What is Symple(Simple)?

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 24 Sep 2007 22:13

I keep hearing of Symple Legovers, but i have no idea what that is. Could someone please inform me upon that subject, thanks.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 24 Sep 2007 23:07

It's like symposium, but usually performed on dexterities that symposium wouldn't be performed on. Technically, any trick with at least one dexterity can be performed both symposium and symple, but for many tricks symposium is awkward and silly.

For example, to perform a symposium swirl, you would have to set the bag from clipper, plant your foot on the ground, jump off of it, land on it in clipper position (probably breaking your ankle) and hope that the bag lands on your foot. Similarly, with a trick like legover, to perform symposium, you would need to set the bag, and jump off of the dexing leg, perform the dexterity, land on the same leg, and hope that the bag lands on your foot. Usually you are stalling with the same leg as the dexterity, and that's why you have to switch feet -- so that you can stall.

The difference in a symple legover, from symposium, is that after the dexterity, instead of landing on the dexing leg, you quickly switch support legs, planting the setting foot, so that you can control how you stall the bag with that foot, rather than hoping it will land. This isn't to say that planting the setting foot negates symposium, though; a good example is symposium blender, which is like a symposium whirl bailed to osis (or a symp blazing same osis, I guess).

I don't know if I made that clear enough. I tried to be all fancy and smart

Symple is like symposium, but you plant; the dexing leg doesn't pound into the ground like in symposium tricks because you switch feet at the last moment.

professor · Post by **professor** » 26 Sep 2007 18:46

Symposium: Hop and land with the leg you dex with.
Symple: Hop with the leg you dex with and land with the other leg.

That's about as symple as I could put it.

Stoneman · Post by **Stoneman** » 27 Sep 2007 18:04

edit-nevermind

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 27 Sep 2007 20:34

Thanks guys, this helps a lot. The info is great and i appreciate you taking the time to inform me, thanks. Now i just need to get to a tournament or something, i am being deprived of footbag. i mean playing by yourself is fun and all, but it gets old after a while.

ericksonj · Post by **ericksonj** » 29 Sep 2007 13:12

get your dad to take you to SJFF it is one of the best footbag tournaments to go to. It's this November and I'm sure your folks would have plenty to do in Seattle. You would definitely learn a lot there.

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 29 Sep 2007 15:54

Sounds interesting. Do you have a link or any other information like location and times? Also if it costs anything thats good to know to.

professor · Post by **professor** » 04 Oct 2007 10:01

Always check the Journies to Tournies thread and footbag.org events for information on upcoming tournaments and jams.

http://www.modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=17235
http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1191023926

You should go. It's a blast. I'll hopefully never miss it.

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 04 Oct 2007 16:44

Theres a possibility i might be able to go, and with a friend no less. It would be awesome, but nothings set in stone. Heres hoping. Lord knows it would help my game massively to be among really good shredders. It would also be good for the friend mentioned above. He's getting pretty good. He's around my level, almost pure tiltless.

Skippy! · Post by **Skippy!** » 22 Oct 2007 04:18

I'm not positive, but isn't there a shred crew in oregon?

Zac Jackson · Post by **Zac Jackson** » 25 Oct 2007 11:27

theres more than one, the Portland crew is one . and theres also the Eugene crew

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 26 Oct 2007 19:33

While i won't deny the fact there are insane shred crews in Oregon, i can't exactly shred with them a lot of the time. It's very rare that i get to shred with people that are better then because I'm only 15, and can't really travel anywhere on a moments notice, and my dad is the biggest stickler about school in history, so i can't miss one day of it or he'll like kill me. So thats why i want to go to SJFF so badly, but i don't know. The only i would be able to go is if i went with a friend, but he doesn't even know if he's going to be going yet either. It's coming up, and i really really want to go more then anything, but i have to get money, and permission, and all the information for my dad. Then if we flew to Seattle, i would have to get over my huge fear of flying, but i know it would be worth it. Cale hurry up and tell me i can goooo!!!

Eoghan