10APR2007
Made a hot CD with fast energetic music on it: Fallout, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Postal Service, Bloc Party. Played in alley. Supposed to be cold but wasn't - boosh.
10 Gyro Mirages BS
It was quite warm in the sun, so I took my long sleeved shirt off. My friends nephews and daughter were walking home from school and saw me in the alley so they came over, and I let them play for a bit. T
aught Kyle to toe stall BS! He's like 11. His younger brother was pretty good - tryin shoulder stuff and knee to foot combos - and he's like 6. They played in a cardboard box like homeless people for a bit then left.
I managed this while they were there:
50 flip whirls (less than 3 in a row didn't add into the sum) I hit 5 or 6 in a row!
10 more gyro mirage BS
20 flip DOD
10 terrage BS
After they left I backed that thang up (my car) and played inside my backyard driveway cuz my dog was outside for a bit.
I used the visualization technique again. Just slow mo moves in my mind, and in real life with no bag , focus on the aspects of the move that are sticking points.
10 atom smasher BS - no flip knee problem! they were actually very easy. I just have to remember to make a good set to the side a bit, and to lift knee higher than i want to. Actually I don't have to remember shit, I just need to hit the move more, and it will be butter. I tried to beat my old record of 4 atom smashers in a row. That was years ago, when my flip atom was my good and it was leggy, at North Ave beach boat house at night - the day αΔΣΦ came out for some mixer/volleyball. Anyway, so I got to
3 and a half atom smashers. i got 3 a few times which is good!
WET DREAM - I got hella close to this @ U of I and @ Welles. I visualized the set being good and high, and that helped me focus on it.
-get a stable clipper (not rushed)
-move support leg to side fast
Of course that's the basics of a step set, and I have a good step set (even on my flip which is what I'm talking about here), but you know u mess up easy shit when ur trying for hard/new stuff. I didn't really worry about the eggbeater, cuz that's one of my best moves.
I got really close several times - and was always like "OOHH!" or "AHHH" and jumping around pretty happy, sometimes pissed cuz I shoulda got it. The music was pumping me up, and you know it's all mental sometimes. Just get your energy up - be that dope player that you sometimes are. Be like those dudes in the videos and hit whatever you want - easy and keep going. - I watched
New Zealand's Best video from the Christmas calendar, and that gave me motivation and the feeling to not think of moves as hard. - So all energized up, I hit a nice good high close set and nailed it
(from rt ft clp). Hand catch, yays, and 3 carthweel-roundoff-one-handed thingies. Much excitement. It didn't do much different than the other close attempts. Tried for a number 2 but no energy. Like after sex - u could go again, but you're already satisfied.
During attempts I tried
more of what Mirk posted. Tried some flip blurry whirls and good side too - but easy, didn't try hard. And it worked! i still had to go early on the whirl, but i kept the set pretty relaxed.
I still believe that I could be the best in the world if I played more. I don't know what it'd be like to not have that thought. Back to that New Zelan's best vid. John Murphy is so good. Maybe the first time I saw terraging mirage. I always wanted to see that. Anyways, just watching them hitting all those hard moves and keep going and linking while all looking easy. I know I don't practice enough - and with
consistent practice I'd be way better, but the point is the mindset. Recognize the easiness of it all, don't let your tiredness blind you. Focus. And knowing this gives you the energy.
