Rochester, New York Footblog

[cd]

yeah. its all downhill from here.

[Paul Agostinelli]

oh chris you made my night, that was the funniest shit ive read in a long time.

2 sundays ago only mike and i showed up, i sprained my ankle on my 2nd or 3rd touch so called it a day.

last sunday i had a bachelor party to go to and tomorrow i have the wedding to attend, no footbag for me this weekend either, but my ankle could use another few days of rest, its been messed with once or twice in the last 2 weeks.

have fun tomorrow jerks, wish i could play footysack too.

[mikeanello]

I am going to start calling people for today's session. I hope Doug and Chris can make it out.

[Edit]

Doug is out of town. Chris, it's up to you.

[mikeanello]

Had a nice two-man session with Chris Dean yesterday. I played like crap. The weather was very humid and after only 5 minutes of play I was nearly soaked throughout. After an hour or so the first footbag we used was completely soaked. We switched to another bag but it was not long before that one was completely soaked as well. My shoes were throwing drops of moisture around every time I raised a foot to kick the bag. It was like rain shred without the rain.

Chris played very well. I do not remember all of the combos he hit but there were many worth noting.

Until next week, peace.

[mc]

hey,

jorden's coming with me to Thursday at the Square. We're gonna represent hard.

you guys should consider doing the same

matt

[Paul Agostinelli]

im in.

mike? chris? doug?

[DTank126]

I was just thinking about heading down this Thursday so this bit of information has just solidified my decision. Cant wait.

Peace

[century264]

I was thinking the same thing

[mikeanello]

I will do my best to be there.

[cd]

i switched to day shift this week. i'll be there. i'm leaving from work in the afternoon, which is about 30 minutes west of rochester, so i'll probably drive separately.

[mikeanello]

I will be at Thursday at the square tomorrow. I plan on leaving Rochester around 6:30pm.

[mikeanello]

Matt,

Is there a backup location for shred in Buffalo tonight in case it rains?

[mosher]

Hey Rochestahhhh,

I just wanted to pop in to say heyyyyy and I miss you all.

There will be another camp wakahakee soon, all of you should comeeeee!!!
Bay Joychuck and Johnny Superman are helping me throw it!



Also, that combo of christina posts were the best in history.

Hope to see you guys soon!

[century264]

hey guys,
If anyone's interested in shred tomorrow, count me in for about 330 pm onwards. I'll talk at you real soon

[cd]

i'll be there today, about 3 or 330 at cobbs hill

[Paul Agostinelli]

kicking with jorden and matt is likely happening again tonight, i dropped the 7:00 bomb and they were into it, mike, looks like we are playing today.

ian, doug, ill make sure you know about the session too

[mikeanello]

Paul,

Awesome! Where RIT?

[mc]

Hey RFA,

I might have a performance tomorrow in Hamilton, so Matt and I are going to play it safe and pass on the shred tonight. I'll probably take the 9 pm bus back.

Sorry guys!!

Edit: this is Jorden on Matt's account.

[mikeanello]

Jorden,

That's alright. You guys rest up so you can represent tomorrow.

It was great shredding with you last Thursday.

Peace.

[mikeanello]

I have been spending all week drilling butterflies and stepping sets in hopes of one day soon clearing these hurdles and taking my shred to the next level. As we all know, or will come to realize, practicing anything in footbag somehow improves everything in footbag. Last night was proof of this as the following list demonstrates.

Aside from hitting a bunch of blurs, blizzards, and ripwalks, I hit:
- pixie same clip > stepping far legover > repeat
- paradox whirl back to back, both sides
- barfly back to back, both sides
- blizzard > pixie eggbeater, both sides
- smudge > eggbeater > pixie legover > repeat
- pixie same mirage > double legover > repeat (old drill but it felt really easy)
- pixie same illusion > eggbeater > repeat

Here are some moves or combos I would like others to try.

For Chris:

- pixie same clip > stepping far legover > repeat
Take this drill and boost it as far as you can. Change stepping far legover to double legover or bubba beater. Change pixie same clip to parkwalk or legbeater. Imagine hitting legbeater > bubba beater > repeat!

- tapdown
I've never seen you hit this. I'm sure you can, but I've never seen it.

- terrage and double switchover
These will lead to flurries and reapers and stepping double switchover.

-quantum
Do it.

For Paul:

- more stepping
You're stepping game as improved greatly since you starting biking. Last session you hit ripwalk > ripwalk > blur and it was perfect. Now just work your way in and out of stepping mid-string. Blur > dimwalk > repeat. Don't forget stepping legover and stepping pickup. These are less intense than blur or blizzard but offer more stepping moves and keep you guiltless.

- neo man
I want to see you hit this again. Try twice in a row! Or hit stepping neo > neo same butterfly > repeat.

For Doug:

- symposium
You're game has exploded these past few months. You have an incredible collection of moves now and your endurance is strong. You have some of the longest strings in the RFA. I think the next thing you could use is a little more muscle. The fastest way there is with symposium. Work on symposium pixies and symposium mirages. I bet you could hit symp whirl in a week or two. Try drilling symposium pixie back to back. This I believe is the easiest symposium drill and will give you results in a short period of time.

For Ian:

- pixie
Work on pixie. You're hitting paradox mirage > butterfly > repeat nowadays. Add something in between like smear or magellan. Magellan really works the leg muscles hard. This will improve your speed and accuracy rather quickly.

- infinity
Drill infinities every session. If you have a hard time with repeating infinity try infinity > clipper > repeat or even infinity > legover > clipper > repeat.

Sorry for the long post but I am really excited right now.

Peace.