Ben Skaggs

professor · Post by **professor** » 28 Mar 2008 20:14

2 hour session. Played pretty well.

janis · Post by **janis** » 29 Mar 2008 00:08

just wanted to say that I really liked your sick 3 for the online comps

professor · Post by **professor** » 29 Mar 2008 09:01

Thanks Janis. I'm glad you liked it!

professor · Post by **professor** » 29 Mar 2008 17:53

Oh, I totally forgot to post this, but Aaron got the job with the tortoises! So he's living in Vegas now. Yay, now we have a bona fide "crew"! It wouldn't be as awesome if Aaron wasn't as cool of a guy as he is. But since he is so awesome, this is MEGA awesome.

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 29 Mar 2008 20:49

Heck Yeah Vegas!

Aaron is an awesome guy! You'll have fun bs'ing with him.

professor · Post by **professor** » 31 Mar 2008 17:25

2 hour session. Feeling good.

Eric Chang · Post by **Eric Chang** » 01 Apr 2008 02:54

Good god Ben you put me to shame! I thought my thirty minute to one hour drills were decent but you're doing two to three hours a day almost I swear! Keep up the good work! Also are you going to Worlds this year?

professor · Post by **professor** » 01 Apr 2008 06:39

No, too much money. $2000 for a plane flight? Ya right. I'd rather spend $200 and go to the USO. I'm not good enough yet to spend that much on Worlds. Maybe if I had a chance of winning.

In regards to the long training, you just have to figure out how to play so that your body doesn't take so much "damage". Stretching helps tons. Proper form helps tons. Taking a day or two break every once in a while helps as well. Oh, and also don't play to the brink of exhaustion every session. Leave a couple of sessions feeling like you could play more.

Also, I'm not really playing all that much if you calculate the total time. I'm not even playing 10 hours a week. Stupid school is the reason. Once summer rolls around, I'll be playing more hopefully.

professor · Post by **professor** » 01 Apr 2008 21:11

Hit ripstein 2nd try....in pants. Hehe.

professor · Post by **professor** » 02 Apr 2008 17:27

3 hour session.

Oh ya, and I'm having trouble figuring out whirling swirl and blender. Can't do more than 2 whirling swirls and more than like 4 blenders. It bugs me to no end.

professor · Post by **professor** » 03 Apr 2008 17:23

1 hour session. Drilled atw and double atw. Pretty much entirely tiltless. I'm sore from yesterday for some reason. Stretching a lot today.

professor · Post by **professor** » 04 Apr 2008 22:13

I have 2 programs due and 2 tests next week. So, I didn't play today even though I wanted to. Good news though, is that I started and finished one of my programs today. I'm way ahead of schedule now for completing all the stuff for next week. Yay! I'm so excited. I get to go to sleep at a reasonable hour!

Post by **Zac Miley** » 05 Apr 2008 06:03

I'm way below your level, but Blender and Whirling Swirl both seem to require a slow delay at the end. Just concentrate on that, rather than doing the next move after it.

You should post 1 highlight from each session. Please.

Props on the soon-to-be sleeping.

professor · Post by **professor** » 05 Apr 2008 08:25

Isilwar wrote:I'm way below your level, but Blender and Whirling Swirl both seem to require a slow delay at the end. Just concentrate on that, rather than doing the next move after it.

I guess I should've been more specific. With blenders the speed of the delay is not the problem, it's the position of it. I can't seem to get it to land in the little "laver pocket". It usually lands on the heel part and roll off or it lands above the pocket and rolls off towards my support leg.

With my whirling swirls, it's the effort required to hit the trick that bothers me.

I'll work on them today....again.

Isilwar wrote:You should post 1 highlight from each session. Please.

The fact that God lets me play this awesome game is my highlight.

professor · Post by **professor** » 05 Apr 2008 20:18

2 hour session with Evan. Played ok.

Also, I've been thinking that it's probably best to drill atw(datw) both ways, symp whirls, and vortexes.

Atw's are the foundation of every toe trick. It improves balance while on one leg and dexing leg strength/coordination.

Symp whirls improve clipper balance and strength. As well as clipper set control.

Vortex works both one legged balance and clipper balance/accuracy.

Just thoughts.

professor · Post by **professor** » 08 Apr 2008 06:45

2 hour session. Played bad in the beginning, but then moved into the ok zone.

professor · Post by **professor** » 09 Apr 2008 17:51

1.5 hour session with Aaron. Played pretty well. My flip stepping was off though still. It's worrying me.

Hit illusion > ss illusion > rpt. I was stoked with this one.

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 10 Apr 2008 11:19

professor wrote:Hit illusion > ss illusion > rpt. I was stoked with this one.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 10 Apr 2008 13:44

professor · Post by **professor** » 14 Apr 2008 22:06

Just got back from MFJ. It was awesome. Will post a semi-write up when I have time.