Doubles

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » 19 Aug 2004 16:33

Hey guys, I'm putting this question in the advanced section because you guys have more experience with this kind of stuff!

Anyway, me and my friends are trying doubles stuff and we were wondering if you guys had any tips or suggestions (maybe you guys could give us some ideas on what to work on or some other cool stuff)! We saw the doubles stuff at footbag.org and we thought it was pretty cool. So any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Posi-Cole · Post by **Posi-Cole** » 19 Aug 2004 18:36

Whether or not he chooses to offer advice is obviously his own perogative, but I would suggest PM'ing Max from the boards about this issue, as he is quite good and probably quite knowledgeable when it comes to doubles freestyle.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 19 Aug 2004 20:57

I don't know what level you guys are at, but find as much doubles videos you can, and watch them together. Just soak it all in and fool around with the different doubles concepts that you see. Of course a lot of those things are quite advanced, so you can always try what they do without all the dexes.

max · Post by **max** » 20 Aug 2004 00:14

Hey Crafty,
As Posi-Cole mentionned, I play a LOT of doubles freestyle (I do some at about 50% of my shreds). All you really need to know to get started is how to do a toe stall. The basic movements for team freestyle are as follows:
- player 1 puts bag on toe
- player 2 lifts leg OVER P1's foot
- P1 sets bag (thus behind P2's lifted leg)
- P2 does a toe stall with the leg that was up
- P1 lifts leg OVER P2's foot
- P2 sets bag (behing P1's lifted leg)
- P1 toe stalls with the leg that he's lifted (now you're back to step one)
etc...

I don't know if that's very clear. There are not many doubles freestyle videos on the net, but here's one I have on my .org gallery (it's got singles too):

http://www.footbag.org/gallery/showset/FCEvolution

what I explained above (the alternating toe stalls) you'll see that we do quite a lot of those in the video.
PM me if you need any more detailed explanations.

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » 20 Aug 2004 06:28

Thanks for the help so far guys!! Hey Max, yeah, that's what me and my friends have been trying with the toe stalls and the legs. We're gonna keep trying and if we have any questions, we'll post them on here!

Thanks!

max · Post by **max** » 20 Aug 2004 06:47

Krafty: the alternating toe stalls are the very basics of doubles. Like in single freestyle they take time to become smooth and effortless. As usual practice makes perfect. Oh, it helps to play with the same person, that way you each get used to each other's rhythm. Once you can do ten or so of these toe stalls you can move on to LOTS of other more complex moves.

Good luck!!

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 20 Aug 2004 08:07

I don't know if you've seen it, but you might want to check out the video 'Skate like a Girl' that Jane posted.

http://www.modified.ca/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=6308

It has some footage of Jane Zerbe and Kimi Bartman (I think) doing some beginners doubles stuff.

HG · Post by HG » 20 Aug 2004 08:11

yea that movie by jane zerbe helped me
and a friend do some doubles stuff. its pretty fun

the video is very helpful.