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Post by **Zac Miley** » 30 Jul 2006 05:52

HAHAHAHA Girr rocks!

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 31 Jul 2006 08:16

pips wrote:osis>osis>osis>osis

Osis took me a looong time to understand and be able to do consecutively, so props to that. I know I was hitting a lot harder stuff then the basics before I had it down. Props on the drifters and everything else, hope you start enjoying the game again. We should play sometime, the next event I'll most likely be going to is Funtastiks...except they haven't announced it yet, it's usually at the end of the summer. Post some new pics of your baby girl please

pips · Post by **pips** » 01 Aug 2006 05:33

Hood: Thanks. Yeah, I remember I could hit one osis easily, but it took some time to be able to link them. That would be cool to play with you sometime. Atleast I've practiced some now. Hehe. I don't think I can tag along for Funtastiks though.

I just posted new pics of Kayleigh on myspace. I got more to scan, but my mom took them to work to show off her grand-daughter. I don't know where they are now, but I'll post them asap.

I played again today. I set a couple small goals this time. This is what I hit and planned:

5 mirages each side
6 infinities in a row

(What I planned) but actually hit:

(10) 8 legovers in a row
(mirage>legover>mirage>legover>butterfly>pdx mirage>butterfly>pdx mirage) mir>lo>mir>lo and butter>pdx mir>butter>pdx mir

I only play for 45 minutes for now, so all of that took all the time. Maybe I'll get that combo next time or the time after. Everything still seems to be in me; I just gotta bring it back out.

Oh yeah...I was sitting down, catching my breath, and I saw bird poop fall like 2 feet infront of me...

That's all for now. Bye.

verena · Post by **verena** » 01 Aug 2006 10:27

wow. your baby daughter is super sweet!

and props on your new records!!

pips · Post by **pips** » 01 Aug 2006 12:21

Thanks, but those aren't new records. They are more like renewed. Haha.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 01 Aug 2006 12:43

Hey lady!

I'm glad to see that you have some time to play again. I asked myself some questions yesterday. All sorts of questions. Here is one of them:

If I had the choice to start playing again (completely healed) where I left off and play for one more year or to start all over and play from the beginning to when I had to stop for the most part (which was after maybe 2.5 years of playing), which would I do? Higher level for a shorter time, or starting completely over and playing for a longer time? I would start over. Working on a basic trick for a long time, especially when people around you are so much better (or you used to be so much better) can be frustrating... but it can still be so satisfying. Doing a new trick for the first time at any level is fun. And even if you used to be able to do a million mirages in a row, that doesn't matter right now. From this session to he next you might double your current record. Awesome.

I'm pretty sure that was 99.999999% for me and a tiny bit for you. Kudos to you for staying with it.

pips · Post by **pips** » 04 Aug 2006 05:52

Yeah. I'm hoping something good will turn out for starting all over. I kinda had no choice at doing this, since I've been away for so long. I couldn't have just gone out last week and BAM! 10 contact string if I decided to go where I left off. But if I had the choice, I would start over too.

And what are you timing yourself for? When you get better, you are going to start over, reach your level you were at when you left, and keep playing 'til you grow old. And we are going to compete against each other...that kinda stuff.

Anyways. I got up today. Got dressed. Walked past Kayleigh's room to go to the bathroom and put my contacts in. Then I hear Kayleigh starting to cry. Grr. My mom came home from work a few minutes before I got up, so Kayleigh must have heard her and laid there quietly, and then when she saw me go by, she started crying, because she's spoiled like that and knows someone will get her.

So I never played any footbag today.

pips · Post by **pips** » 11 Aug 2006 19:47

Here you go John...

dp · Post by dp » 11 Aug 2006 19:55

Is your baby tiltless yet?

pips · Post by **pips** » 11 Aug 2006 20:45

Haha. Um. She can do the best trick ever...pick up her sippy cup (or anything else not in her arms reach) with her feet.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 11 Aug 2006 22:00

adorable

pips · Post by **pips** » 12 Aug 2006 04:36

Nothing too special today. I practiced more mirages and legovers and got sick of them, so I decided to see what else I could hit. I hit a couple illusions both sides. Uh...whirls...I actually hit whirl first try. I was surprised. Swirls took a little bit, but I did hit them. Torque...haha...I set, hopped, watch bag drop...too tired to think of trying to hit those yet. I lost the spin concept I guess. Symposium mirage...easy. PS mirage...grrrrrrrr...took me millions of tries each side. I hit it more easily on flip then I didn't seal it a bunch of times on my strongside. I finally did hit it though. Ruined the rest of my session. I also hit drifters. And osis times 5 or 6? I forget. That was all.

I need to write some goals or something down. I waste time thinking of what to do next.

Oh yeah. I did dragon stalls and forgot all about butterflies and infinities...oops. Oh well. See what I mean. I need to write stuff down so I don't forget.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 12 Aug 2006 05:22

Great job on all the things you hit, sounds like you still got it !! Maybe I can give you some ideas -

mirage > ss mirage > mirage > ss mirage (ss = same side (pixie)). I don't really like the word pixie and fairy, so I'm gonna try to find ways around it

clipper > far legover > ss clipper > far legover.

clipper > far pickup > ss mirage > op clipper > far pickup > ss mirage > op clipper.

mirage > illusion bsos.

clippers back to back, as many as you can !

Just comin up with some stuff , not sure what you can drill or not, so we'll see how it goes. I know you can blast that stuff off, it's just whether or not you can get the time to do it. Have fun !

Oh also, something good for technique - play on a wooden floor and try some of those drills and see how quiet you can play.

pips · Post by **pips** » 14 Aug 2006 04:40

Ok. I got an hour in today. All I did was my regular warm up (conseq. kicks and toe stalls) and then John's "challenge," I guess.

