Mathieu

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 06 Mar 2006 14:32

I saw this dude at CSS with a shirt that said Gabon on it. I thought of you.

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 07 Mar 2006 05:17

Yes I know him,
In fact I gave him the shirt at SJFF!
it's Aaron Sheppard, really nice guy..

today's session: almost 2 hours of misery again..
some new combo: spin clip > rev swirl
I cant think of anything else good beside maybe one good flip ripwalk.. tried to rev swirl out of it and missed..
my legs are so sore I cant play for shit, tomorrow is day off for sure..
I guess I cant have good sessions every time! I was on fire since I arrived here, now here is a down moment..

FootbagGuru · Post by **FootbagGuru** » 07 Mar 2006 12:25

hey mathieu, how ya been? i see you are getting better at the footbag! keep it up man

peace!

augustin · Post by **augustin** » 08 Mar 2006 06:40

Hey mathieu, always good to have news from you. Was great talking with you last time. Can't wait shred with you again. You know, my theory about bad practices is that there's productive things that coming up. Every time i feeli have a bad session, the next sessions are more productives. And the other thing is, that if all sess were great, footbag wouldn't be as much interesting. Keep up the hard work and see you in july.

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 09 Mar 2006 05:06

thanks for the support pat and augustin!

legs really tired but played anyways today.. nothing awesome, played tiltless on some songs I like for routines.. one was 2mins30 and did 4 drops.. no big combos, maybe some gyro clip > osis > gyro clip .. spinnings both sides, basicly nothing hard

hmm flip zulu clip! diving clip is geting beter on flip
diving clip > whirl both sides
almost ducking clip > whirl > rpt
a couple of clean blenders.. but the bag goes flying or is never controlled after the stall.. I hate doing uptime blenders..

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 10 Mar 2006 05:03

a lot of flip zulu clip, not midstring yet..
alomost zulu clip> zulu clip
most of the session was enjoying how easy spins are becoming for me,
also doing pixie sets on both sides
pixie > pixie > pixie > pixie > smear
did a couple of alternate pixie sets like that and ending by doing a move,
I think my flip set is just not fast enough, the height seems good .. I'll film that once I get my camera I guess
I was really happy by flip diving clip > rev swirl.. I'm just not used to do anything besides osis after flip diving

I'm in big lack of inspiration, always doign the same boring combos.. I sicken myself!

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 14 Mar 2006 05:32

something like my 4th straight bad session.. Had a good start.. a lot of flip smears.. and one string with spins, gyros, symp whirl..
then I was halted because of work since there was a lot of need for me, working in short shorts and sweaty t-shirt in a school is always fun when you are a network administrator..
so whatever I go back but dont play well
gyro diving osis, sketchy but not so bad..
close close close to spinning whirl
a good attempt to whirlwind, perhaps if I hit ps whirl first.. I'm so close tough
hmm footed gyro whirl
almost 4 consecutive spin clip
footed barfly midstring (after osis)
some pdx whirls.. been a while

so the session was pretty crappy, but shows promess compared to the last sessions I could'nt even think writing about!

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 15 Mar 2006 00:16

here is me trying quantum sets a month ago
I hit quantum buterfly a couple of times but its never clean in my beleif, buterfly is always rushed and very low..
http://v.footbag.org/media/919/quantums.wmv
give me some toughs if possible

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 15 Mar 2006 09:26

small session today, first filmed with new camera
http://v.footbag.org/media/919/TRAININGSESS.wmv

mostly trying moves.. finally hit flip drifter! and also bsos!!
after the tape was over I played a bit more and almost hit both drifters twice in one string.. tomorrw: drifter>drifter I hope!

Please give some comments to help me on these moves..

funklovesfootbag · Post by **funklovesfootbag** » 15 Mar 2006 22:58

That gyro diving is gonna be SICK when you get it down! on the whirls and drifters, I think when you miss it's because you're setting it too high.

