Tommys footblog thing

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Tommys footblog thing

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for all of you who dont know me, im tommy. ive been shredding for like 6 months on and off because of moving and it being winter and all made it difficult for me to find time (or a place) to shred. im in school right now bored as hell and i figued id make a blog of my own. ill probably have a shred when i get home so ill post again if i hit anything worth posting. c ya.
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i had a pretty good shred yesturday. afew 6 contact strings. im really trying to skool my ducking clippers and mirages. my internet at home is busted for some reason and i cant get on at home so probably the only place i can get on is at school which sucks.i really need to get people into footbag around here. its really sucks to shred alone.
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another boring day, im up in massachusets this weekend visiting relatives so im bored as hell, no where to shred either which really sucks, oh well. ill post back later if anything exciting happens.
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FINALLY!! im back on..i finally got this damn cable modem working again :D . but anyway, i had a pretty shitty day...got a massive nose bleed 3rd period, then when i got home i shredded for like 3 hours and i didnt hit much of anything today. this weekend im going to my friends house and me and him and this other kid pat are suposta have a shred..hopefully.
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i had a sweet weekend, i shredded with pat and andrew afew times and chilled it was awesome. i got my ducks really clean now, my shred is comming together pretty good. oh ya pat, sorry i took your hat :D i forgot to give it back to you when we got inside. im curious...does anyone read this?
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yup, me !
hi there tom, just some questions : what do you hit, how do you practice
and what are your goals ?
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Post by Tommy »

well,right now im just skooling basic tricks, like mirage>legover>butterfly>pdx mirage,and i learned ducking clippers because they look so fun to do. i usually shred for an hour or two allmost every day and sometimes i have 2 or 3 sessions in a day. my only main goal is to just become a good footbag player other than that i dont really have any other goals besides finish off high school and possibly college.
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Post by habitat »

hey tommy, just wanted to say stick with the basics for a while and you can't go wrong! I hope to hear some progress from you in the future, or Ill kill you


j/k man :wink:
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ya tommy, if u get very consistant with basics i think u will feel alot better then being abule to hit hugh tricks, bigger tricks come in time. push for consistancie and long strings. who cares about the size of the move not droping the bag is way cooler. :P so is hiting whirlwind tho but that stuff comes in time, HEY when u and andrew comeing up to my house? spring break? when is it? we are gonna have sooo much fun, sooo much shred, and sooo much partying. I know you had a good time last time you where up, i cant belive i broke that sherlock. lol at least u where there to see it, and had a front row seat. gooood times cant wait to see you again. keep up with the kicking every day and your garented to get better, i mean its just plane and simple, play, work hard, and get better and progress.


i wont kill you un like ^^^ some ppl, but ill hurt you if i dont see a ducking double down from you next time we hang out ;) i know you can get to where you want to be, if u want it enogh u can surpass any thing u want :)

GO TOMMY, GO TOMMY!!!
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Post by Tommy »

thanks for the incouragement guys!! ya were still on for spring break, i think its in like early april or something. both of us cant wait to come dude, well have sooo much fun. i got a footfighters bag this weekend is so cool i love the way it feels. ill post a picture of it later.
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Post by Tommy »

holy shit did i have one hell of a shred today...acually 2 shreds...im sweating my ass off from two of the craziest shreds ive ever had..i had afew good 7 or 8 contact strings :D :D :D ...well im back to shredding now just figured id let you all know my humungeous progress i had today.
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Post by habitat »

Tommy wrote:just figured id let you all know my humungeous progress i had today.

Lucky, you were probably #3 on my hit list :P


Now, lets see some video of you, anyway to get ahold of a camera?
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well..my digital camera does 1 minute long videos without sound but the quality isnt that great..im trying to get a job and save up for a camera..if i can get ahold of a camera before then ill deffinatly post a video.
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today was pretty cool, it snowed alot so i had no school today so i ordered dominos then shreded :D . yesturday i was showing this kid mike footbag and he was like what the hell? is this hacky sack? i said well..sorta but not really...and i showed him afew videos...he didnt really seem interested in it tho. my game is getting alot better..im starting to have relativly long strings like 8-10 contacts..i havent really kept track...thats just an estimate. but regardless ive gotten alot better within like the past few days.
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props then!

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Post by Tommy »

well nothing much new lately. i havent posted for awhile, so i figured i would, ive been skooling basics so much lately, my mirages are getting much cleaner, so are my legovers for that matter. ive been doing butterfly>osis>far legover alot and it comes out pretty clean to. well im gunna go shred ill post again if i hit anything new.
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woo hooo goin to philly tomorrow!! im so pumped i cant wait to go!! ill fill everyone in on my day when i come back tomorrow, peace.
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c ya there bud
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Post by Tommy »

holy shit, today was my fist tournament and i competed to, my shred wasnt half bad either. i competed in sick trick, shred 30 and routine. it was insane today. i had no routine so i just sorta wing'd it. this tournament has changed my life.

EDIT: oh ya i forgot to mention that for sick trick the first trick i tried was blurry whirl and i ALLMOST hit it. i was pretty close, i allmost hit ripwalk afew times. today my legs are SOOOOO sore. i played so much footbag yeturday, it was so fun.
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Post by Tommy »

today i had a pretty good shred, afew pretty long strings, mostly legovers and mirages. i came sooooooo close to hitting drifter from toe today.
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