Rate My Height

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 05 Mar 2008 23:49

Sorry; how is 5'10" a bad height to be? That's pretty much average isn't it? I'm like 5'6". Or did you not get the foot and inch signs the wrong around, and you're 5 inches, 10 feet tall, cause yeah, that would suck for ducking tricks in footbag. Handy for crazy numbers of dexes though, also you could make a lot of money busking by just standing around doing nothing.

ville · Post by **ville** » 06 Mar 2008 02:23

I don't understand the problem, I'm 183cm (6 feet) and ducking is one of the easiest concepts for me. You actually get more time to do that downtime trick afterwards!

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 06 Mar 2008 13:28

I disagree. If you're taller the bag is falling faster when you're doing the downtime component. You may have more time due to having longer legs, but you also have less time due to a faster bag. If you can hit the move non ducking, hitting the ducking version of the same move is easier the shorter you are because the bag velocity changes less than if you set it higher.

professor · Post by **professor** » 06 Mar 2008 13:36

Jeremy wrote:You may have more time due to having longer legs, but you also have less time due to a faster bag.

Wouldn't that mean it's all relative? I think height doesn't matter all that much. All heights have their pros and cons.

Chim-Chim · Post by **Chim-Chim** » 06 Mar 2008 16:10

I think your relative strength:weight matters more than height.

My rating is - you're too damn short henry you should just give up forever it's not fair that you can duck easier than me, even though you practice more and have played longer. WTF man???!