2 adds in downtime

logan · Post by **logan** » 04 Jun 2006 10:49

how important is it to learn dexing 2 adds in downtime? I got legover, mirage, and pickup pretty good but illusion in downtime is sooo hard. any suggestions?

SandWraith · Post by **SandWraith** » 04 Jun 2006 12:02

I think it's very important to get down the 1 dex downtime moves: mirage, legover, illusion, pickup, fairy, pixie. Then move onto the 1 dex downtime clipper moves like butterfly, bubba, paradox mirage, paradox illusion, etc. Don't skimp on 2 adds or downtime: those things are the building blocks for a lmost all of the harder moves.

I find that doing repeat drills works well. One that is very common is legover > mirage > repeat (so you get to do legovers and mirages on both sides till you drop). Same thing with illusions and pickups: pickup > illusion > repeat.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 04 Jun 2006 14:54

Moved to General Footbag; read the rules.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 04 Jun 2006 18:38

you have to learn every 2 add move downtime, and every 3 add move downtime or else you are a chump and every time you go to a jam, people will watch you play and ask, "hey can you hit __? how bout on your flip?" And you'll either say "of course I can, sucker!" or you'll feel great shame when you say "no, it was so hard to learn I just decided not to bother with it."

I guess you know what you have to do then.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 04 Jun 2006 18:52

It's not important, it's completely vital.

Uranos · Post by **Uranos** » 05 Jun 2006 01:00

Well if you dont learn 2 add downtime components, then having a variety of sets wont help.

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 06 Jun 2006 17:06

just doing them over and over and over until you're sick of them, and then doing them some more will get you that downtime dex you desire. it'll become slower, easier, and more controlled over time.