Arms

Hacky_Slacker · Post by **Hacky_Slacker** » 05 Feb 2003 19:52

what do you think?

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 05 Feb 2003 20:15

I think I'm gonna be bustin' Dustin, and then headin' out... duh. No, I think my arms help my balance and stuff but for the most part I never think of where they are or who they're dating.. I mean... what they're doing.

madshred2003 · Post by **madshred2003** » 05 Feb 2003 20:34

i lost my arms in Nam fighting for freedom for you punks.

calex · Post by **calex** » 05 Feb 2003 22:30

Noah Jay-Bonn · Post by **Noah Jay-Bonn** » 06 Feb 2003 09:35

Arms are key. If I can't hit a move I look at what I'm doing with my arms and torso. Watch someone else hit the trick you ar e trrying and mimick their arms. I swear, everyone who hits paradox whirl does the same thing with their arm on the catching side.

Noah

Zerbalicious · Post by **Zerbalicious** » 06 Feb 2003 09:53

Arms are extremly important. I really think that arms can make or break someone's style. If you don't have control over your arms when you freestyle, it really looks like you're just spazing out. I think if we want footbag to be respected by the mainstream we need to look at how the entire body moves, not just how our legs circle the bag.

Hacky_Slacker · Post by **Hacky_Slacker** » 06 Feb 2003 10:03

i really think that it is a form of pupettering.
people, that have tricks dialed, ALWAYS do the same thing with their arms.

like look at kenny, on TToT 1, when he does a head stall, watch his hands! its kinda funny, but i must admit, i do the same thing.

i agree with zerb (go figure) in really everthing he said!

i wonder if there are any amless hackers?!?!

thatd be cool!

Bono · Post by **Bono** » 06 Feb 2003 11:11

Hacky_Slacker wrote: i wonder if there are any amless hackers?!?!

i'm an aimless hacker. does that make me cool enough for you, Bustin Dustin?

Liam · Post by **Liam** » 06 Feb 2003 17:23

Zerbalicious wrote:Arms are extremly important. I really think that arms can make or break someone's style. If you don't have control over your arms when you freestyle, it really looks like you're just spazing out.

I hear that, Zerbe. Spazziness can make footbag look real ugly. It's hard to avoid though, for most people, as the arms like to mimic the legs. Ever seen Chad's cute little hand double dexing when he hits scorpion's tail sometimes?
Man, I remember first seeing Sunil shredding. He had some awful arm spazzing... particularly a couple of years ago (anyone remember his quantum eggbeater from the CSS2 video? yowza

). His arm spazzing really put me off watching him. But yeah, it's not as bad nowadays.

Liam out.

Hacky_Slacker · Post by **Hacky_Slacker** » 06 Feb 2003 19:01

ive always enjoyed watching sunil. ive headr several people konck his stlye, or lack there of. FUCK it! its all the same.
to each his own.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 06 Feb 2003 20:19

i dont know about his style. It always looks like hes struggling to catch every butterfly and pdx mirage... i

ales has the best upper body movement (or lack thereof) i think.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 06 Feb 2003 20:47

i used to not like sunils style. but now hes one of my favs!! his style in where the ripwalk ends makes me jittery.

Hacky_Slacker · Post by **Hacky_Slacker** » 07 Feb 2003 13:20

". . . NO!, . . . THAT'S NOT REAL GOLD?!??!"

CICFreestyler 17 · Post by **CICFreestyler 17** » 07 Feb 2003 14:04

Sunil has plenty of style, actually he has his own! Nobody else really shreds like him or hits the moves he hits on a regular basis, maybe thats why his arms flail around differently.

Brian
CIC

FootbagginBum · Post by **FootbagginBum** » 08 Feb 2003 11:05

People say my arms flail about, but I think they just help balance and move very little, but what do I know, I have very little video of myself.

Dat · Post by **Dat** » 09 Feb 2003 12:53

For the longest time I couldn't hit any clean drifters on my flipside. Yesterday I tried schooling them again and I started to pay attention to my arms and how they move when I do drifters on my strong side. Once I started doing the same arm movements on my flipside drifters, they became a lot more natural. From now on when I'm schooling new tricks I'm gonna pay more attention how other players move their arms.

max · Post by **max** » 09 Feb 2003 13:01

Have any of you tried playing with your hands behind your back or in your pockets?

If you do, you'll understand *very quickly* why your arms or so important to footbag.

xjrjuniorx · Post by **xjrjuniorx** » 09 Feb 2003 14:08

when I first started I looked liked I was doing the crane kick from the kirate kid. now not at all and I can play with my hands behind my back can't pull moves but can kick it about easily. wait what am I saying I can't pull anthing off even with my hands not behind my back

madshred2003 · Post by **madshred2003** » 09 Feb 2003 14:58

sometimes i play with my hands on my head

Zerbalicious · Post by **Zerbalicious** » 09 Feb 2003 17:21

Liam wrote:Man, I remember first seeing Sunil shredding. He had some awful arm spazzing... particularly a couple of years ago (anyone remember his quantum eggbeater from the CSS2 video? yowza ). His arm spazzing really put me off watching him. But yeah, it's not as bad nowadays.

It is really rude to talk about people's syles in a way that might be construed as negative. (i.e. the word awful)
Sunil has pushed the envelope of modern freestyle aruguably more than any other player. There is no person in the world that can hit some of the moves he has hit. Although he and I don't always see eye to eye on certain things, I have a great deal of respect for Sunil and the dedication he has to our sport. I know you don't mean any disrespect toward Sunil but please watch what you say.
Thanks

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