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Okay I'm going to start a footblog cuz somebody *cough* JOPLICK *cough cough* recomended it.
I just started footbag a little while ago. So today at school (during lunch break) I started playing some footbag. I started with just with toe delaying switching feet. Then i switched to clippers. I got around 3/5 right, where i could continue a trick off of it if i had to (or if i could). I know i should just practice those, the basics of basics, but that can get boring fairly fast.
Well i was practicing those and a kid named Jordan wanted to start kicking it around. He kinda sux, getting like 1-3 kicks in, but hey who am i to judge i suk too. Sooo... we started kicking. I stalled it and tried a mirage. No good first time, but on the second time nailed it (thanks to a little advice from my amazing footbagging brother). So we went back and forth, some other kid joined then left after like 2 tries... pfftt. Anyway i hit the mirage 2 or 3 (pretty sure its 3 but i could just be imagining it) times out of around 5 tries.
Well i need more practice (alot) which is why im going to start practicing, hopefully for at least a half hour. I'll practice some toe delays, which i can do well, but still needs some improvment and clippers which i could use alot of improvement. I can't even do them on my left leg (my bad/flipside/not strong leg). I pretty much have no controll with that leg, but hey im working on it.
Krumpage's Footblog
Krumpage's Footblog
Last edited by krumpage on 23 Jun 2006 11:28, edited 6 times in total.
Yay! I don't feel like really replying with anything now...but I did a few seconds ago. Uh..on saturday or sunday we should hang out. Maybe I can nudge mother into taking us to the mall to get some shoes. Hehe. I don't believe you on the clipper thing, everytime I've seen you it's been more of a kick then a delay. If it's a kick and you can do a move out of it that's way cool, and you should do a move out of it. Well time to play a bit o' the FF take care.
~Jared Wilbur~
Women are like a fine wine... they get better with age.
[life is]"A cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred."
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Women are like a fine wine... they get better with age.
[life is]"A cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred."
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
joplick shame shame shame on you not trusting your own *cough cough* brother*cough* its a mirage not a kik or dragonfly or whatever your been saying lol when i tried with my left foot indeed it was a kik though o and i got a question how do you decided if your doing the trick with your strong side is it the leg that dexes or the leg that sets?
lol well it tends to be that whichever is your strong setting leg is also your strong dexing leg so infact your strong mirage probably is set with your strong foot for an delay at the end but you lack control while the bag is in the air and your weak mirage has a more controlled dex but the closing delay is probably very difficult.
~Jared Wilbur~
Women are like a fine wine... they get better with age.
[life is]"A cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred."
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Women are like a fine wine... they get better with age.
[life is]"A cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred."
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Okay ive been practicing quite a bit and got around the worlds both sides and if i concentrate i can get them nearly everytime on my right foot and prob 3/5 left foot. now mirages i got it very good with my right foot and so-so with my left. Im still working on the left im sure ill get as good as my strong soon 
. Now my pixies or same side mirages or what ever there calld i get them down both sides. I can do the uptime and downtime since i guess theres a difference.
today i practiced my legover or pickup (opp out>in) a couple days ago i tried it and i got it first try on my right foot woooo! well i practiced it a little my main focus was to get my round the worlds and mirages. Anyways i got it a few times on my strong side and still have hit it on my flipside but hopefully ill get it soon. I can tell A HUGE difference in my control in my left foot and im sure thats just from around the worlds. when my legs start to wear out a little i just bring my left foot or less often right foot and just start circling in the air. I think it helps my left foot since it seems where there isnt so much tension in my left leg.
well hopefully by next week ill have pick ups and legovers and if im really lucky maby even clippers. I can get a stalling clipper bout 1/5 with my right foot. That's not near what i want it to be, and with flipside none. I figure before doing flipside clippers i need to get my inside stalls firsts. Well hopefully i will be improve a bit over the weekend.
