Matt - GRASS tidbits (On first page)

Will Digges · Post by **Will Digges** » 15 May 2007 06:45

Yah thats true , it looks like track season starts around july 20th.

So , we should be good for the last weekend of june or first or second weekend of july.

I think this is a great idea, theres so many good venue's and toga, and there will always be a place to play even if we dont get a venue.

So if we can decide on a date, I'll call the city center and see if I can reserve the venue, and then we can find the closest/cheapest hotel.

As for events:

Big 3
Big 1
Circle comp.
Routines (if # of players permits)
Shred 30 (if we feel like judging it.)

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 18 May 2007 13:28

Yay, I'm finally recovering from my cold.

I had a few deep coughs during play time, but my nose didn't run or dry up or anything.

Everything feels very smooth and easy. I think my hardest thing right now is Flip Pixie. I can do it, but I need to fix how I set it, so it's weird.

Just did some strings, added more Pdx. Mirages, so there was a big increase in length. Didn't do many drills. I tried Stepping Clipper>Stepping Mirage>Pixie SS Clipper, but it just wouldn't happen.

Ended with Legbeater>Blender>Pdx. Mirage (Rpt.). Stoked on that one, since Legbeater>Blender alone was pretty difficult to get.

Pyroman924 · Post by **Pyroman924** » 18 May 2007 13:31

Props man! That drill sounds really kick ass. It's not a drill but have you tried Legbeater>Far Symple Dyno? It's really cool.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 18 May 2007 14:55

Flip Symp. Whirl!!!!!!! Got it probably 15 times. Feels soooooo good to finally get that. I started doing Toe>Op, hit that about 5 times, and was pretty satisfied. Then....

Pdx. Whirl>Blur>Legbeater (Rpt.)! I had less than 10 tries at this, and when I hit it, it was my flip Whirl>Step mid-string. Super, super happy. Then......

Infinity>Symp. Whirl (Rpt.)!

<3. I realize that giving up BMX for Footbag is the best decision I ever made in my life.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 19 May 2007 08:16

I love being both sided. I did hella Symp. Whirls today (BS, of course.), and I'm seeing improvements in each side.

Symp. Whirl>Spinning Clipper BS
Spinning Clipper>Symp. Whirl BS
PS Whirl one side (haven't hit that since last summer). I would have tried it flip, but I can tell I'm not ready.

Almost got Tripwalk>Blender>Pdx. Mirage (Rpt.). I nicked the bag on the 2nd Blender.

Also, throughout the session, since I can do flip Symp. Whirls, I figured I should be able to do good Furious sets flipside as well. Guess what, I was right. It feels really good and really smooth. Oh, I also checked on video, and it's just as clean as strong side. So I hit a bunch of Janiwalkers on both sides, using strong side as a template.

Ended with Janiwalker BSOS!! Granted, it was only Janiwalker>Osis>Infinity>Janiwalker, but hey, a short string is still a string.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 19 May 2007 10:47

Did more Symp. Whirls; big surprise. Getting the feel for setting on flip, it's much lower and controlled now.

Symp. Whirl>Symp. Whirl, both sides.

More Janiwalkers, even had a flip one mid-string while doing a lot of Osi and Infinities.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 20 May 2007 17:17

Played for 1 1/2 hours while watching Fox (Simpsons was pretty good.).

I pretty much did strings the entire time, and I'm really happy with what was in them. Mainly, a lot of shuffle. I changed the way I set all of my clipper tricks, and everything feels a lot better, especially Spinning. I even did Spinning Whirl>Ripwalk! I only ever do Osis out of that move.

I tried Rubberman for a few minutes. All of the elements feel really easy, but I just can't get it. . . yet.

At the end I was trying Toe Blur>Toe Blur a lot. I had an uncontrolled one, but I'm not counting it. Quantum wasn't really working, so I didn't push it.

Ended with Blurry Whirl>Blur both sides. Both were pretty easy and clean. I think I might have to add a Legbeater and reapeat it. We'll see.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 20 May 2007 17:34

haha i was playing while watching fox as well. simpsons was pretty good.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 21 May 2007 14:56

Cool solo session with more strings. More shuffle, but I think it was more diverse and better today, albeit a bit short.

Some jai laits:
-Started with Osis>Spinning Butterfly (Rpt.)
-Atom Smasher>Atom Smasher first try. Almost got the 3rd.
-Blurry Whirl>Blur>Legbeater on each side.
-High set Matador both sides.
-Good flip Symp. Whirls
-Footed Fury twice.
-4 Flip Janiwalkers. Focused more on the *Symp. Whirling* part.
-Spinning Blender to start a short string.

dp · Post by dp » 21 May 2007 15:42

Wowzers. Big moves.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 23 May 2007 15:37

Sick session with Will. I hardly remember what was hit, but Will was on fire for the first hour, and I had a couple of highlights.

