Sets?

Gabe · Post by **Gabe** » 03 Sep 2002 15:48

I was wondering whats the easiest set for everyone. I'm especially curious to know whats the easiest set for the better footbagers in here who can do all the sets pretty well.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 03 Sep 2002 15:50

atomic. I can greatly pixie with tevas but you know. I can do flipside pixie better with lavers. I also used to step but i never practize that

max · Post by **max** » 03 Sep 2002 16:31

definatly pixie is easiest. I think I'd rate my sets from easiest to hardest like this:

pixie
stepping
fairy
atomic
nuclear
shooting
sailing
quantum

any set being symposium I can't do.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » 03 Sep 2002 19:14

Stepping set is my easiest set followed by pixie.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 03 Sep 2002 20:02

oo eeesh stepping is the worst come on.

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 03 Sep 2002 20:24

fairy

Bono · Post by **Bono** » 04 Sep 2002 09:39

Matt: Jonathan steps like it ain't no thang.

Pornstar · Post by **Pornstar** » 04 Sep 2002 11:24

fer me steppin is by far the easiest.. pixie is simple too.. but ive skooled step set so much that id say im way more consistant with it.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 04 Sep 2002 11:50

I was thinking... I voted pixie but.. when you say easiest do you mean easiest to do and do moves off of or easiest to do by itself? And also.. my favorite is prolly a zoid set just cuz it's bizarre and never used. Not EASY easy but it's.. easy if it's just a serve to someone or something.

Chris Holden · Post by **Chris Holden** » 04 Sep 2002 12:24

I like Atomic, Pixie, Quantum, Stepping, Nuclear, Wonton (symp quantum). Of these I find Atomic the easiest because it's something I've skooled a LOT.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 04 Sep 2002 13:00

Yeah many people can do stepping as good as a clipper (ahem vasik)

It would be cool to do quantum tho cause not many people can do quantum well.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 04 Sep 2002 14:56

stepping really hurts my shins. i cant skool it.
pixie is easiest for me.

Gabe · Post by **Gabe** » 04 Sep 2002 15:01

How can stepping hurt your shins?

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 04 Sep 2002 17:32

you tell me

HackyRichard · Post by **HackyRichard** » 05 Sep 2002 03:19

jabi wrote:How can stepping hurt your shins?

chan wrote:you tell me

Not that I can even get near to stepping yet, but I'd probably guess it's something to do with the way you're landing or takeoff with your supporting leg, landing too heavy or slightly wrongly(that a word?) ...

Actually just had a thought, it may be the type of surface you kicking on 'cos I've noticed in my short freestyle time that my shins sometimes get sore while on certain surfaces. But that's probably my lack of freestyle, or the fact that the soles on my shoes suck ...

This is probably redundant, but make sure your landing on the balls of your feet ... (that's like telling the pope there's a god, doh :p )

HackyRichard

Acid~Reign · Post by **Acid~Reign** » 05 Sep 2002 03:32

Yeah, stepping does hurt your shins even although it's not the worst move there for them. I think the motion is reasonably similar to running although with running the force is being exerted backwards while with stepping the force is being exerted upwards (which is better, I don't know). Besides what's already been said about treating shin splints, I doubt there's much that can be done in terms of changing the technique of it.

Hmm... actually, I guess there's one thing you can do about it. Try not to do the sets plyometrically (where you 'jump' into the clipper) because it increases the amount of force that your leg has to cope with. Stepping (not the set) into the clipper is probably better for you although it makes it slightly harder to do stepping sets out of I think.

I wish I could pixie or quantum...

Bono · Post by **Bono** » 05 Sep 2002 08:59

HackyRichard wrote:...landing too heavy or slightly wrongly(that a word?)...

Ah... a chance to redeem my credibility as a writer, after the whole ambiguous/ambidextrous incident.

The correct wording would simply be slightly wrong. This is because you already have already put the adverb on the participle landing by using the word slightly to modify the adjective wrong.

Besides this, "wrongly" is not a word. You could get away with saying "slightly incorrectly" or "slightly erroneously," but that's pretty crappy writing because the redundance makes the your readers cringe.

Thanks for asking!

max · Post by **max** » 05 Sep 2002 10:21

wrongly adv.

from www.dictionary.com

Bono · Post by **Bono** » 05 Sep 2002 13:16

right. ok. what was i thinking? i wasn't thinking.

it just sounded so bad, i guess

Brian · Post by **Brian** » 05 Sep 2002 14:04

http://modified.ca/footbag

Sets?

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Sets?