So heres a video I just finished up....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=h-4WijQymJE
Tell me what ya think.
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Iron Clad Ben
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Big tricks are fun, but if you want to progress, you need to be working on both sided runs. There's gotta be more than just an occasional clipper or legover with your left foot. Try to get to 10 both-sided tiltless first, then 20. Don't worry too much about pixie set or fancy stuff for now, your focus should be on getting the basics both sides, and stringing together runs.
Prop #1: I actually said "WHAT" when you hit the last trick in the video.
Prop #2: I like how you got excited when you hit stuff
I'm thinking that you may need to do some trick lines "on purpose" for example, clipper>mirage>ss clip>mirage
or butterfly>osis>mirage>repeat
maybe some other "on purpose" would be ss clipper x 10 and then flipside, then alternating. then do ss mirage x 10 and then flipside, then alternate. then osis back to back. this process can be done with whatever, but good to do some basics with it.
everyone said to me in my blog that I needed to to strings, so, um, do some strings, but DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! BE ENCOURAGED!
I can tell by your style and skill level pretty much where you are in footbag and dang dude, youre at that point where you are really about to explode with new ideas for tricks and trick lines, It would be fun to come shred with you!
nuff said?
Prop #2: I like how you got excited when you hit stuff
I'm thinking that you may need to do some trick lines "on purpose" for example, clipper>mirage>ss clip>mirage
or butterfly>osis>mirage>repeat
maybe some other "on purpose" would be ss clipper x 10 and then flipside, then alternating. then do ss mirage x 10 and then flipside, then alternate. then osis back to back. this process can be done with whatever, but good to do some basics with it.
everyone said to me in my blog that I needed to to strings, so, um, do some strings, but DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! BE ENCOURAGED!
I can tell by your style and skill level pretty much where you are in footbag and dang dude, youre at that point where you are really about to explode with new ideas for tricks and trick lines, It would be fun to come shred with you!
nuff said?
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Zeb Jackson
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nice video, i enjoyed the music, you look like your progressing well, and i can tell that you do flip side, but not as much as strong side, which is normal, gaining consistency with both is the key. i liked the 5 add in the end props to that.
you should enter the online comps due at the end of october!
you should enter the online comps due at the end of october!
-Zeb Jackson
http://www.elitefootbag.com
http://www.elitefootbag.com
Thanks for all the nice comments, I know I need to work on my flipside, I am working on my flipside clippers and legovers right now. Then I will work more on my mirages. If you wanna see how much I have progressed check out my old videos I made.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQQYixKtZs
lol, you may also notice how much weight I lost. I just looked back at these, and was like.."dam"
*EDIT* Yea I did plan on entering the online comp. Hopefully I can get some new stuff down by then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQQYixKtZs
lol, you may also notice how much weight I lost. I just looked back at these, and was like.."dam"
*EDIT* Yea I did plan on entering the online comp. Hopefully I can get some new stuff down by then.
Hey, here are a couple suggestions for drills that will up your string length, work you basics and more than anything help you go longer without either dropping the bag, hand grabbing, forgetting what your doing or getting overwhelmed by success.
Even though I can bop like the best of them, I sometimes feel that the most important detail is watching a bag into the stall, and holding it look enough to execute the set into a purposeful next trick. That's why I do these following, really boring drills over and over by my self:
1) clipper, same side toe, other toe, that side clipper, that side toe, original side toe, original side clipper. It's and eight move drill that should go through many of your essential delays like a checklist. Many of these progressions seem awkward and unnatural but because the are relatively attainable goals, you will not only refine each trick, but you may also develop some good mechanics and spatial understandings that will enable you to better utilize certain elements for later, when handling more complicated tricks.
2) toe to toe. I do this a lot because I have the miserable form of setting from my toes, out-in-front of my body. This makes tricks like atomic, quantum and double-dex moves harder than they need to be. It stems from doing legovers back-to-back in the uptime/midtime method for way to long.
3) Inside delays back-and-forth. These moves require strategic placement of hips (for some) in the beginning because the muscles required to pull the foot up and flat are not yet developed. Remember to set articulately in between, as the initially hard-to-maintain balance may have you sending the bag off at angles. You want it straight up and down, and you want to make sure your foot goes down firmly to regain balance for the next side.
4) Consecutive downtime legovers. My buddy Matt skooled the hell out of these years before he ever kicked with another footbag player. I was able to teach him some very difficult ideas and tricks rapidly because of this double sided precision and strength he developed from this drill. Practicing up/midtime legovers may help you develop for other tricks as well, is easier at first, but may encourage you to develop sloppy habits if you are not careful.
5) clipper mirage is sometimes hard to be clear about describing (clipper-set, in-out dexing motion with original support leg-toe stall in front of body, using the original setting foot). I believe I have seen you hit this trick. I find the following combo very helpful:
clipper, clipper mirage, same side butterfly-
clipper, clipper mirage, same side butterfly.
I am really close to hitting paradon swirl on one side but not the other because I never balanced the development on each side. Please don't let this happen to yourself. I can do many swirl moves on one side but few on the other and this is because I focused on swirling on one side before developing my clippers and butterflies on the other. You should not do this.
