Suggestions for a talent show

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 28 Apr 2008 11:24

Hi, I've entered a talent show for my school on May 10th. I can hit many 2 adds and a few 3 adds and like three 4 adds. My main problem is stringing all of the tricks together. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on certain tricks to do that would be easier to string but still look good (like maybe the stalling on the back and doing a handstand or stalling on the chest). I know a lot of people say ducking and spinning is very appealing. I can duck from toe to clipper and like ducking mirages but i'm still having trouble ducking from clipper to clipper. Any help would be appreciated because i need to do this to kind of assess where I am in my game right now

mc · Post by mc » 28 Apr 2008 11:39

how many minutes is your presentation?

that will help me better answer the question.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 28 Apr 2008 12:07

They never really told us how long but i was going to shoot for 3-5 minutes. i was going to throw in some juggling and juggling and footbagging together at the end to kill some time. and i was planning on starting off with simple kicks and stalls.

mc · Post by mc » 28 Apr 2008 12:29

get some awesome but not too aggressive techno.

I'd go for 20 seconds of kicks, 10 consec alternating toe stalls, 10 consec alternating inside stalls, 10 consec alternating clippers, 10 butterflies, some ducking clippers, then a few toe stalls to rest. Then, 6-10 alternating osis, then some ss osis (cool spinning effect) on both feet. then, toe stall, get off balance, look like you're really dizzy, then pretend to wipe some sweat from your forehead, smile at the audience, and continue.

Do some freestyle tiltless (ONLY solid stuff. ONLY). Throw in a double ATW if you can, and end with pendulum over the head to hand catch.

it won't be very long, but I think it will look good, and keep attention.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 28 Apr 2008 12:38

I'll practice a lot. I can do a DATW when i'm really warmed up and such so i'll work on that more too. Alright, thank you, I appreciate it.

bdams19 · Post by **bdams19** » 28 Apr 2008 13:29

drops kill routines! people dont understand the difficulty of the moves as much so just stick to your guns

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 28 Apr 2008 13:45

alright, thanks for the advice

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 28 Apr 2008 14:04

Definitely concentrate on not dropping. That's so key for a performance. It just looks bad if you drop. bailing to WHATEVER is way better. Also, 5 minutes might be kind of long, even if you were, like, Vasek, shredding fearless for 5 minutes straight... I don't know. Because it will all mostly look the same to them, right?
Try not to get hooked up on tricks or elements that you are not 100% confident with. Maybe try them a couple times, like, near the end if they are crowd-pleasers. That's my downfall.

I used the song, "Astounded" by Bran Van 3000 for a school demo and the kids FLIPPED over it. They loved it so much. A whole bunch asked me the song name after. I highly recommend it. It's very happy and footbaggy.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 28 Apr 2008 14:21

Alright thanks, I was going to throw in some easy juggling at the end as a space filler so it won't be all shredding. I'm doing just to be safe with the amount of time for the judges and such. And I'll be sure to check out that song

Post by **Zac Miley** » 28 Apr 2008 14:27

Be funny and make a connection with the audience.

Like if you play in tiny shorts, go up on the stage with jeans on and then take them off. Start playing a bit (with the kicks or whatever) and then when there's a break in the song take your shorts off with smaller shorts underneath.

That was a hit at my talent show.

Also, never get mad. If you drop just shrug and keep going.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 28 Apr 2008 14:41

Yeah, there's a chance I would get a tad frustrated or nervous or something after a drop, so i'll do my my best not to. And I'm definitely going to consider the shorts thing. that sounds really really funny, thanks

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 28 Apr 2008 17:05

I'm a fan of watching routines where players have more than one bag, so if they drop, they have another in their hand to use, instead of bending over to pick up the bag. For me, that's just a preference, but the audience may not notice you dropped the bag or something, or think it was on purpose or something. Just something to think about.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 28 Apr 2008 17:19

Mhm, thanks, thats a good tip

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 28 Apr 2008 18:13

practice liek hell, good luck and have fun.

Try to get a video of it, we'd all love to see it.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 28 Apr 2008 18:21

I'll hopefully be practicing in my sleep

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 05 May 2008 18:32

It appears that I may have hit quite a bump in the road. It seems as though the people never got my entry slip even though i handed it in by the deadline

So as far as I know, I am not in the show..

Pancake Flogger · Post by **Pancake Flogger** » 05 May 2008 18:56

Well get that shit in, son.

All the advice in this thread was excellent. Also, I know it's just a talent show, but I saw a video of Clavens presenting footbag to an audience and I thought he was great. Maybe you'll be able to give the gift of freestyle footbag to a few people's lives by explaining the basics of the sport and sharing how you got into it. I wouldn't have suggested this if it was shorter than 5 minutes, but that's a long time to be baggin' for an audience.

Edit: Good luck!

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 06 May 2008 11:03

Woo, it turns out they just never told me about the rehearsal but i'm still in it. Yeah, with the explaining everything, I won't be doing it this time, but I am hoping to do it in the future at my school. And I already told the person that it was only going to be three and a half minutes long. but thank you

Post by **Zac Miley** » 07 May 2008 16:32

Cool. Good luck man.

g00d33 · Post by **g00d33** » 10 May 2008 18:04

alrighty, so my performance was kind of a blunder lol. i got off on the timing cause i couldnt't hear the music at first but oh well, i still had fun

and i managed to win most original. i'll have the video up tomorrow i think. And thank you everyone that gave me input