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 15 Mar 2006 23:22

gyro diving is such a cool concept, I can't wait to master it!
gyro diving blender would rock
also spinning zulu le loup, I announce I'll hit it next sesion

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 19 Mar 2006 05:39

made a small video from an inside session yesterday
had another session outside after, footed flip pdx whirl many times, hit gyro buterfly correctly, and gyro diving clip clean

I was close to hit torque in the inside session.. you can see on the vid I'll post when its on the web, itnernet is slow here!

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 19 Mar 2006 23:24

heres the vid from saturday
http://v.footbag.org/media/919/march18.wmv

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 20 Mar 2006 05:58

I suck why did'nt I film today's session!!!!
no big strings, no big combos

this girl comes to me asking to show her something really hard..
janiwalker firs ttry.. first time

then I tell her, ok I'll try something I really can't hit

Fell ont he ground after dexing whirlwind
tried couple more times, dexed it and had good landing, just not fast enoguh? same problem that I have with PS Whirl.. Once I master it Whirlwind is mine!

almost: blender> far dyno

TORQUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! many times too!!!!!!

weaving clip bsos

footed : flip dlo, pixie whirl both sides.

ended session throwing two bags on clipper: rev swirl both of em

augustin · Post by **augustin** » 20 Mar 2006 07:02

Wow, mad props for your janiwalker. It's good to have regular news from you and see how fast you're progressing. Still 4 months before we shred togother. See ya.

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 22 Mar 2006 09:28

spin duck clip> torque
3 consecutive flip whirl
had fun doing whirl ending on toe to whirl ending on clip b2b
footed flip pdx whirl again..
torque is not so hard, but I can't place it midstring really much.. the set is never too good after the delay, I need to work on that.
oh yeah, I footed blurry whirl.. my flip step is getting kind of better, I figured a lot of things that help, practice is the next step.

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 27 Mar 2006 03:38

http://www.footbag.org/gallery/show/7753
sunday sessions.. outside and inside..
the highlight is gyro whirling inside stall

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 27 Mar 2006 05:50

first session of the week at work.. Still not playing well (I dont think this weekend's sess where good either) Perhaps I'm still overevaluating myself, but my guiltess game is really deceiving me, I rarely go for 10+ contacts, usualy around 5-7 wich is short to me

If I mix it up with 2 adds I usualy go for 20.
so the only thing worth mention :
rev swirl>swirl>run (really good swirl too, not a swirling set clipper!) Swirls still give me a really hard time.. rev swirl is fine.
a correct blender midstring (not uptime like I used to do).
I guess thats about it, otherwise the same shit all over, still cant get flip dlo and flip pdx whirl .. I footed flip pdx whirl in a string with my good one.. but I don't think when I foot it that its clean anyways.. I've seen a couple of the ones I footed this weekend, all the.

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 30 Mar 2006 04:58

ok I went way behind footbagwise.. but not by lack of talent!
I decided to step back, work on basics a lot, a lot of them I don't understand or master fully, rather perfect them before focusing guiltless like I used to.
Every session I need to do:
50 pickups
50 legovers
50 ss clipper (both sides)
50 infinity
25 illusions (both sides) *25 because it takes long enough, boy I suck at them flipside
50 mirages (both sides)
50 osis

today after a worthless effort I stoped flipside illusion at 2.. I'll probably add 25 whirls both sides next session. and once flipside gets better I'll higher that to 50.

Mirages went easy, 20 consecutives both sides makes it go fast to 50..
infinity is weird, I kind of feel I control it but drop randomly between 1 or 15.. I don't see any difference between the drop and the delay.
Osis drops around 10 or around 3!

pickups are hard.. I've hit 16 consecutives but still they are hard to me

I've hit 7 consecutive ducking clippers after drilling
then I hit this cool combo: weaving clip> ducking osis
I need to try this weaving clip> ducking osis>diving clip>zulu osis

no videos for a while..

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 30 Mar 2006 12:18

Strengthen that foundation!