west of philly - bob

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 10 Dec 2009 05:41

ha ha, scott, if I had the volume of tricks dialed that you do, I wouldn't need such a systematic approach. fucking sucks not being uber talented I tell ya. I PM'd you, we should hang anyways, it's not always about the hacky. My kids can climb on you instead of me for a little while.

Ian, PM'd you and matt the details that will work for me while I'm in town, hopefully it synchs up with your availability somehow. Monday the 28th, dinner time-ish and later is best.

drew, we went back and forth already, so hopefully we'll be shredding over the break. you haven't seen shred barn yet, how's that possible?

is benham still on here these days? come shred

good33, the card approach has been great for me so far. it really has forced me to get out of my comfort zone, and try new things. and i've found that as i force myself to try these things, it's been improving my overall coordination, quickness, precision etc. on things that come more naturally. i plan to stick with the approach for the forseeable future. of course, when others are kicking with me, i just shred, no drilling.

got a new matt cross bag. looking forward to trying it out this evening.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 11 Dec 2009 05:16

decent practice last night considering my energy levels and stress levels from work. lifted after while watching some college hoops (man, uconn/kentucky was fucking amazing). tonight, i think i'll just shred. i like to have 3-4 structured practices and 1-2 unstructured per week.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 13 Dec 2009 07:17

built stuff yesterday, shred with brian in the barn later today, yay! other guys my age are sitting on their fat asses watching football all day every sunday.. maybe some are running on a treadmill for exercise once in awhile. I get to play hacky sack. That's cool

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 13 Dec 2009 13:10

good session with brian

hit gyro dlo to start a run
pixie ducking mirage to start a different run
got a few stepping sets to hit the back of my neck, so ripped warrior can't be too far away
good string lenght, precision, density of tricks.

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 15 Dec 2009 03:37

Nice hilights.

When are we gonna shred? Any jobs out there?

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 16 Dec 2009 05:15

well kev, you can crash at my place until you find work if you move here

my kids are really fun and the wife makes good eggs....

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kicked last night, damn i'm sore it was a good practice. every time i play, it's funny because I mostly spend time picking the ball up off the floor with this new practice method, but at the same time I can see all sorts of things getting better. and then I shred, and i'm playing at the highest level I've ever played at. so I think the practice method is working, and I think in a few months when I start actually hitting the tricks instead of almost hitting them.. it'll be cool.

i did hit atomic op osis on the strong side. that's new.

blurry whirling swirl is hilariously far away from being hit. i think the neighbor's cat was laughing at me even.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 16 Dec 2009 18:29

hell yeah, footbag is fun. fun practice. grueling and tiring too. but fun mostly. hit double switchover for the first time i think. that was cool. it will be at least another year until i hit barraging osis (barroque?) based on tonight's attempts. But the point is that I tried the trick. ha ha, sometimes that's all that matters

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 17 Dec 2009 00:44

Rieferman wrote:i think the neighbor's cat was laughing at me even.

PacLoc · Post by **PacLoc** » 17 Dec 2009 07:33

blurry whirling swirl is hilariously far away from being hit. i think the neighbor's cat was laughing at me even.

That's too funny. I feel like that sometimes when I'm playing in my garage and try something that I totally miss; like hitting myself in the head trying diving or ducking. Then a car happens to be passing by. I only wonder what they are thinking.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 17 Dec 2009 18:01

all i have tonight after that tired ass session is

ugggggggggggggh

maybe a wimper too

that's it, be good

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 19 Dec 2009 15:50

wow, shitty session with brian. he played fine, better than usual actually. i was sluggish and shitty mcshitterson overall. ehhh.

edit, clearly i'm tired and need to recuperate

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 21 Dec 2009 18:45

above post... ditto... fuck

flash · Post by **flash** » 22 Dec 2009 10:54

Don't let it get you down. A little rest and perhaps a pep talk w/ your coach and you'll be feeling it again promptly. I believe in you.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 22 Dec 2009 18:40

ha ha, thanks scott

that's good advice.. but instead, i wrapped presents for my wife tonight and realized that even a bad night of footbag is better than doing that again.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 24 Dec 2009 10:01

pep talk helped a little

short vid, the beginning is a quick tour of the shred barn (well, the exercise room portion of the shred barn at least) and then some christmas eve shred. comments always enjoyed

happy holidays

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA07cv2MC2o[/youtube]

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 27 Dec 2009 14:57

hey Bob!

Hope you and your family had a great Christmas!! I enjoyed the last video of the barn and shred. I particularly enjoy the shoe hanger and that old-door is pretty neat, a time trip in the midst of a completely re-done room... cool beans.

You seem to have increased control and consistency in runs. Was this during one of your tired sessions I'm guessing?

Anyway, we should shred soon. When are you free?

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 28 Dec 2009 07:00

hey drew, that shred is literally from christmas eve.. do i look tired, or look pretty decent? felt ok

shredding with brian wednesday morning around 10 am. i could play just about any day from wednesday on, just let me know

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 30 Dec 2009 12:12

good session with brian today. here's a couple clips of me from that session. comments always welcome, don't be shy!

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

mattbeall · Post by **mattbeall** » 30 Dec 2009 13:00

New video? And I can't watch youtube at work. Lame.

Dude, the barn is awesssssssssome though. Mad props.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 31 Dec 2009 16:50

I was pretty happy with that last vid above.

Anyways, I didn't kick today, but I built this (it's my first stab at mortise/tenon.. oh and it's all stuff I had laying around.. goal was a sturdy station for hammering, vice, grinder):