. Now my pixies or same side mirages or what ever there calld i get them down both sides. I can do the uptime and downtime since i guess theres a difference. today i practiced my legover or pickup (opp out>in) a couple days ago i tried it and i got it first try on my right foot woooo! well i practiced it a little my main focus was to get my round the worlds and mirages. Anyways i got it a few times on my strong side and still have hit it on my flipside but hopefully ill get it soon. I can tell A HUGE difference in my control in my left foot and im sure thats just from around the worlds. when my legs start to wear out a little i just bring my left foot or less often right foot and just start circling in the air. I think it helps my left foot since it seems where there isnt so much tension in my left leg.
well hopefully by next week ill have pick ups and legovers and if im really lucky maby even clippers. I can get a stalling clipper bout 1/5 with my right foot. That's not near what i want it to be, and with flipside none. I figure before doing flipside clippers i need to get my inside stalls firsts. Well hopefully i will be improve a bit over the weekend.
Last edited by krumpage on 14 Jun 2006 15:18, edited 1 time in total.
Well guess what I've been practicing quite a bit lately. I now found out i can do at least 3 same side mirages (alternating of course) in a row, and 3 mirages in a row on my right foot i only can get 2 on my left. Now im able to a pickup both feet with setting it with one foot and circling with other, along with the out to in version. Though they both need some major practice along with some practice with my around the worlds flipside. I have also tried a mirage from a clipper haven't landed it yet but ive gotten close. I still need work on my clipper to get it where the bag goes up and sets at the right height. Well hopefully I will continue to create a lot of progress this week.
first off i have to say Joplick you idiot (refering to joplicks blog entry saying he injured his right calf by walking and hitting the corner of something).
Well anyway today is thursday, and so far i think i have made some quite good progress this week. My mirages both sides i have down (as i say in every message but it just means i hit it quite a bit more often and clean and easier) and my around the worlds are where i want them to be... easy to hit (usually lol).
Now yesterday i think overall i practiced for lets say 70-80 min. Since lets say i got 10 min in school (all the people hawk over me wanted to join so i dont get a good 20 min in) and at home i got at least got 40 in than i went to my sisters play came back played 10-20 min. What did i practice you ask? well for the most part it was practicing clippers. I went from hitting no clippers at all to be able to hit 9/10 on right foot and prob 1/5th of that was a perfect set. My left foot is maby 7/10 or 6/10 and probably 3/5th of those hit is a perfect set. So i consider that major progress clipper wise.
I have hit mirage from clipper 2 or 3 times too (only strong side, I tried flipside 8+ times couldnt get it and i was getting tired). Lets see here ive strung 3 mirages right side with stall at the end and only 2 at left but im sure i can do 3. And for same side mirage i have strung 4, alternating feet. One of my goals is to do mirage, ss mirage, mirage, ss mirage. At least im pretty sure it ss mirage... pop it up dex in>out with same foot, catch on opposite.
Anyway for my pickups and pixies i can get them 1/2 of the time maby 1/3 on right and left its prob 1/3 to 1/4. I know i need practice i have been making excuses by wanting to excel more at tricks i can do more easily. Like i would do mirage to boost confidence, but then not go back to practicing the trick.
Lets see here what else. Tuesday i ordered a dirt bag 32 panel. I kinda want a non-sandbag but i didnt want plastic pellets but who know maby im just stupid (i like a little weight). Anyway worldfootbag shipped it wednesday/yesterday via USPS and so i will be recieving it probably monday or possible saturday depending if they deliver on saturdays.
Today i really havent practiced much at all. I was walking to my 5th period when i noticed my legs hurt. They felt way sore. So i didnt get too much practice at lunch just let other people kick my footbag (I think its a mr sandman, but im not sure my older brother gave it to me). It's kinda funny its has like 4 holes but its only on one of the panels. I guess that one side gets hit alot lol. I have stitched them all up of course. What's also funny is that people say "o thats barely filled" and i always no i think its perfect, but you see i always forget they've only played with shitty seepas (that how you spell it? sipas maby or maby even spelld siepas lol). So those how filled to the max... so tahts why the always say its barely filled.
