Brian's Footblog thingy

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 06 May 2005 15:34

So. I've been absent from footbag for 3 years give or take six months. I started kicking again two or three weeks ago, and damn it gets addictive quick. I quit so I could focus on graduate school, but since I'm still working on my thesis and it should have been done six months ago, I guess it didn't work so well. Anyway, me and my brother had a really good session today; I hit osis a bunch of times (which I always used to have problems with), pixie-butterfly, pixie-legover, smear, datw, dlo, and terrage. I also had a 19 hit tiltless run a couple days ago, which is as good or better than I kicked years ago when I was playing every day. So I'm pretty psyched

. When I quit playing I was working on stepping set stuff, and had hit ripwalk a few times and blur once. I'm going to start working on that again, and I really want to work on a fairy set and stuff like barrage and double switchover. Anyway, good shredding to everyone!

Just call me hagesy · Post by **Just call me hagesy** » 06 May 2005 18:14

Yeah

footbag is addictive

One day my parents are going to put me in rehab.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 09 May 2005 20:34

Shredded for like 2 hours today. I hit pixie-pickup both sides for the first times since I came back, and I hit fairy-legover weakside for the first time ever! I was trying to hit fairy set stuff when I quit playing, but I never managed to hit anything, so I was pretty happy when I hit one today. It's kindof weird I hit if weakside first though, I tried strong side a bunch of times but it kept rolling off my foot. Oh yeah, I rolled double down over off my foot a couple times too; I really want one of the double-dex to clipper moves cause I love the way barflies and superflies look. And I tried some ducking stuff today too, not much worked out though, I hit a couple clippers and a mirage. It just started to get warm in lowa, so I should be able to kick every day.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 10 May 2005 18:59

I hit double switchover today, but I only hit it weakside. Same thing with fairy legover the other day, it's kindof weird. Anyone else have their weakside be stronger for a particular set type? Nothing else much today, I worked on clipper > clipper cause I have problems with my weakside clipper set, I hit 10 in a row, which is really good for me. I also hit 18 consecutive legovers, which was kinda cool.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 22 May 2005 22:07

Got to kick a bunch this weekend at a city music festival kindof thing. We actually had like eight people kicking, and a couple of them could hit atw and clipper. I told both of them about this website and footbag.org and they said they wanna start playing a lot more, which would be great. Had a couple great session, I had a bunch of 20+ tiltless strings, plus I was finally hitting osis and some pixie stuff midstring.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 22 Jun 2005 23:59

Haven't posted in awhile, but I have been kicking quite a bit. Getting my double atw down better, I'm able to hit it midstring once in awhile. I've really been trying to get my pixie set down, and am regularly hitting pixie-legover, smear, dimwalk, and pixie-pickup. I've started hitting terrage, which seems easier to me than double atw, and am actually managing to get drifter to sit on my foot instead of having to just kick it everytime. I've always had problems with my clippers, so I've been drilling them quite a bit; I got twelve consecutive and almost right after I hit 21! I was pretty stoked. My tiltless runs aren't getting longer, but they seem a lot smoother and more consistent. I've also added fairys and an occasional illusion into my tiltless run mix, both of which I've previously avoided for the most part. I'm working on a stepping set, but not having a whole lot of luck. I got a couple blurs on my foot and dropped, and a couple ripwalks and dropped, but the set itself still hits my leg at least 95% of the time. I hit fear for the first time, but I'll really have to school my fairies cause they suck something fierce. I hit spinning clipper for the first time, and an occasional ducked mirage or clipper, but my ducks are really awkward. Oh, and I'm moving near Knoxville, TN in the next month or so, and they actually have (i think) and active footbag club. Having a group of people who actually want to get better to shred with should be tons of fun, and I think it will really help my game to have people around who are better than me and who will push my game. Well thats it for now, peace out.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 24 Jun 2005 14:21

I started a challenge page yesterday and it has already helped focus my game quite a bit. I hit more osii (however it's plural goes) yesterday than I have total before that. I also hit some really clean ducking clippers, even though I have not yet been able to back to back them. Getting really close though, hopefully when I shred tonight I'll be able to hit it.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 25 Jun 2005 20:47

Not a wonderful shred tonight, but not too bad. Hit datw a bunch of times, hit terrage a couple times, hit back to back plo and plo smear (can't quite hit my plo>smear rpt. challange though). My runs were ok, 10-15 contact tiltless runs. The first hour sucked though, and one of my friends actually had a video camera so we taped until the battery was dead. I don't think I got much decent on the tape, but I'll put up some decent stuff when I can get him to bring the camera to my house. My ducks really really sucked even through I've been schooling them a lot, guess I've gotta practice harder.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 25 Jun 2005 20:53

Hey man, yeah Raleigh is pretty much in the center of NC, which is where I am now. However, Greenville NC is even closer to the beach (about an hour and a half away or so) so that would be easier to play with me at, and I'll be there for college (ECU) from August to May.

Shred on!

delakong · Post by **delakong** » 26 Jun 2005 13:42

And then from Greenville to Havelock is only an hour and then you'll be only a half hour from the beach, depending on what beach you planned on going to.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 26 Jun 2005 23:37

Cool guys; it won't be for at least a month though, cause I'm finishing up my thesis before I move.

