Wong's Footblog: A Chinese kid and his footbag

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 13 Feb 2006 15:49

Man I need to start kickin' like I use to; every monday, tuesday, thursday, and weekends. Atleast 4x a week!

I'm still a bit rusty

-Warm-up
- clippers (rusty on them)
- clipper>op. clipper (rusty)
- atw drill (still have them

)

-downtime legovers
-same side and alternating

-Pixie set
-PLO
-clipper 2's

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 14 Feb 2006 15:11

Kicked with Lee - a member from my club, this kid has MAJOR potiential!

basically helped him out with inside stalls and mirage. Also gave a lesson on around the world.

Me, myself drilled/skooled:
-clippers
-downtime legovers
-alternating pickups

just need to keep drillin', drillin', drillin' and skoolin', skoolin', skoolin'!!!
-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 15 Feb 2006 17:08

We had club today

Only 6 members showed up

But of those 6, were the best who truly have potiential.

We also held the competition (it wasn't much, but it was fun).

the Results:
1st - Will
2nd- Lee
3rd- Eric
4th- Justin

The 4 of them have incredible potiential.

After the competition, Lee made a 4-square court and I taught them how to play. It was a fun club meeting

fun today, drills and skooling tomorrow and the next...
-Wong-

Bander87 · Post by **Bander87** » 15 Feb 2006 18:23

Don't sweat it Wong, 6 new playes is great! I'm lucky if I could find get 1 person seriously into footbag.

Can't wait till your new video!

Have some of the members join modified!

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 17 Feb 2006 22:02

Hard-core session with Josh, whom I have not kicked with since ages
We both were very rusty...

Today I skooled and drilled hard:
-clippers
-clipper 2's
-plo (mix with strings)
-clipper op. clipper
-downtime legovers

Keep on kickin'...that's what I tell myself
-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 19 Feb 2006 21:23

Kicked with Rob today (it's been a while)

My shred has just been mediocore lately

It can be frustrating sometimes, one week you're incredible, then you
take a week off and you suck again...

only on way to solve is this...

keep on kickin'
-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 20 Feb 2006 15:02

Just got done kickin' with Crapman (nickname for my friend Greg), whom is actually quite cordinated; He go like 3 kicks and record 5

Today my game was actually pretty good; Drilled/skooled:
-clippers (felt easier today)
-clipper op. clipper drill
-downtime legovers
-clipper 2's drill

Messed around with:
-ducking
-Pixie

I'm gettin' back into to my footbag shape

....(persistant practice is all it takes)

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 21 Feb 2006 15:50

Kicked with Dan, Dave, Lee, and Will. It was very casual and we had a great time...

I played more effortless if anything. I did a bit of shred, nothing to strenuous (sp?).

I made this clipper (ankle crank) diagram in Geometry on Paint today and posted it in the trick tips section under "clipper help"

Point A is the heel and Point B is where your toes are:
-Point A and Point B should align and be level
-To do this, you point your toes up and they should face out
or ---->

the main focus is to crank your foot flat obviously...but this is how I think of it

I think after making this it really helped me understand on how to crank my ankle and make my foot flat for those clippers...I've had the concept in my head, but putting it down visually helps alot

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 22 Feb 2006 17:03

Had a great session with Josh and Megan.
Josh hit Blury double-switchover...freakin' uh-may-zing

Me...
drilled/skooled:
-clippers
-clipper op. clipper drill
-butterflies
-infinities (almost had it)
-plo

messed around with:
-ducking
-osis
-pdx. mirage (came close again on both sides)
-xbd rakes

footed pdx. illusion...it flew off my foot

I think I'm going to start practicing datws when I need a break from everything else. I messed around with those also...dexes are CLEAN

that's all for now

I <3 footbag
-Wong-

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Tripp · Post by **Tripp** » 23 Feb 2006 18:56

My name is Wong and I am getting good at this weirdo sport.

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 28 Feb 2006 12:32

Since Modifed changed it's name and what not, I haven't posted of my last two sessions...

Last friday I kicked with my buddy Crapman. It was real laid-back, I didn't do any hardcore drilling or anything.

Then last night (monday), I solo-sessioned. I started to get a cramp when doing long strings so basically last night I skooled osises and datw's.
Osis is half there and datw is pretty clean, just need to get the catch

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 28 Feb 2006 15:37

Kicked with Lee today...it was a bit chilly out

Lee worked on his inside stalls...he's getting good.

