Am i doing my clippers wrong?

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 29 Jul 2008 13:08

I filmed last nights session, and upon watching myself do the triforce drill, i saw that my clippers didn't look right. Anyone possibly got some insight into what i might be doing wrong?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT31ubvSAxE[/youtube]

Kimbe. · Post by **Kimbe.** » 29 Jul 2008 13:23

I can't see anything wrong with your clippers.
What makes you think you're doing them wrong?

professor · Post by **professor** » 29 Jul 2008 13:26

You use a lot of your delaying leg to perform the clipper and almost no use of your support leg. This is not necessarily a bad thing in the right circumstances, but it will make certain tricks harder to do.

Your form looks really good. Good hip turn and angles. You could probably move the delay foot back a little, but that's being nit picky.

Watch Dave's clipper form tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGNJgqmtt4Y

Post by **Zac Miley** » 29 Jul 2008 13:34

It just looks like your clippers are too easy because of your crank.

Just bend your support leg more is all the advice I can give you. There's really nothing wrong with how you're doing them though.

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 29 Jul 2008 15:16

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. They just look wrong to me. I think the way I'm doing them is making it way to hard to step, so that might be why I've always sucked at that concept.

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » 29 Jul 2008 19:58

I agree that you need to bend your support leg more. That should also give you some momentum to pick up your leg faster for stepping sets.

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » 29 Jul 2008 21:44

they look good to me

mc · Post by mc » 30 Jul 2008 17:49

they look good to me. i think you look like felix. keep it up!

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 30 Jul 2008 19:23

Thanks for the compliment Matt. Well i just had a session where i reworked my clipper form thanks to the advice i got in this thread. Turns out cushioning with the support leg makes a world of difference. My clippers feel so much better now, and i finally understand why it was so hard to do things like swirls and diving anything. As well as stepping, though i still have a bit of work to do on that. Thanks for all the feedback i got here, it really did help.

Eoghan

lineman · Post by **lineman** » 10 Feb 2009 05:58

You have a lot of stuff in this garage.

Kyle Hewitt · Post by **Kyle Hewitt** » 10 Feb 2009 14:20

lineman wrote:You have a lot of stuff in this garage.

i agree

Jorden · Post by **Jorden** » 10 Feb 2009 17:06

Just a couple things:

Bring your opposite side shoulder forward. It helps to bring the elbow up on that side. Keep your shoulders square and facing forward. Be careful not to over-rotate your body.

The landing of the magic hop and the stalling of the bag happen at the EXACT same time. Often you are landing before you stall. This is likely the biggest source of your inconsistency.

Everything else looks fine, bro.

JM

Abe · Post by **Abe** » 10 Feb 2009 18:48

Learn to hop forward and back, in supplement with your body rotation when you switch between your clippers. Also, your legs seems someone 'close,' try to adopt a wider stance.