Well I'm going outside hoping that my legs aren't too sore to play.
Well anyway today is thursday, and so far i think i have made some quite good progress this week. My mirages both sides i have down (as i say in every message but it just means i hit it quite a bit more often and clean and easier) and my around the worlds are where i want them to be... easy to hit (usually lol).
Now yesterday i think overall i practiced for lets say 70-80 min. Since lets say i got 10 min in school (all the people hawk over me wanted to join so i dont get a good 20 min in) and at home i got at least got 40 in than i went to my sisters play came back played 10-20 min. What did i practice you ask? well for the most part it was practicing clippers. I went from hitting no clippers at all to be able to hit 9/10 on right foot and prob 1/5th of that was a perfect set. My left foot is maby 7/10 or 6/10 and probably 3/5th of those hit is a perfect set. So i consider that major progress clipper wise.
I have hit mirage from clipper 2 or 3 times too (only strong side, I tried flipside 8+ times couldnt get it and i was getting tired). Lets see here ive strung 3 mirages right side with stall at the end and only 2 at left but im sure i can do 3. And for same side mirage i have strung 4, alternating feet. One of my goals is to do mirage, ss mirage, mirage, ss mirage. At least im pretty sure it ss mirage... pop it up dex in>out with same foot, catch on opposite.
Anyway for my pickups and pixies i can get them 1/2 of the time maby 1/3 on right and left its prob 1/3 to 1/4. I know i need practice i have been making excuses by wanting to excel more at tricks i can do more easily. Like i would do mirage to boost confidence, but then not go back to practicing the trick.
Lets see here what else. Tuesday i ordered a dirt bag 32 panel. I kinda want a non-sandbag but i didnt want plastic pellets but who know maby im just stupid (i like a little weight). Anyway worldfootbag shipped it wednesday/yesterday via USPS and so i will be recieving it probably monday or possible saturday depending if they deliver on saturdays.
Today i really havent practiced much at all. I was walking to my 5th period when i noticed my legs hurt. They felt way sore. So i didnt get too much practice at lunch just let other people kick my footbag (I think its a mr sandman, but im not sure my older brother gave it to me). It's kinda funny its has like 4 holes but its only on one of the panels. I guess that one side gets hit alot lol. I have stitched them all up of course. What's also funny is that people say "o thats barely filled" and i always no i think its perfect, but you see i always forget they've only played with shitty seepas (that how you spell it? sipas maby or maby even spelld siepas lol). So those how filled to the max... so tahts why the always say its barely filled.
Well I'm going outside hoping that my legs aren't too sore to play.
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i havent really updated this much but its because i havent really been practicing much. shame on me. well i got my new bag in its a dirt bag super sand and its ok (i really dont have anything to compare it too except my sandman, but i rank it an ok from what i want from a footbag) and its really broken in now. i tried the little freezer trick and it worked well. Lets see here its now summer, too bad i dont really have too much stuff to do. Guess that means my sessions will start getting longer. right now there usually around 30 min (shame on me), but as i learn more tricks theyll get longer im sure.