Me, I basically skooled and drilled:
-clippers
-clipper op. clipper drill
-butterflies

didn't do to well, I think because it was too cold... *shrugs*
EDIT: Yeah, kickin' in the cold definitely affects your game

Tomorrow is club! WHOO HOO!

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 01 Mar 2006 15:07

Had club today...it was kinda depressing.
Only 5 kids showed up...booo

Everyone wanted to just play 4-square instead of freestyle. Some of the kids though did quite well with practicing.

I basically did casuall shred and what not. My clippers seemed pretty good today, so that was a plus.

I hope next club meeting is better

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 03 Mar 2006 20:59

I practiced barefoot clippers today for like 15 minutes. Was just messin' around and I didn't have time for a solo-session.

I found out that these actually help the accuracy of your stalls. Forces you to really find that leveled stalling surface and the part of your foot that has the most surface on it. You don't have the luxury of that inch of rubber-sole to use.

Tomorrow I'm kickin' with Josh I think

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 04 Mar 2006 14:53

just had a REALLY good session with Josh.

worked on:
-pixie sets
-plo (hit it midstring... no big)
-Smear
-butterflies
-osis
-DATW (messed around with it)

came extremely close to:

-pdx. mirage (the set was perfect, the dex was clean, the form was flowing, and it actually landed on my toe and popped off)

-Infinity (missed it by like a centimeter)

I hit 6>6>6 tonight!

-clippers x 6 > op. clipper x 6 > op. clipper x 6

I felt my game was really good tonight!
-Wong-

Bander87 · Post by **Bander87** » 04 Mar 2006 20:42

word dawg,

Osis is good stuff... you been working clippers like crazy!

And clippers x 6 > op. clipper x 6 > op. clipper x 6??? Double You Tee Eff is that??

Wong, infinity feels so good once you do it. I bet you could school it pretty quickly! You can't miss it for long!

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 05 Mar 2006 17:51

Solo Sesh

Drilled/Skooled:
-Pixie sets
-Plo
-Butterfly
-Pdx. mirage
-Osis

Hit smear tonight! It was so clean!

I came close on my flipside also!

I noticed tonight that my string length needs to be a bit longer. So I think after I warm up, I'm going to concentrate on String length...then skooling and drilling.

Just to keep everyone updated, this is probably how my sessions look

Warm up:
-kicks
-stalls (toe and inside)
-clippers
-clipper op. clipper
-atw drills
-downtime legover

String-Length Practice:
-2 add toe moves
-2 add clipper movies
(combination of the two)

Skooling/Drilling:
- (*insert most current trick mentioned*)

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 05 Mar 2006 18:05

Solo Sesh

Drilled/Skooled:
-Pixie sets
-Plo
-Butterfly
-Pdx. mirage
-Osis

Hit smear tonight! It was so clean!

I came close on my flipside also!

Edit: I forgot to mention, I hit clipper ss pickup > op. clipper ss pick up x 10!

I noticed tonight that my string length needs to be a bit longer. So I think after I warm up, I'm going to concentrate on String length...then skooling and drilling.

Just to keep everyone updated, this is probably how my sessions look

EDIT: If you look here, My sessions are probably the "Progressive way". When I'm with other people or in a circle I go with the "Big to Small" method.

-Warm up
-String Length practice
-Drilling/Schooling
-Messing around

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 06 Mar 2006 15:30

Another solo sesh!

Worked on:
-String-length (had some good runs)
-butterflies (figured out some balance issues)
-Pixie sets (flipside is doing much better)
-Bubba (bit rusty at them - needed skooling)

-Wong-

JFootbagger · Post by **JFootbagger** » 07 Mar 2006 15:38

Kicked on a beautiful day today with Crapman - who wore shorts, he's becoming a hardcore footbagger

Anyways....drilled/skooled:
-butterflies (flipside needs lots of work, figured out how to make the dex smaller)
-Pixies (flipsides getting better)
-PLO
-Smear (needs a bit of work)

Messed around with:
-datw (figured out balance issues)
-pdx. mirage (dex was clean, still needs work)
-Osis (figured out to bend my knee, creating a bigger window, for my ankle to crank)

-Wong-