005 22:06

I can feel that this post is gunna push my views over 2,800! And now for the session recap:

1.5 hr session
16 oz water drunk
focus split btwn long runs/stamina and new tricks/combos

hit:
-barfly swirl 4 diff times! like it was easy! (sealed to osis)
-fairy dlo (

first ever!)
-flip tapping dlo (

first ever!)
-28 contact run, first of session
-60 infinities (ties the record, funny how you can hit 60 in a row, but drop the only 1 that counts, the record-breaker!)
-8 tripless (good for me cause i never try this)
-8O bubba op butterfly

to hand catch so surprised

james · Post by **james** » 01 Feb 2005 22:48

Props on all your new moves and combos. Was it really a proper set?

Uranos · Post by **Uranos** » 02 Feb 2005 01:11

Woah props man! Thats awesome, the one infinity you dro pis the most important one!! hehe bad luck man, but 60 is a huge total.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 06 Feb 2005 15:06

I had a couple pf good sessions recently, the last being today, with JackBag. She hit some cool new 2-add combos and strings today but doesnt feel like posting. I'm super stoked tho because i hit a bunch of cool combos and new runs, so I'm gunna post them here:

-symposium whirl>drifter>repeat, (starting from both sides)
-enterrage>run with drif>p drif>repeat
-smoke>p drif>ps whirl (both sides)
-smoke>ps whirl (both sides)
-ps whirl (bs)+ blurriest (bs)+ blurry whirl (one side) in same run (5 5's in 1 run is my max)
-p whirl>whirl>p whirl>whirl>p drifter>drifter>p drifter>pdx mir>atom smasher
-pdx dlo>pixie whirl>ps whirl (bs)
and finally . . .

ps whirl>symp whirl>ps whirl>symp whirl>ps whirl!!!!!!!!!!!!

B_Man · Post by **B_Man** » 06 Feb 2005 21:16

Woah!! Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice Jeremy!! I've always wanted to hit Symp Whirl > PS Whirl repeated.

I know it's meant for the challenge section but how how about Pdx Drifter > Symp Whirl > PS Whirl repeated?

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 08 Feb 2005 20:10

Sorry B Man, I didnt try your combo today b/c i forgot it when I went out for my session. But i did school related things so that Id be able to hit it. I managed to hit this stuff:

-p whirl>whirl>p whirl>whirl>p drif> drif>p drif>drif
-p drif> drif>p drif>drif>p whirl>whirl>p whirl>whirl

and then:
-p drif> drif>p drif>drif>p whirl>whirl>p whirl>whirl>p drif!
-p whirl>whirl>p whirl>whirl>p drif> drif>p drif>drif>p drif>drif>p drif!

I was really stoked on those combos because it it normally hard to link just the 4 repeaters, let alone the 4(drifs) to the other 4 (whirls). In fact, I couldnt even manage to hit it yesterday, but i sure did today!

What else . . . oh yeah, I also manage to hit bedwetter>pixie paradon, which i dont think ive ever hit. Ive been trying it for about 4 weeks now tho.

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