Mir>ss mir>mir>ss mir...done. I even hit the string twice, starting on each side. A couple of times, I hit mir>ss mir>symp mir by accident. It was probably because the ss mirage feels like symp.?

Clip>far lo>ss clip>far lo...not done, but clip>far lo>clip (not ss)>far lo...done. I could have done the regular string, but I got frustrated dropping the second clipper, so I tried something different and ended up hitting it.

The far pickup string...never even tried. I was never a big pickup fan for some reason, so I knew it would take me forever to hit a string with far pickup in it, since I'm not so familiar with pickup. I'll try it later.

Mir>ill> bsos...almost done. I hit mir>ill on each side but not bsos. I kept dropping on the transition of the bag to my other foot or the next mirage.

Clipper to clipper back to back...oh so done. I did 8 in a row so far. I think I hit 4 or 5 on my first try. I remember I used to do this a lot, but I don't remember my old record. I liked ducking clippers to add an add. Add an add...tehe?

You like? Haha. I got this new haircut with a side bang; it got in my face a lot today. I need to learn how to use a beret.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 15 Aug 2006 13:32

Hey lady!

I just got back from being out of town and am very happy to read your blog! The Aug 12th session sounded really fun. Keep it up and keep posting in here.

pips · Post by **pips** » 23 Aug 2006 04:46

Blah blah BLAH. So I finally found time to play again. Kayleigh blew the last three chances. Nothing real special. Worked on the stuff John gave me. I hit mir>ss mir>mir>ss mir>mir...dropped on the ss mir. Ummm...I hit 10 clippers in a row...alternating. I hit clipper>far lo>ss clip>far lo on each side. Then I worked on the clipper>far pu string...fun fun fun.

So I was trying to figure out how to hit far pickup. I kept accidentally hitting far legover. So I tried clipper set pickup to get the motion in. This is the only way I knew of pickup, and just today, it dawned on me that a pickup is just a reverse legover. DUUUUUH! What an idiot I am. For some reason, I've only seen pickup be hit from a clipper set and never thought about it being hit from a toe set. I had the idea that it was pickup...clipper set, pick the bag up from the same side. I always thought of it as barely a trick, since it was so quick and on the same side. Anyways, I tried toe set pickups. I also did some in to out atws. Haha. Just like Emily, I felt the burn, but I was horrible at even hitting atw.

I worked on this most of my session. I finally hit some on each side...toe and clipper set. Maybe I will get far pickup next time.

I don't know. I think I am making this more of a problem than it is. I am not happy with something about footbag. I don't know if I am just impatient and want to be back where I left off too quickly or if I am not a morning person or if I was not warmed up the whole way (It was chilly still, and my skin felt cold.) or if I just suck at pickups. I don't know. Maybe I just haven't had the best days lately, and it's wearing off on me. No sleep?

Well. Enough of this. I'm gonna feed the baby. I should be playing all week if Kayleigh doesn't stop me.

pips · Post by **pips** » 26 Aug 2006 18:04

Here's some more pictures of Kayleigh.

pips · Post by **pips** » 29 Aug 2006 05:02

Whew! Today was great. Only one majorish downfall, but I gotta give myself credit.

Instead of hitting 20 some toe stalls for part of my warm-up, I hit 30 some. Then I hit 13 alternating clippers. I felt like I could do more...I know I can do more, but I dropped the bag. I hit mir>ss mir x3. I can definitely do more there, but once again, I screwed up. Just bad moves I guess.

Um. I tried some of my old stuff and hit mir>lo>mir>lo>clip>clip. Then I hit clip>clip>butter>butter>inf>butter and maybe another butterfly. I can't remember. Then I made my last string kind of even and hit clip>butter>butter>inf or something similar on my other side.

Then I went back to the stuff John gave me. I already hit the mir>ss mir string. I hit clip>far lo>clip on each side. Then I hit clip>far lo>op clip>far lo>clip. Then after 10 or 20 tries on each side, I finally hit clip>far pick-up>clip. I was so excited to hit far pick-up I forgot the real string John gave me and made it similar to the far lo string. Oh well. I still hit far pick-up! That last session of all those pick-up drills must have paid off.

By now, I've been really pleased with my progress today and wanted to say I hit mir>illusion bsos, but I was too tired, and I can't hit illusion for my life when I am tired. All I do is run my leg into the bag everytime. So I made up a bunch of strings to try anyways. I tried mir>ill>butter>pdx mir x2...that turned into mir>ill>clip>mir? So that wasn't working out. Then I tried mir>ill>lo x2. No luck. I hit mir>ill>lo>mir. Close but not enough. Then I forgot about the mir>ill part of the deal and tried getting my illusions out of the way by hitting ill>ss mir>ill>mir>ss mir>mir. I think I hit ill>ss mir>ill and dropped on the mirage, and here I am.

I was just too tired to finish.

This is probably my best session since I came back.

pips · Post by **pips** » 12 Sep 2006 19:27

I miss footbag.

I hope I find a way to play soon.

Elliott · Post by **Elliott** » 13 Sep 2006 16:16

hey chrissy, cute kid you've got there. it sounds like she keeps you busy... maybe too busy. everyone needs to find time for themselves and i hope that your family has provided more help than grief in recent months. how isolated is hurricane? i had a job offer in WV but i passed on it because it would've involved traveling in remote regions of the state. i'm still in a college town, only i've graduated, married, & started working for the man. freestyle around here has been lacking over the past year and i've concentrated most of my attention to net. we've got a decent club going with 6 members. we've got profiles set up now at http://footbagnet.com/joueurs.htm feel free to pm me if you have any problems that you need sorted or exhaled.

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