Tonight I performed footbag in front of a crowd.
It wasn't so scary, I find that I tend to perform under pressure, what luck!
It was filmed so hopefully I will be able to show you guys that.
All I did were butterflies and osii and far legovers BUT I did them on a kickass playing surface that made bleeps and bloops depending on where I landed and stuff. I have no idea if it sounded anything like music but the crowd seemed impressed.
I kinda just played until it seemed like a good time to stop and then said I was done and everyone clapped.
I was hoping to dramatically end on torque but I dropped.
It was a fun experience still. I got handshakes from lots of people, they seemed really impressed.
I hit pixie ss drifter today for my first time! I footed it three hundred times on the other side, no luck on the seal though.
I think alot of people misinterpret what I mean by being bothsided.
I don't mean hitting a trick and then also hitting it on your flipside, I mean just negating the whole flipside dilema altogether from day one.
If you focus and concentrate on doing things on both sides from the beginning it makes the entire issue a non-issue, both sides just learn all the shit together. Every concept is new to both sides at some point right?
I think anyone coming into footbag from a hacky sack background that has already formed a side dominance with their hacking may be more inclined to wind up with a more noticable dominant footbag side. Once one foot starts learning stuff before the other it will remain stronger unless lots of attention is paid to the weak one.
I know in my head which side feels easier for each trick and when I am shredding or drilling I make sure to use the weaker one alot more as it builds up confidence and muscle memory in them. I still hit the strong ones to remind me of how to do it right and then I emulate and adapt to fit it to the other side. I don't have different techniques for any tricks side to side but sometimes do think slightly different things for some reason.
I am so intrigued by the both sides topic. I really think that the human body is 100% capable of attaining general both sided motor skills, we are just able to get by doing all our daily tasks and so on with one side. We practice and drill that one side EVERY DAY. Think about this, lets call writing something drilling writing, that can be equated to drilling any footbag trick. Writing with your left hand is just like any other trick you havn't drilled. I cannot hit bigwalk because I have never drilled surging set before. (It actually took me a minute to think of something I knew I couldn't do
) So logically it would make sense that I can't write with my left hand because I havn't drilled it at all! Whereas I "drill" the right hand every day, no wonder I am better at it!
I bet if I started writing all the time with my left hand it could get pretty good in time, though the right hand does have years and years of practice so I have some catching up to do.
He's so talented.