well, heres the list of what i can hit
mirage
ss mirage
atw
pick up
leg over
illusion (still needs a little work)
and a horrible clipper but i can do it
now what im practicing is
illusion
symp mirage
clipper
ducking set
when i got my clipper ill have top practice everything from a clipper (oh joy) but that will definitly keep me busy for a long while... you guys can recomend some moves i should try and i guess you should put how the move is executed since i dont have too big of a move list in my head. ill bring more news on my progress in some other post that someone may or may not read lol
well, heres the list of what i can hit
mirage
ss mirage
atw
pick up
leg over
illusion (still needs a little work)
and a horrible clipper but i can do it
now what im practicing is
illusion
symp mirage
clipper
ducking set
when i got my clipper ill have top practice everything from a clipper (oh joy) but that will definitly keep me busy for a long while... you guys can recomend some moves i should try and i guess you should put how the move is executed since i dont have too big of a move list in my head. ill bring more news on my progress in some other post that someone may or may not read lol
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heres a pic of me
i know i dont have any pupils. lol. looks like i have a big nose, now that i look at me. Lets see here im 6 ft, im pretty skinny... i guess. though i think i look fine, looks like i have green eyes but there blue. Though about one fourth of my eyes are blue like if you have a circle and take the top right corner quarter of it then add in the pupil (which would be a quarter of a pupil wooo go mathematics) that would be green. i noticed it when i was putting in my contacts. lol looking at this picture i can see all these things that would look funny if i drew myself. for example looks like i got tiny hair and it looks like a pasted a head on lol o well i should stop making fun of myself before... looks like a got a pistol in the background hanging up. o well
i know i dont have any pupils. lol. looks like i have a big nose, now that i look at me. Lets see here im 6 ft, im pretty skinny... i guess. though i think i look fine, looks like i have green eyes but there blue. Though about one fourth of my eyes are blue like if you have a circle and take the top right corner quarter of it then add in the pupil (which would be a quarter of a pupil wooo go mathematics) that would be green. i noticed it when i was putting in my contacts. lol looking at this picture i can see all these things that would look funny if i drew myself. for example looks like i got tiny hair and it looks like a pasted a head on lol o well i should stop making fun of myself before... looks like a got a pistol in the background hanging up. o well
ok i posted this in this lacing topic http://modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.ph ... 787#247787
and so i thought i should post this in my blog i tried to be detaild.
my laves have 8 holes and this method only works for 8 holes shoes (it depends on shoe size my happen to be 11 1/2).
i start 5th hole from the bottom and you put the laces in from the inside than i had them cross over to the other side (still fifth hole) and put them in so thats from the ouside then you go down one hole (fourth hole) and put it in (which is from the inside) and make those go to the opposite side (still fourth hole).
so now if you your very neat/organized it will look like you got 2 straight lines of lace. Now i guess before you go any farther you should put on the shoe and make it comfortable where its not too tight or too loose, youll understand why when you put on the shoe.
so now you go down one more hole (third hole (going from the inside)) and you bring that lace up to the sixth hole (going from the ouside). then you go up a hole (seventh hole(from inside)) and you bring that down to the second hole (from outside).you then go down one hole (first hole (from inside)) and you go all the way up to the eighth (that how you spell it?(from outside)).
now you able to just tie them off or... what i did was bring that lace to the other side (8th hole). so now that when you tie off your shoes its from the outside, but i noticed a problem that when i practiced footbagging my tongue would slide down so how i fixed this was when i did the final step (the one where your at the eighth hole and go to the other side (which doesnt necessarily have tobe the last step depending on where you stop) i went through the loop that's in the tongue of the shoe.
well vwala your done. you can easily adjust the size of your toe area depending on what you want with just pulling up the lace. you might want to tighten or loosen some of the lace. ill try and get a pic posted when i get batteries for the digital camera. I personally think the shoes look awsome.
and so i thought i should post this in my blog i tried to be detaild.
my laves have 8 holes and this method only works for 8 holes shoes (it depends on shoe size my happen to be 11 1/2).
i start 5th hole from the bottom and you put the laces in from the inside than i had them cross over to the other side (still fifth hole) and put them in so thats from the ouside then you go down one hole (fourth hole) and put it in (which is from the inside) and make those go to the opposite side (still fourth hole).
so now if you your very neat/organized it will look like you got 2 straight lines of lace. Now i guess before you go any farther you should put on the shoe and make it comfortable where its not too tight or too loose, youll understand why when you put on the shoe.
so now you go down one more hole (third hole (going from the inside)) and you bring that lace up to the sixth hole (going from the ouside). then you go up a hole (seventh hole(from inside)) and you bring that down to the second hole (from outside).you then go down one hole (first hole (from inside)) and you go all the way up to the eighth (that how you spell it?(from outside)).