-Fury for the 2nd time ever.
-Rubberman on my 2nd try!!!
-Blurry Whirl>Blurry Whirl>Spinning Whirl. The third contact was shaky, otherwise I could've thrown a Pdx. Blender in.
-Both Janiwalkers a few times.
-BS Blizzard

Will had some cool Whirr drills.
-Whirr>Blurry Whirl (Rpt.)
-Whirr>Ripped Warrior (Rpt.). I think he got that at least.
-Janiwalker>Whirr (Rpt.)

I wanted Will to hit 10 fearless, but the most he got was 6 or 7. He hit PS Torque, and almost had Blurry Symp. Torque. Looked good.

Can't wait for next session.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 25 May 2007 13:18

I changed the way that I do Furious set, and it's a lot more consistent. I hold the Symp. Whirl part a lot longer, and now I'm getting a higher set, and can do it pretty much every time. I was footing Fury nearly every time, and got it to end the session; 3rd time ever.

I'm gonna work my Flip Symp. Whirl a lot more before I change my Flip Furious.

Oh yeah, I got Janiwalker>Ripwalk; my first non-BOP out of it!

I was almost getting the hang of Ripsteins. I had some nice rolling sets, but they weren't going straight up, more away from me.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 25 May 2007 18:26

Played again after baseball practice. It was pretty awesome. I finally decided that I need to start drill Double Downs. I did a bunch of Paradons both sides. I'm pretty sure my strong is clean, but I don't know about flip. I tried video, but I couldn't tell. I did Paradon>Pdx. Mirage (Rpt.) starting from both sides.

I also worked my Nuclear. I tried an old O'Wheel tip, which is to hop sideways as you set. It works a lot better, since I'm actually setting it straight now. Higher, easier dex.

Did some Symp. Whirls. My strong side is a lot better now since I mizimized the set. My flip is almost as good as my strong was a few weeks ago. I really need to concentrate on sucking the delay down and keeping it there.

More Janiwalkers. BSOS once. They feel ok. Flip needs work, needs more symposium motion.

Ah, I also got Stepping Blender both sides. Strong was old, but Flip was new. First try as well.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 26 May 2007 16:01

I tried Stepping Ducking for soooo long today. I got some high enough sets, and even cleaned 1 duck per side. I don't think I'll try it for a while each session, I think it messes up my regular stepping a bit. Just to make sure, I ended with Stepping Whirl each side.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 26 May 2007 19:03

Sounds like you're doing awesome!

Pyroman924 · Post by **Pyroman924** » 27 May 2007 17:52

Awesome stuff man! Keep up the good work!

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 28 May 2007 11:04

So I had a short little session with only the intention of hitting Ripstein (which I actually did come really close to), however, to my surprise, I added 3 integral moves to my Fearless arsenol:

Fog BS
Flip PS Whirl

Flip PS Whirl was insanely easy thanks to all my drilling of regular Symp. Whirls. I'm not exactly sure if it was clean or not, but if it is, it's not by much.

Fog was a move that I kind of had the motion for, but could never really get the hang of. I just tried it and I got really close. A few minutes later, got it, and it was actually Flip Stepping side first. I got it 3 times on each side, to make sure it wasn't a fluke.

Yesterday I walked away feeling like my game was going downhill, but now, I feel like I have more potential than ever.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 29 May 2007 11:25

Playing in town with Will in about 30 minutes. Should be some good updates; we both seem to be playing well recently.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 29 May 2007 17:11

Good session, though, not in our normal spot. We played in the park instead of the city center, but there was less room, and it wasn't totally flat.

Me:
-Flip Symp. Whirling Swirl
-Fog, once, one side
-Good Nuclear sets.
-Janiwalker mid-shuffle to end a string
-Stepping Ducking Drop
-Whirlygig
-Tried a lot of 555s, could only get 2 contacts of any though.

Will:
-Whirlygig>Maelstrom>Food Processer
-Whirl>Flip Janiwalker, for the first time
-Nemesis, first try
-Some nice Ripsteins
-Alpine Blurry Whirl B2B (He apparently got 3 yesterday, record?)
-Scorpian's Tail Swirl, twice sans hand catch. Still counts.
-Very close to Stepping In-Gyro Mirage

After I got home I played some more.
-5 contacts of Rubberman first try, starting from the other side
-Flip Symp. Whirling Swirl again

I wanna start drilling hard again this week, but I've got a lot of baseball games and an art project due Friday. I'll try to squeeze in some footbag though.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 31 May 2007 14:56

Really concentrated on making my flip Clipper like my strong one. I'm definately getting closer. Shifting my arm, twisting upper body different ways. Small stuff, but it all makes it feel different.

My flip Symp. Whirls and Swirls feel better now. I'll need to keep doing those and focus on being completly balanced throughout the move. That should help significantly.

I ended with Pdx. Torque>Pdx. Mirage, footed other side twice