Shredded for a little less than an hour today, it's way too hot and humid here and I'm not used to it yet.

I'm getting closer to plo>smear repeat, just gotta keep drilling it. I drilled clipper>clipper, fairies, and weakside illusions too; I really want to have all the ground level stuff down pat before I start really working on a lot of anything else.

Clippers were the toughest for me to start, so I want to keep at them until I can do at least 20 back to back without a problem.

I kindof skipped skooling fairies and weakside illusions cause their counterparts came easier to me, so it's taking me some time to learn them.

My strong side illusion is really strong, I'm sure I could at least hit legbeater, but I know I should hold off on it until my weakside catchs up.

It seems harded to catch up with one leg if the other gets really far ahead than it is to keep them even in the first place.

I made that mistake with clippers; I could hit butterflies way easier strong side than I could clippers weakside and it took a long time to fix.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 26 Jun 2005 23:41

hey man, good to hear you're back kicking it alot and into it.

footbag!!!!

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 27 Jun 2005 20:22

Who are you?

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 28 Jun 2005 01:52

Uhhh, I am Brian Potter. I live in Iowa and I've played on and off since around 2001 I think.

I started grad school in Clinical Psychology and got busy and quit playing; it was also tough to keep motivating myself without anyone else to seriously kick with My brother kicks with me when I live near him, and has actually gotten more into it recently.

I used to post on hackrifice on when it was on a different host.

Anyway, I've been kicking quite a bit again, and it looks like there is a club in Knoxville, TN close to where I'm moving.

Anyway, I'm here to stay this time.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 29 Jun 2005 23:52

Man, I just read a post that had pictures of Vaseks ankles during clipper moves, and I think that kid is double jointed or something.

I worked on really cranking my ankles for clippers and osis and it helped a lot.

I'm getting really close to all three challenges I have not hit, so if anyone has any for me hit up my challenge blog.

My pixie set is really coming along, I hit four consecutive plo and hit dimwalk a bunch of times, which I've never purposfully schooled before.

I also saw a video with a guy nicknamed "the shapeshifter" who hit I don't even know how many variations of consecutive ducking and diving tricks. It was on the blurry world website, which has quite a few pretty sweet videos.

It helped my ducking quite a bit.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 03 Jul 2005 15:34

I went to Des Moines this weekend for a Particle concert, they were pretty impressive. Me and my brother shredded for a good deal of the show, and the manager of a Jimmy Johns told us to go to his store the next day for free subs cause he had never seen anything like it. I laughed and directed him to come here or to footbag.com to see some real crazy stuff. It was a good shred though, bunch of 20 or so contact run, I hit a couple butterfies, 3 smears, a few plo and a drifter in one run. Not much else for now.

HG · Post by HG » 03 Jul 2005 16:13

BrianP wrote:I went to Des Moines this weekend for a Particle concert, they were pretty impressive. Me and my brother shredded for a good deal of the show, and the manager of a Jimmy Johns told us to go to his store the next day for free subs cause he had never seen anything like it. I laughed and directed him to come here or to footbag.com to see some real crazy stuff. It was a good shred though, bunch of 20 or so contact run, I hit a couple butterfies, 3 smears, a few plo and a drifter in one run. Not much else for now.

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! You didnt really tell him .com did you? .com is the devil! You should have told him .org

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 03 Jul 2005 22:07

Whoops, lol. I did tell him .org. Sorry for the mistype.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 05 Jul 2005 18:08

Had a session yesterday and today, yesterday was pretty good, today I was really sort and my shin splits were killing me.

I hit a bunch of 20 + tiltless strings, hit 27 to break my record of 24, then hit 28 twice, a bunch of other mid 20's strings, and today I hit 30 exactly! I was really pumped.

My osis is still improving, my butterflies are getting way better, I've been throwing them into my tiltless runs occasionally. My drifter is still inconsistent, I can get around and kick it almost every time, but I only land the delay once in awhile.

My plo is good enough I can hit it mid-run without too much problem, and my smear is decent, though I still whip the hack off my foot when I try to set it too frequently for my liking.

I hit datw>opp toe>datw>opp toe repeat, and also hit dlo (which I have a hell of a time with). My brother has started hitting dlo alot, he probably hit it fifteen or twenty times yesterday in 40 minutes. He got lavers and it is helping his game a lot.

Thats about it for now.

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » 28 Jul 2007 12:44

I just started playing agian about two months ago after another long absence due to lack of other people to shred with. I have moved into an area (Knoxville, TN) where I can actually shred with other people! It's great and shredding with the Knoxville Footbag Association (KFA) has really helped my game. We had a really good session today, our newest member hit smear and is sooo close to atom smasher. The group founder, Jason, has started hitting quantum blur and butterfly, and almost landed quantum blizzard a bunch of times. I am really working on my stepping set and hit my first couple flipside blurs today and quite a few strong side. I'm really close on ripwalk and blizzard. I am also finally hitting whirl, which has been a pain for me forever, and have been working on my guiltless game by drilling butt > osis > p-m both sides. Anyway great to be back and hopefully I can shred with some of you!

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