now you able to just tie them off or... what i did was bring that lace to the other side (8th hole). so now that when you tie off your shoes its from the outside, but i noticed a problem that when i practiced footbagging my tongue would slide down so how i fixed this was when i did the final step (the one where your at the eighth hole and go to the other side (which doesnt necessarily have tobe the last step depending on where you stop) i went through the loop that's in the tongue of the shoe.
well vwala your done. you can easily adjust the size of your toe area depending on what you want with just pulling up the lace. you might want to tighten or loosen some of the lace. ill try and get a pic posted when i get batteries for the digital camera. I personally think the shoes look awsome.
man i feel worn out. my first 1 hour session of thorough play. really it was more like an hour and 20 or 30 since of break time. i think i made a lot of progress.
instead of practice random tricks in a random order, where i think thats not very effective (thats what i have been doing before), i had a watch and set the timer (not like using a stop watch but it actually has a timer like one you would use for an oven) for ten minutes. damn ten minutes is lllooonnnggg.
i started off doing clippers for ten min. really that wasnt that bad and i realized im better at clippers than i previously though. next was just inside delays. really my strongside had it down pretty well, but my flipside was needing some practice. next was legovers and pick ups. holy hell that wore me out. at least 9 out of those 10 minutes was just flipside. i was starting to tire out.
way thirsty i went inside to get n empty 2 liter and fill it with cold water (took a picher, pitcher, maby picture, what ever the container one and filled it with lots of ice filled it with filter water. put on that cap thing so ice wouldnt fall out and poured the water into the 2 liter). then i started up again.
next was mirages. now i have mirages down with strongside and almost down with flipside so this was kinda like review. pretty much all going on flipside my right leg (thats the one you dex with with mirages) was starting to wear out. in fact during that ten minute i kept ramming my knee in my shoulder since i would have my bodry lean over to low and lift my knee to high. then i took a 5 min break, drank some water. ok then back to the action.
next came illusions. now i can do illusions so-so depending on the day meaning i can do bad, ok, or good. today was a ok day. first i just practiced the dexing motion with both sides (not at the same time of course XD). took another 5 min break though i think it was closer to 10.
well i was thinking to myself phew im worn out but i want to make this an hour. so i decided to do something easy. atw and ducking set. checked my strongside no prob got them on first try but flipside not doing so well on the out>in. i said to myself (after i got one) do 5 more and you can try your ducking set. took me 6 minutes to do six, 5 were clean and one wasnt 7 if you count the one i did before trying to do 5 more. so i moved onto my ducking set which i got 2 times going from left to right and once going from right to left.
anyway im worn out, though not totally worn out i think i could go on a bit longer, maby later today.
instead of practice random tricks in a random order, where i think thats not very effective (thats what i have been doing before), i had a watch and set the timer (not like using a stop watch but it actually has a timer like one you would use for an oven) for ten minutes. damn ten minutes is lllooonnnggg.
i started off doing clippers for ten min. really that wasnt that bad and i realized im better at clippers than i previously though. next was just inside delays. really my strongside had it down pretty well, but my flipside was needing some practice. next was legovers and pick ups. holy hell that wore me out. at least 9 out of those 10 minutes was just flipside. i was starting to tire out.
way thirsty i went inside to get n empty 2 liter and fill it with cold water (took a picher, pitcher, maby picture, what ever the container one and filled it with lots of ice filled it with filter water. put on that cap thing so ice wouldnt fall out and poured the water into the 2 liter). then i started up again.
next was mirages. now i have mirages down with strongside and almost down with flipside so this was kinda like review. pretty much all going on flipside my right leg (thats the one you dex with with mirages) was starting to wear out. in fact during that ten minute i kept ramming my knee in my shoulder since i would have my bodry lean over to low and lift my knee to high. then i took a 5 min break, drank some water. ok then back to the action.
next came illusions. now i can do illusions so-so depending on the day meaning i can do bad, ok, or good. today was a ok day. first i just practiced the dexing motion with both sides (not at the same time of course XD). took another 5 min break though i think it was closer to 10.
well i was thinking to myself phew im worn out but i want to make this an hour. so i decided to do something easy. atw and ducking set. checked my strongside no prob got them on first try but flipside not doing so well on the out>in. i said to myself (after i got one) do 5 more and you can try your ducking set. took me 6 minutes to do six, 5 were clean and one wasnt 7 if you count the one i did before trying to do 5 more. so i moved onto my ducking set which i got 2 times going from left to right and once going from right to left.
anyway im worn out, though not totally worn out i think i could go on a bit longer, maby later today.
