Coffmans blog

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 09 May 2006 16:12

So Ive decided to start a footblog, I wish I would have done it sooner but o-well....

Today I had an hour or so solo session and worked on a lot of thigs:
-legoverx16, miragex6 bs, illusionx4 bs all to warm up
-a nice deep delay in my butterflys and infinities, hit infinityx14
-balance on osis, it's not getting better
-very little on ducking but did git ducking clipperx3
-very little on spinning, hit spinning clipper>spinning clipper on strong side
-rev whirls, they are getting more consistent and I even hit far rev whirl both sides
-whirls!, the trick I have avoided forever because I didnt think I could do them and they hurt, hit about 6 on my srong side and 4 on my flip
-dada curves, I dont jump enough on them
-DLO, I absolutely suck at this trick, I am embarassed to say that I have only hit this trick 2 times, didnt hit it this session
-pixie set, felt a little easier this session
-stepping set, was horrible this session, felt like I used to much energy on it

Overall this felt like a really good session, probably because I played with my sandbag instead of my abshire which is getting bigger holes every session and it pisses me off, I think I am going to order a bag from mosher when it starts to leak filler.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 11 May 2006 14:48

Had a really bad short 40 minute session, everything felt so hard.
-Tried some atomic, flipside was horrible
-tried going around more than over the bag on my reverse whirls
-drilled diving, it sucked
-hit only a couple of whirls
-could only manage to hit 10 infinty in a row
and the only good thing about this session was that I felt more consistent on osis and footed DLO on both sides.

Hopefully next session will be better

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 13 May 2006 16:59

Had another bad 1 hour session today, worked on hitting things out of osis the most and it didnt go so well. I couldnt whirl or far reverse whirl to save my life and I had a lot of trouble hitting diving clipper>diving clipper. I had a ton of trouble with flipside atomic and flipside pixie set. The only good thing about todays session was I felt very in control and consistent with my infinitys and stepping was a little better.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 14 May 2006 17:09

Dang!, Had a 4 hour session with Louis and Ben Rinowski today. It was a ton of fun even if I didnt play my best and got tired real soon. Ducking and diving felt pretty good, but flipside pixie, atomic, osis, and stepping were all horrible. I got tried really fast and hadnt nothing left after 2 hours. We played 4-square and that was fun. I think I am going to buy a 32 panel from Louis next time I play with them, and I am going to take my camera next time so I can get there sick 3's and sick 1's for the online competition.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 16 May 2006 18:38

Had a 45 minute solo session, it was ok
-I mainly worked on butterflies and infinities and they were consistent but my form and balance was way off
-I did some ducking and diving and it felt better than usual
-stepping was more consistent because I started to raise my knee more
pixie on both sides was really good, was hitting some magellans(spelling?)
-reverse whirls sucked
-spinning could have been better
-gyro felt really hard but I did foot gyro illusion

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 21 May 2006 18:35

Havent been able to play any footbag in shoes lately cause the broaka mod on my right laver has completely torn the whole inside of my shoe up so I have just been practicing a few magellans and pixie legover barefoot, I ordered some new lavers but I dotn know when they are going to get here.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 26 May 2006 13:36

man I havent played in a while, and my game showed it. I felt like I had lost about 3 months of my game. Everything sucked even clippers. The only thing that didnt suck aas bad as the rest was my atomic. I am probably gonna session tomorrow and then play with Louis and Ben on Sunday, thoses days better be better than today

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 27 May 2006 12:09

played today, it was pretty good even though I was sore from a lot of running yesterday. Everything was a lot better today than yesterday except flipside pixie. Reverse whirls felt hard and whirls were the same. I could only get 9 infinity. The good parts were I hit

-legover>legover>legbeater first try and I almost hit it both sides.
-blur both sides
-osis>pdx mirage alot on both sides.

Session tomorrow at riverside

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 28 May 2006 17:35

Had about a 3hour session with Louis and Ben rinowski
Didnt play my best, was really tired and sore, but did get some sick 1 and sick3 for ben of ben and louis.

I only had a few decent runs
pixie absoulutely sucked
atomic was ok- almost hit omelette
stepping was alright, didnt do too much of it
spinning and ducking werent too controlled and clean

The highlights were probably Louis hitting a nuclear set and Bens sick 3 in really baggy shorts.

I think I am going to try and film my sick 3 tomorrow

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 29 May 2006 16:36

Had a 1 hour and 45 minute session today, and that is really long for me
toe tiltless game felt more consistent but not very smooth like I'd like
infinities and butterflys are getting a little better
paradox mirages were very consistently inconsistent- I would hit about 5 in a row and then miss 5 in a row
pixie felt bettter than before
atomic felt great, footed omelette on both sides
stepping felt off but I'm gonna work on it tomorrow
ducking was working, diving wasnt
didnt do much spinning but it felt pretty good
reverse whirls sucked
whirls were coming along
didnt hit my sick 3
gonna play tomara

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 30 May 2006 13:24

After fully modding my new mesh lavers I had a session in them today. I think I sweat off at least a gallon of water, I'm surprised I didnt flood my garage. Eevrything went pretty well despite how sore I was. I was originally gonna work on stepping today but instead covered everthing as part of the breakin process for my shoes
-atomic felt great, better than ever
-pixie was better than yesterday, got really good set height on strong side, need to work flip more
-infinities felt better than yesterday, even though I could only do 11 in a row
-ss butterflys, need to work these more cause it feels a whole lot harder than infinity
-reverse whirls felt good, hit rev whirl>rev whirl on strong side

