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mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 21 Dec 2007 14:26

Yeah I should probably put a vid up.. But all I have is this crappy digital camera that can take video... And I can use that, but I can't seem to get it onto youtube or Google video.. Something about the wrong video format

So in other news I did 114 consecutive kicks!! I wasn't really trying and I just felt like practicing some kicks and I did it! I got my goal!!! About time....

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 21 Dec 2007 16:08

congrats on the consecs.

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 21 Dec 2007 16:24

Thanks!

Ok I just had an hour session, and I can almost hit legovers with the hand toss constantly. I also hit some legovers with a toe set. It's pretty cool..

But on my left side it's weird... I think my legover form on my left side is a little messed up.. I can't really describe it...

I'm happy about the legovers but my atw's are having trouble.. I'm still trying to get a video on so I can see what is really wrong with it..

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 23 Dec 2007 11:49

I just got the bag that Jerab made for me. It looks amazing!

But after a few minutes of kicking it and trying to break it in, the stitching gave way on 2 sides of a pent.. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do..

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 23 Dec 2007 13:48

owch...hopefully my bag will get to you soon. what you can do is flip it inside out and look at the stitches and stitch work and thank could help you with starting to stitch your own bags..

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 28 Dec 2007 13:19

Actually Ben, Your bag is taking a long time to get here. Did you ship it UPS?

I haven't written in here for a long time.. I've been using the Jerab bag despite the stitch coming undone.. (I tried to stitch it up and did really bad

But it works).

I actually haven't had much to write in here.. Other than that all my tricks are getting way better.. My clippers my legover, mirages all that stuff..

Yep.. That's about it...

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 28 Dec 2007 15:28

Usps. It should arrive before the new year..i hope. Did you ever start or finish that bag you were making?

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 28 Dec 2007 15:43

Lol I forgot about that... I think I have enough money to buy some facile though!

Maybe I should work on that bag...

OH and BTW someone from Humbodt finally came back from modified..

His name is Issac Williams and I think we're gonna have a session together...

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 28 Dec 2007 16:11

Woot, Congrats. Now you'll have to get better

. Shredding with other people is fun, but you also have to have solo seshes where you get your work done. If you want you can pm me or post fabric colors that you want to buy and i'll tell you whether that color is worth buying..

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 29 Dec 2007 21:52

Yeah totally. I'm not sure which one of us is better though..

My session today was awesome.. I hit 3 alternating legovers. Cmon people that is fricken good for me.. Props?

Other than that I guess my clippers are better... That's about all I'm really drilling right now...

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 30 Dec 2007 08:41

You got my props. There's not much else to say besides practice like hell. In time your body will recognize these motions and they will be set into your muscle memory.

Look at this thread this, it'll help give you an idea.

http://modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=17687

The muscle memory is your main focus for right now. You can watch the others too, they'll help you as well.

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 30 Dec 2007 12:58

I just watched it.. Pretty awesome.. I guess I'll start using it for my footbaging.

There's parts of it that seem a little hard to apply to footbag but whatever..

Thanks for the link!

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 30 Dec 2007 17:26

its the general knowledge of mucle memory that you need to take in. But yeah, as long as you watched it it'll help you.

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 31 Dec 2007 15:41

200 contacts of kicking [This is for warm up, use only toe and inside kicks]
Around The World x 20 bs [Twenty ATW's both sides, any dex direction]
Mirage x 20 bs [20 Mirages boh sides, try if you can hit more than one per try]
Clipper > ss Clipper x 10 bs [The link ten times both sides. Plant your foot between them]
Legover x 20 bs [Good tries count too, you are not expected to hit them all.]
toe set ss Butterfly x 15 bs [Good tries count here as well. Try it with plant and without plant]

The training program Anz gave me. I haven't tried it yet, but a lot of the stuff looks pretty hard.. I'm not sure I could do a lot of it but It looks good..

I think I'll try it now!

PS. It's my B-Day today!!!! Send me lots of footbags!!!

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 01 Jan 2008 17:09

I'm doing the training program thing and it is really coming along. I did 4 ATWs in a row! And I did 2 alternating legovers too..

I also hit mirage<ss mirage x 3 on my right side and mirage<ss mirage x 2 on my left side.. Thats really good..

The only problem I'm having is the thing with the clipper<ss clipper. I can Only do one rep of clipper<ss clipper.

Footbag is getting so much more fun now that I am getting progress..

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 02 Jan 2008 16:04

I hit 4 alternating legovers today! I also hit clipper<ss clipper on both sides.

Things are getting way better.... Footbag is just like getting so much more fun..

I wanna put a vid on here soon but it's just such a pain..

Thanks!

mannel rox · Post by **mannel rox** » 31 Aug 2008 14:22

I found all my stuff yesterday, so that should be good.

I haven't played in a while with all this school going on..

I'm gonna try to get back into it.