Drills for the Helpless

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Fu Xi
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Drills for the Helpless

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Hey fellow shredders. Lately I have been extremely disappointed with my game. All my strings lately have been 3 tricks long (at most). This is extremely frustrating.

What I am asking is some drills according to my skill level. Drills I make up myself, I have no urge to hit... no motivation*. Others' drill are somewhat of a challenge to me, and I am very competitive.

http://www.footbag.org/gallery/showset/311 "Hybrid Can't Breathe" is the last vid of me... and I have yet to play that good.

Please make some drills for me... it would be greatly appreciated.

p.s. I dont want a list of drills because I just want the most important and a list would fall into the * category.

Thanks again...
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The only ways I drill is to school tricks over and over.
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Post by sampotter »

Does anyone have a link to that REALLY long list of drills/combos?
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Post by Z »

Here's a link to a version of the long drills list that horse put together:
http://chrisholden.net/drills.html (not sure how long Chris is keeping it there for, though, so save it or print it)

Rob -
You should definitely check out this list if you haven't already. I watched your "hybrid can't breathe" vid and I'm positive you could bust a good portion of the 3-3 combos. Keep in mind that this drills list assumes you can dominate EVERY concept (pretty much at least), so my advice would be to go through and find the combos with moves/concepts you have a good grasp on and work your way up from there. This list will also help greatly with skooling everything on both sides which will lead to longer runs for you. Hope that helps and keep shreddin'!
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Post by SlashC »

smear > plo > rpt
dimwalk > pdx mirage > rpt
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BAP drill, paradon>blur repeat
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Post by Fu Xi »

I guess I'll end up using that list...

I have no clue what rpt is :?

and i cant hit paradon :x
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Post by ville »

rpt = repeat :wink:
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Post by *Jethro* »

rpt is short for repeat,instead of paradon just try butterfly.
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Post by Fu Xi »

:oops: i knew it was something obvious haha

but ill have to learn paradons sometime... should i take up drill time to learn paradon? (also need to do that with whirls, atomic set, and spinning)
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Post by Guest »

Magellan>plo>rpt
Clip Dlo>ss Butter >rpt
Ducking Clip>Diving Clip>rpt
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Post by Jeremy »

a really fun drill I've been doing recently is crispy dlo>pixie switch>pixie butterfly rep.

But I much prefer to make my own drills than do to other peoples ones (not that I think I'm the first to do any of those drills, just I thought of them by myself).

Another fun thing to drill is variety drills, rather than drills that involve particular style - stuff like fog>ss drifter rep. or spinning clip>ps whirl.
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Post by Fu Xi »

well... i taped myself trying the 10 or 11 drills on that drill list

BUT i am having trouble with my .org account so if you want to help me, i can send the video via AIM
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