18 May 2016 Rough practice today. Felt really fatigued and I'm not sure why. I did manage to hit an ugly pixie op butterfly though which was cool. Best tiltless string was 13 today. A step backward but hey, it happens. Worked on my strong side reverse swirl today in preparation for something cool. G...

While I don't know, I do know that many schools (universities) have a club sports policy that allows funding for events and competitions so while not necessarily a sponsorship, provides the money for the student players.

16 May 2016 Thanks Bob! Practiced today And the injury still hurt a tiny bit so definitely not 100% yet. It's kind of a bummer, I was on the verge of another breakthrough and the injury stalled it. As soon as I'm 100% I plan on training pretty hard and it'll hopefully wow some people with my improve...

Says the video is private. Not sure if that was intentional or not.

13 May 2016 Practiced today to test the waters again. Went with a few harder tricks and my leg felt okayish. Still not 100% but I'm hoping the therapy will get me there. This whole practice only 1-2 times a week thing is killing me. Sitting around icing my leg and stretching is soooo boring. Still p...

Injury update:

Saw a sports medicine specialist today and he was intrigued about Footbag. Ended up with the hip specialist coming in to help and I received a therapy prescription but other than that nothing new to report. Still pain.

boyle wrote:Nice work on the degree. Any plan for the next step in your life?

Thank you! Next year I'm not sure what I'll be doing, but the plan is to go to grad school in astronomy/astrophysics. I also love teaching science and stuff like that.

10 May 2016 Careful practice today. After a bunch of resting and ice I decided it might be worth doing an easy session where I focus on the tricks that don't hurt and throw a few tougher ones in to gauge how the healing process has gone. Over all I'm pleased that the pain has subsided about 70% of t...

Injury update: I'll be seeing an ortho / sports medicine person on Thursday. Have been resting my leg with Some icing here and there and trying Cass's yoga but nothing seems to be helping, especially since I'm not flexible enough for the yoga ha.

I'll let you all know.

Thanks for the suggestions Cass, but the yoga seems impossible for someone of my flexibility. I don't always do post-shred stretches, I should definitely be more consistent about that.

Reviving this because I've had trouble with my hip flexor. The pain seems to flare up randomly, I can't link it to any one trick, it simply hurts whenever I raise my right leg at all. Some practices it doesn't bother me, while others it does. Lately, though, the hip flexor has bothered me for a week...

I have been working a bit on putting some unusual surfaces and kicks into my combos to make things a bit different. Things like symp mirage from a stall on top of the knee, pixie sole kick, etc. Sounds pretty cool, how about hitting: Muted pixie flapper kick > spinning clipper. Bonus points for spi...

4 May 2016 There is a bunch of old goldies and lesser watched newer ones here: https://vimeo.com/fcfootstar/videos Also gotta show some love to my own club: https://www.youtube.com/user/FootbagDenmark Thanks, just what I needed. ______________________________ Practice today to celebrate doing well o...

2 May 2016 Took 2 or 3 days off and somehow my hip flexor hurts today. Hurts way to much to do anything with my right leg. Just did Flipside ATWs and Orbits for today and also a really boring repeated strong side inside stall to hand catch drill to improve crank. Short practice because of the pain, ...

If anyone is traveling to the Kentucky derby let me know, please! Might be able to stitch together a shred session.

Tried to just hit a couple decent links for my sesh today. Few highlights: :arrow: Butterfly > SS Butterfly > Paradox Mirage rpt op x2 (12 contacts) :arrow: Butterfly > Near Mirage > Illusion > Butterfly > Paradox Mirage BSOS Nice strings. How about seeing a far butterfly > Pdx mirage > ss butterfl...

28 April 2016 So I hope you all don't mind me posting every time I practice. It's a good way for me to log my progress and hopefully will be a good tool for noobs to look at and see where I went wrong and what I did right. Once I get good of course. :determinedface: Highlights: - cool tiltless strin...

26 April 2016 Senior thesis presentation and finals seem to be about to take over so the next eight days or so might only see 1 or 2 practices. Better make this one today count. Also: looks like rain for the next week so indoor practices are a thing again I guess. Highlights: -BSOS near mirage -pick...

Sweet thread, I've always been interested in some of the names. Some fit really well and others like pixie and fairy make zero sense to me ha.

Request: Where does clipper come from? Seems so basic to me now that I've taken the name for granted, but the etymology isn't apparent to me.

23 April 2016 Went to the park since it is an absolutely gorgeous day. Worked almost exclusively on strings and really impressed myself with the flow I had going. Watching videos of you all gives me a better rhythm, so thanks for that. I made sure to utilize Flipside clippers and near pickups in my ...