, tried hitting x body rake out of it but didnt succede
-whirls, getting more consistant but I still suck at them
-ducking/diving, not too consistant but a lot better than they used to be
-strings, lot better than they used to be, but I'm still not satisfied
-pdx illusions, did a lot of these today, theyre awesome
-stepping, coming along
-symposiums, flet a whole lot easier, I still rake my flip though

Today was a long session, dont know if I will play tomorrow

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 31 May 2006 16:25

Had another 1 and a half hour session today.
I felt so much more balanced but I wasnt consistent as much as I'd like
-I broke my legover record of 14 by hitting 21, it toke too many tries though.
-Had a really hard time of just hitting illusion>illusion>legover>rpt, that pissed me off
-pdxmirage, was bad today, I rake the stall too much
-pixies, worked on flip mostly
-atomic, didnt feel as good as yesterday
-stepping, didnt try any
-infinitys and butters, gettin better and easier
-ducking and diving, flipside was horrible
-reverse whirls, a little more consistent
-whirls, I set too far back on flip
-runs, sucked I dropped too much on osis

I need to get a new 32, I'm thinking either mirken or mosher but not sure who. I didnt even touch my sandbag, and my abshire has got a lot of holes now. I hate shredding in new lavers, they squeak. Maybe play tomorraw.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 01 Jun 2006 13:36

Had a long session today, a lot of it was working on dexless components. Diving was off and I wasnt setting high enough for my ducks or dives.highlights-
-new record for infinity:22, its probably cause I used my sandbag instead of my abshire, but they felt nice and controlled nonetheless
-came really close to Ducking clipper>Spinning Clipper>rpt
-came really close to ducking clipper >diving clipper>rpt

I really need to practice dives more, and I havent been doing very many stepping attempts, I better do that tomorrow.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 03 Jun 2006 14:34

Had all together close to a 1 and a half hour session, new lavers were feelin good, I had got really motivated to play after watching Luis Monhollan in this video http://www.footbag.org/gallery/show/6820 ....... so I mainly worked on spinning and ducking today but did do a little stepping and symposium. Flip spinning is far worse than I thought it was, I still cant hit ducking clip>diving clip>rpt but I did hit Blizzard on both sides today. My abshire is dead or at least got a huge whole now to where it is leaking. Ive decided I want to get a Mirken but I dont have the money right now. I start working at this chicken restraunt on Monday, hopefully I'll have some cash to spend after car insurance is taken care of. I'm tired and now I'm gonna go swim

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 05 Jun 2006 12:38

God it feels like I never improve. Today was horrible. Nothing felt right and I was the most inconsistent on toe tricks i have ever been. I cussed my head off the whole session and my hand really hurts from punching the garage door so much. I didnt hit any of the drills I wanted too. I'm starting to feel pain in my right knee. after days like this I feel pissed and hate footbag.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 07 Jun 2006 10:54

Nother session today, nothing special, worked a lot of things, mainly bubba's, pdx illusions, and stepping. Strong stepping is getting better, flip absolutely sucks. Flipside illusions are really thin and dex isnt big enough on paradox illusions so I always hit the bag. I really stretched the muscles around my hip and it seemed to make atomic sets so much easier. Had a really tough time hitting ducking clip>pdx illusion, that frustrated me. Osis felt good today, but I was playing with a sandbag. I think now I'm gonna get a new 32 from mosher or chris miller cause mirken hasnt PM'd me back.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 09 Jun 2006 15:32

Had a relatively short session today, set a new illusion record illusionx13 on strong and illusionx16 on what used to be my flip, today they felt so much easier than mirages, I'm not sure if that is good. Mostly worked on stepping a tried some new strings.Hit-
-stepping ss mirage bs, felt just as hard as blur
-torque only on one side, felt good
-butter>pdx illusion>rpt x2
I still have a little left in me so I might just go work on symposiums

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 15 Jun 2006 10:46

So I had taken a few days off footbag because I couldnt find any motivation to play and I just got frustrated thikning about how I dont improve. My session on Tuesday was so horrible that I didnt even want to think about it much less write type about it. Today I took my shred mats to the back yard where I had to sweep but there was just enough room for me to footbag on the mats. I didnt think they would make a difference in my performance but they made every trick harder. I didnt feel any pain in my shins afterwards but it seemed to take a little more energy out of me. I went into this session telling myself to enjoy playing instead of focusing on getting better, I think that helped make it more enjoyable. worked on-
-bubbas, pdx illusions, flipside was hard on both
-stepping, should of done more of this, almost hit ripwalk bsos with no bails
-whirls, I'm getting better at them
-paradons, what I thought was going to be my flipside is what I hit 3 paradons on. what I thought was going to be my strong side I hit none
-torques, hit one, need to work these more.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 16 Jun 2006 09:31

Nother session on mats in back yard, worked mainly on-
-whirls, a lot better today than ever before, the one thing I can tell I am getting better at
-stepping, its also getting easier, especially on strong side, also tried stepping out of butterfly
-flipside toe set butterflys, I really suck at these, not enough delay, so much easier off clipper
-torques, hit another one on the same side as yesterday

highlights-
ducking clipper x5 even though I did very little ducking today
whirl>opp clipper>rpt, its not much but it was hard for me
sidewalk bsos
footed spinning pdx illusion in the middle of a short string

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 20 Jun 2006 12:40

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