BOOOYYAAAAHHHH!!!!!!
i hit my first 3 add and damn it felt good. it was a paradox mirage i do believe. almost 10 ten with strongside and once (but i didnt try very much) with my flipside. I also hit a freakin' pendulum. man those are so weird to hit. but i hit it alright. i hit maby 2 perfect ones, and quite a few went way too far and some of the others one flew right past my shoulder with no arch at all.
anyway i got my energy back, though i didnt do an organized practice like previously today, and i hardly got anything improved on, but the practice this morning did help quite a bit in my flipside legovers and pickups, and probably other stuff too. i just didnt try all the tricks (as i said mostly random and when i dont hit a trick i just go strong side mirage... i oughta jump out a window if i dont stop doing that.) well stay tuned for more!
i hit my first 3 add and damn it felt good. it was a paradox mirage i do believe. almost 10 ten with strongside and once (but i didnt try very much) with my flipside. I also hit a freakin' pendulum. man those are so weird to hit. but i hit it alright. i hit maby 2 perfect ones, and quite a few went way too far and some of the others one flew right past my shoulder with no arch at all.
anyway i got my energy back, though i didnt do an organized practice like previously today, and i hardly got anything improved on, but the practice this morning did help quite a bit in my flipside legovers and pickups, and probably other stuff too. i just didnt try all the tricks (as i said mostly random and when i dont hit a trick i just go strong side mirage... i oughta jump out a window if i dont stop doing that.) well stay tuned for more!
these are a picture of my shoes (yes it is the same picture as the ones showing in my lacing post). I added some little special effects with photoshop and these are some avatars i am thinking of putting on, and i thought it would be interesting in which one you guys pick. when ever i get onto modified i will check the poll and change my avatar accordingly. you guys can give me more pol ideas or if theres an avatar you want added you can either post it here or message me.
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sorry i havent been posting for awhile. my cousins visited for a week, and before that i went camping. lol looks like this poll thing was a bad idea but i cant delete so i will just have to deal with it.
i practiced today for around a half hour. it was pretty lousy. i couldnt really concetrate on hitting any moves though i still could do the basics (which is about all i can do), but when i think i got a couple years lead on other players i think i can take all the time i need to get these moves down. thats it for today.
i practiced today for around a half hour. it was pretty lousy. i couldnt really concetrate on hitting any moves though i still could do the basics (which is about all i can do), but when i think i got a couple years lead on other players i think i can take all the time i need to get these moves down. thats it for today.
yesterday i decided to practice in a more open area. wow that made a big difference in my playing. im still practicing the basics but i actually think i made progress.
today i had a dream where i dont know we were in some cafeteria or something and maby i was making food or testing it. anyway i guess we had a break or maby i just noticed some guy in my group was eating, and he was eating peanut butter cookie crisp (which in real life we got it like 2 days ago) and cinnamon toast crunch. then i tried it (in the dream) and it tasted delicious. now i havent tried it in real life but that sure sounds way good to me. now that i think about it i probably had the dream since i watched hells kitchen yesterday.
today i had a dream where i dont know we were in some cafeteria or something and maby i was making food or testing it. anyway i guess we had a break or maby i just noticed some guy in my group was eating, and he was eating peanut butter cookie crisp (which in real life we got it like 2 days ago) and cinnamon toast crunch. then i tried it (in the dream) and it tasted delicious. now i havent tried it in real life but that sure sounds way good to me. now that i think about it i probably had the dream since i watched hells kitchen yesterday.