Even though I can bop like the best of them, I sometimes feel that the most important detail is watching a bag into the stall, and holding it look enough to execute the set into a purposeful next trick. That's why I do these following, really boring drills over and over by my self:
1) clipper, same side toe, other toe, that side clipper, that side toe, original side toe, original side clipper. It's and eight move drill that should go through many of your essential delays like a checklist. Many of these progressions seem awkward and unnatural but because the are relatively attainable goals, you will not only refine each trick, but you may also develop some good mechanics and spatial understandings that will enable you to better utilize certain elements for later, when handling more complicated tricks.
2) toe to toe. I do this a lot because I have the miserable form of setting from my toes, out-in-front of my body. This makes tricks like atomic, quantum and double-dex moves harder than they need to be. It stems from doing legovers back-to-back in the uptime/midtime method for way to long.
3) Inside delays back-and-forth. These moves require strategic placement of hips (for some) in the beginning because the muscles required to pull the foot up and flat are not yet developed. Remember to set articulately in between, as the initially hard-to-maintain balance may have you sending the bag off at angles. You want it straight up and down, and you want to make sure your foot goes down firmly to regain balance for the next side.
4) Consecutive downtime legovers. My buddy Matt skooled the hell out of these years before he ever kicked with another footbag player. I was able to teach him some very difficult ideas and tricks rapidly because of this double sided precision and strength he developed from this drill. Practicing up/midtime legovers may help you develop for other tricks as well, is easier at first, but may encourage you to develop sloppy habits if you are not careful.
5) clipper mirage is sometimes hard to be clear about describing (clipper-set, in-out dexing motion with original support leg-toe stall in front of body, using the original setting foot). I believe I have seen you hit this trick. I find the following combo very helpful:
clipper, clipper mirage, same side butterfly-
clipper, clipper mirage, same side butterfly.
I am really close to hitting paradon swirl on one side but not the other because I never balanced the development on each side. Please don't let this happen to yourself. I can do many swirl moves on one side but few on the other and this is because I focused on swirling on one side before developing my clippers and butterflies on the other. You should not do this.
My biggest problem is that I just wanted to try and hit cool tricks for my videos, and i never really focused on what I should be doing, and thats getting my flipside down. I know I really need to drill some good strings, and work on my flipside. I think for my next video I will have it mainly all strings, and only a few "big tricks"
I also used to only do my legovers during uptime/midtime, but now I only do them downtime. Which I think looks better, and its deffinetly alot less work to do them.
My biggest thing right now is flipside clippers. I can do llike 20 Consecuative clipppers strong side, but only a few consecuative with my flipside, and thats a big problem I need to work on.
A string I like to do right now is. Legover>ss Migage>Butterfly. Tell me what you think about that string....
I also hit Whirl, but didnt put it in the video because when I taped it, there was very poor lighting.
Thanks for all the suggestions, I will deffenitly try them all.
I also used to only do my legovers during uptime/midtime, but now I only do them downtime. Which I think looks better, and its deffinetly alot less work to do them.
My biggest thing right now is flipside clippers. I can do llike 20 Consecuative clipppers strong side, but only a few consecuative with my flipside, and thats a big problem I need to work on.
A string I like to do right now is. Legover>ss Migage>Butterfly. Tell me what you think about that string....
I also hit Whirl, but didnt put it in the video because when I taped it, there was very poor lighting.
Thanks for all the suggestions, I will deffenitly try them all.
Sounds like you are getting the most out of people's responses. That's great. I think it will help out.
I would recommend stalling the osis' deep, almost frozen like. It has been pointed out to me that a good clipper stall with a standard metal pellet freestyle footbag will almost be dead silent (I haven't kicked with a sand or pellet bag in a while so I can't say for sure...) if you stall it right. This requires your support foot joining the ground as your stall foot slowly comes to meet the bag as it's falling. One way of thinking about this is think that you are padding the momentum in the bag, and distributing, channeling it into the ground.
Anyway, once you stall the bag in this manner I suggest, as it has been suggested to me, that you set into your consecutive clipper by lifting yourself with your support leg/knee, and not so much by tossing it with your foot. This will give you better control of the height as well as keep your set straight.
Good luck!
I would recommend stalling the osis' deep, almost frozen like. It has been pointed out to me that a good clipper stall with a standard metal pellet freestyle footbag will almost be dead silent (I haven't kicked with a sand or pellet bag in a while so I can't say for sure...) if you stall it right. This requires your support foot joining the ground as your stall foot slowly comes to meet the bag as it's falling. One way of thinking about this is think that you are padding the momentum in the bag, and distributing, channeling it into the ground.
Anyway, once you stall the bag in this manner I suggest, as it has been suggested to me, that you set into your consecutive clipper by lifting yourself with your support leg/knee, and not so much by tossing it with your foot. This will give you better control of the height as well as keep your set straight.
Good luck!
Great. That explains why you can hit them the way you do- not simple style.SpYdeR wrote:i do that when I gor for the Swirl. I raise the bag from straightning my support leg, rather then lifting my stalling foot.
Shortly after I started schooling swirls original style (your way) I was told to try this mod to my clipper sets and it made the transition much smoother. From what I understand this will help later with stepping sets. Stick with what your doing now though. The talent is obviously there but bad habits can snowball. Avoid them at all costs and try not to take short cuts. Advance when you are ready, and with good form. I'm telling myself the same thing.