Footbag New Year's Resolutions

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Post by gMoney »

:arrow: I haven't practiced 3 hours a day everyday. Too busy, too interested in other stuff. I guess I was just trying to make footbag my life by forcing myself to play a lot, but it just didn't happen.
:arrow: I'm going to NYJ this year!
:arrow: I feel like I'm still on the internet too much, but a lot less than last year.
:arrow: I'm guiltless!
:arrow: I've hit not only a five add, but a six!
:arrow: I've hit well over 20 tiltless
:arrow: I can play barefoot pretty terribly, but I can still do it.
:arrow: I haven't gotten 1,000 consecutives yet. My best is like 960 or something.
:arrow: I still don't work out, and my posture is still bad.
:arrow: I've made some pretty good footbags, but I still haven't traded any or sold any on modified.
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Post by slapdash21 »

this year i want to

do more pool walking and swimming, at least twice a week to get back to full strength

make the beantown jam fucking ridiculous

ehhh longer strings, etc
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Post by daLai »

daLai wrote:Mine:

- I want to get down all the basic tricks on both sides
- visit the Worlds in Prague
- improve my stitching skill
- hit a double dex
- film footbag sessions and make videos of them
- Got all the basic concepts.
- attended Worlds and finished 17th in Intermediate (heey, not the last one!)
- stitching...yeeeeaaaa...nothing happened
- I've hit DOD
- i finished one video for myself and filmed a bit at worlds, quality sucks.

New year:

Get down Sidewalk, Ripwalk, Blur, St. ss Mirage and St. ss Legover on bs
Atom, Tap and Legbeater on bs
Whirls and Pdx Whirls bs
stringlength
better form
more workout & stretching
DOD, DDD and Paradon
Ducking & Diving stuff
Attend German Open & Worlds. Improve my result.
Visit China
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Post by Drew »

duffelbag wrote:My resolutions:

Shred more often (Now I play 3-4 days a week)
Drill flipside longer (every trick I know I can hit both sides)
Make more bags (Starting to, bags gotten better, starting to sell more)
attend tournaments (first events were awesome!!)
Good enough, considering they were pretty vague...


2009 Resolutions!:

-own pixie and stepping both sides mid-string
-own ducking and spinning
-increase average string length to 20+ tricks
-sell/trade more footbags
-attend even more tournaments even further away
-attend worlds in Berlin
-play footbag outdoors more and spread the game!
-continue to shred 3+ days a week
-enjoy footbag more than ever!
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Post by h0ag3yb3atZ »

I'm really excited and curios to see where I'll be in my footbag playing next year so here are my resolutions:

-Go tiltless
-Master Illusion
-Learn more about the forefathers of the foot and about the rich history of footbag.(work in progress)
-Go to Boston and shred with teh pros more
-Place in an event during the Beatown Jam.
-Hit a four add
-Stitch at least 3 bags
-Be able to hit all my twos flip on call
-Be drilling BOPS by next summer.
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Post by JusticeKnuckles »

-first off get me some rod lavers
-make footbag more of a daily part of my life and to practice more
-master clipper delays
-make a new 32 panel at LEAST once every 3 weeks

: )
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Post by g00d33 »

-Go guiltless
-Become strong guiltless
-Hit a triple dex
-Have longer strings
-Have better stamina
-Place at a tournament
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Post by QuantumBalance »

in 2009 I will

hit an inside kick
do spinning ducking osis walkback in a repeating combo
get laid
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Post by Blue_turnip »

Fix my shin splint issues asap so I can actually like improve.
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Post by Sporatical_Distractions »

Play more footbag. I've only played about 4 or 5 times in the last two months :oops:
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Post by Jeremy »

Play every day again, no matter what (barring serious injury or sickness).
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Post by Wasabi »

-Watch more footbag videos.
-Play more solo sessions.
-Abstain from attending any more footbag tournaments, unless otherwise prepared for shred and comp.
-Make it to next year's Chicago NYJ.
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Post by g00d33 »

Bump!
g00d33 wrote:-Go guiltless
-Become strong guiltless
-Hit a triple dex
-Have longer strings
-Have better stamina
-Place at a tournament
I more or less did all of these except for being strong guiltless. I'm happy that I was able to achieve pretty realistic goals, even if I really only started achieving them starting in september.

I'll go down the list:

- I'm basically guiltless
- not strong guiltless
- hit dimwalk swirl, janiwalker, and maybe a TATW (I'll never know if I actually hit it or not. I think I did ;) )
- longest tiltless string = 50 contacts, longest guiltelss = 21 contacts
- stamina has gotten a bit better for the most part. Kinda trailed off during holidays but still better.
- I got first in intermediate routines at funtastiks.

I think my only resolution for 2010 will be becoming a very strong guiltless

Happy new year!
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Post by h0ag3yb3atZ »

7evinkogan wrote:I'm really excited and curios to see where I'll be in my footbag playing next year so here are my resolutions:

-Go tiltless
-Master Illusion
-Learn more about the forefathers of the foot and about the rich history of footbag.(work in progress)
-Go to Boston and shred with teh pros more
-Place in an event during the Beatown Jam.
-Hit a four add
-Stitch at least 3 bags
-Be able to hit all my twos flip on call
-Be drilling BOPS by next summer.
That third one is gay and I only stiched one bag. Other then that, I banged out all of these way better then expected. evidently I had no expectations for myself last year judging by that post. I'm pretty happy with my first full year of footbag.

For next year:
- bust Gauntlet :twisted:
- hit a triple dex
- go to a few tourneys this summer. Worlds maybe if its in US.
- get better at linking everything together as opposed to just hitting fun links and big tricks.
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Post by the_8_bit_kid »

-Go solid tiltless
-15 contact guiltless string
-Hit a triple dex
-Make a tournament (probably euros, maybe worlds)
-Get more people playing in the UK.

Ill see how that treats me :)
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Post by PoisonTaffy »

-Learn swirls
-Shuffle atomic/quantum/pixie both sides
-Hit a 6 add
-Master some symposium tricks
-Be featured in a local media source or perform to a big crowd
-Go to worlds!
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Post by JeffOverbo »

7-10 fearless
mobius > mobius
play consistently EVERY session
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Post by WyrmFyre »

Hmmmmm.......

- 20+ Tiltless string
- Master ducking/diving etc etc
- Drop a stone
- Get at least 5 more people playing footbag (by playing, i mean to the point they own lavers)
- Teach another person to stitch bags
- Go To Worlds
- Get Matt Cross to play Pink Floyds Wish You Were Here at afforementioned event

and I failed with this last time, but it needs to happen...

- Quit smoking
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Play at all!




Check!
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