The Music Man's Footblog!

sen · Post by **sen** » 15 Dec 2010 06:08

After watching it my advice is BOTH SIDES!!!!! lol

I don't think you attempted either Clipper or ATW with your flip (weak) side in that video. That may mean a few things. You aren't comfortable with them so you didn't want to put them on video, or you can't really do them at all/haven't tried much. Either way, I recommend to school them. Get them to the point that they feel close to as natural as your strong side. Now is the time to do this, as you work on the foundation of the game. I now that it's a lot more fun to keep learning tricks and feel that improvement, but taking the time to learn everything close to evenly will pay off when you start to do longer strings.

That said, it really looks like you have a strong foundation. And as Nick said, GREAT crank.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 15 Dec 2010 07:27

sen wrote:After watching it my advice is BOTH SIDES!!!!! lol

I don't think you attempted either Clipper or ATW with your flip (weak) side in that video.

Of course he did, and he hit both tricks on both sides. What video did you watch?

He even surprised himself by hitting flipside atw before strongside. Watch it again, he hits it flipside at 1:57. The moment I showed Ryan footbag, I really enforced the MUST DO BOTH SIDES schpeal.

And yeah, Sen is correct, you should school the hell out of these basics instead of moving on to bigger, better tricks right away. Sen & Ian, Thank you both for helping give Ryan some pointers. I know he appreciates it and I really appreciate it too. Footbaggers helping footbaggers help footbaggers.

sen · Post by **sen** » 15 Dec 2010 07:37

Heh, My bad about missing the flip tricks. I will part of the blame on the lighting and the majority of the blame on me watching and formulating my comments before my morning coffee. I really should know better than that.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 15 Dec 2010 07:52

Haha we're not robots, we all make mistakes

RipWalker · Post by **RipWalker** » 15 Dec 2010 08:53

Woah woah woah... who's not robots?!

Video looked good! You mentioned this yourself but the lighting is a pretty big deal, especially for a trick analysis video. I'd work on brightening that action up. Keep it up man!

the_music_man · Post by **the_music_man** » 15 Dec 2010 11:17

Alright, thanks a lot for all the help guys. Next time I record ill make the lighting better and get my whole body in. But I planned on working for my basics more.

So yet again all I can say is thank you. Another videon and its link will be up in about a week!

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 15 Dec 2010 12:03

You're welcome man, Drill those basics with the tips we all gave you! Can't wait for the next video! Great start on your footblog, by the way! haha

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 15 Dec 2010 15:35

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpXqYeCsU9s[/youtube]

the_music_man · Post by **the_music_man** » 22 Dec 2010 11:39

Unfortunatly a couple days ago I rolled my ankle and doctors orders: No footbag for a week (till December 24th) D: Hell of a christmas present :'(. But on chirstmas day i'll be up and kicking. And the new video will be up on prolly the 26th.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 23 Dec 2010 18:18

Looking forward to it man! Sucks you couldn't play for so long.

the_music_man · Post by **the_music_man** » 09 Jan 2011 06:11

Alright, after that awsome session with Nick, Zach, Tim, and Josh I got really determined to hit some new tricks XD My clippers are getting a little bit cleaner on both sides. But I did manage to consistantly hit Atw's when i attempted them.

New tricks I hit only once or twice:

Pickup

Weakside Pickup

Legover

Drum roll please!!....
... ... ...

RIPWALK!! XD I hit it and i was so stoked.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 09 Jan 2011 11:41

You're stepping already?!?!! Fuck yeah man! Props!!! Try Stepping ss Clipper instead of ripwaalk right now though. But damn dude, can't wait to see that stepping!

the_music_man · Post by **the_music_man** » 10 Jan 2011 15:03

dude, did it once. can't do it again.

But i stopped drilling that and went back to what i needed to do

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 10 Jan 2011 18:46

You're smarter than I was when I first started out. I would have kept going after ripwalk. Good, focus on your basics. They're the foundation for your shred.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 10 Jan 2011 19:45

keep up the work music man!

we will have to shred asap. im gonna be loosing my license, so i got to make the trip to play with you as much as i can. shoot me a text when you can play around your flute practice.

the_music_man · Post by **the_music_man** » 14 Jan 2011 12:43

Zach, my phone got messed up, send me a txt saying its you. You open this weekend. I got two people that wanna get into it.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 14 Jan 2011 16:01

Maybe we could all take a trip this Sunday! I have off work and I think some of the other guys could join us too!

the_music_man · Post by **the_music_man** » 18 Jan 2011 18:13

Alright, this happened a couple days ago but Nick, Zach, and Corey all came over to shred. I finally Hit my first 3-add move. (Flapper Stall) Then I Hit my first Osis and Flipside Osis. My Dexes are getting cleaner and my crank is even further improving.

I'm actually getting some local kids into the sport!! One has been hacking for a few years but never even heard of footbag!! The other is my gf so that's always a plus XD.

NEW TRICK INVENTED!!
Helios- Heel Osis! God knows I can't hit it but I think Nick can.

I'm taking a footbag to the Lebanon Valley College honors band so I'll be shredding there.

Peace!!

the_music_man · Post by **the_music_man** » 28 Jan 2011 13:16

Just one thing to say today: Be prepared modified, the newest [uns] footbagger has arrived. XD

the_music_man · Post by **the_music_man** » 28 Jan 2011 15:16

Bros! New tricks have been hit! XD

Butterfly

Flipside Butterfly

Double Legover

Double atw

I'm fucking stoked XD