Another Philadelphian

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 20 Oct 2006 04:52

Hello! ^_^
I'm Carrie I'm relatively new to footbag. Been playing about a month and half. I just got Lavers like 2 weeks ago.

ummm yeah...so far I've hit:

clipper(both sides), mirage (both sides), same-side mirage, ATW(both sides), xbody rake, sole stall, pincher, legover, pickup...yeah that's prob about it.
I just hit osis 2 days ago for the first time and seem to be getting the hang of it. I'm also just starting to string a few tricks together now....so hopefully I'll be able to make some progress in that department.

So for now I'm working on getting everything a little more consistantly. I'm starting to work on hitting symposium mirage and double legover...but they're works in the making....hopefully in the next month?

Anyways anybody play in Philly? Would love to play with some new faces. I usually play with two friends from school (Drews and Tom). Drew and I started at the same time and Tom is basically our teacher. umm Drew and I play a few hours everyday n then we all meet up once or twice a week. It's been a lot of fun!

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 21 Oct 2006 13:55

Yeah so I had like a 2 hours session today with Drew. It was pretty unproductive....I was hardly hitting anything. I DID however hit left symp. mirage which I was pretty excited about. I was also able to play without really getting tired which is always good...been working on building endurance.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a little better...

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 21 Oct 2006 17:26

woooo! go Carrie! that left sided symposium was BUCK NASTY! Your endurance really has gotten alot higher! footbag forever!

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 22 Oct 2006 16:34

Nothin special...but I remembered yesterday i hit 2 successful pendulums. Hooray for me!

Umm didn't get a chance to play today. I've been sick with upper respiratory crap the past week or so, so my immune system has been shot. So as soon as i thought it was going away I started coming down with something else n my body's all achey so I didn't get a chance to play today.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be feeling ok enough to play for a little while.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 22 Oct 2006 22:27

I hope you're feeling better soon. We def need to be playing inside the Pavillion or somewhere, too much outside play is making us both sick

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 23 Oct 2006 21:09

So..today Drew and I had a 2 hour session. It was extremely frustrating but productive at the same time. I improved my right clipper (for awhile I've only been able to do left correctly). I also hit left xbd rake....that was freaking awesome! Other than that I wasn't really able to hit much....

We both tried attempting a whirl but we were both sadly unsuccessful. *shrugs* oh well one of these days we're bound to get it.

that is all.
k bye.

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 24 Oct 2006 15:21

xbd rake is super phat. Much props on that!

Welcome to the Footbag Comunity!!

Spontaneous Spaz · Post by **Spontaneous Spaz** » 24 Oct 2006 17:58

props on the effort! i can't even hit whirl yet, but i dream of the day. and when it comes, it'll be sweet, like a hot fudge sundae with whipped cream, sprinkles, hot caramel, almonds, cookie dough, m&m's, cookies 'n cream... well u get it, sweet!

awesome job, i'll keep an eye on ur progress, i can safely say we're at almost even skill levels. i wanna see which one of us hits whirl first

and welcome to the community!

tstep84 · Post by **tstep84** » 24 Oct 2006 20:25

Carrie hit butterfly, perfect form tonight, second try. She is definetly footbags newest shredita. Props carrie.

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 24 Oct 2006 22:15

Spontaneous Spaz wrote:props on the effort! i can't even hit whirl yet, but i dream of the day. and when it comes, it'll be sweet, like a hot fudge sundae with whipped cream, sprinkles, hot caramel, almonds, cookie dough, m&m's, cookies 'n cream... well u get it, sweet!

awesome job, i'll keep an eye on ur progress, i can safely say we're at almost even skill levels. i wanna see which one of us hits whirl first

and welcome to the community!

Hey yeah i think it'll be a minute till I get whirl. But when I do it better be as sweet as that sundae! It may very well be sweeter!

Goodluck with ur whirl progress!!

tstep84 wrote:Carrie hit butterfly, perfect form tonight, second try. She is definetly footbags newest shredita. Props carrie.

Hey thanks Tom I really appreciate that. Do I here footbag tourney? lol jk It'll be awhile till I enter one of those, but I'll work on that Butterfly in the meantime!

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 25 Oct 2006 07:53

tstep84 wrote:Carrie hit butterfly, perfect form tonight, second try. She is definetly footbags newest shredita. Props carrie.

mad props on that.

Haha, Carrie was saying earlier that day how ridiculous it is for someone to learn so many tricks within just 2 weeks of playing. the same day you land Butterfly (on your SECOND attempt!) multiple times! now THAT is ridunkulous

Keep up the good work, your sticky note of tricks will soon turn into a full page(if it hasn't already!)

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 25 Oct 2006 22:54

So tonight's session with Drew was relatively productive. I finally got my left clipper down pat. I was able to hit before, but not well. I could do a trick or 2 out of it n that was it. Now I can actually do a couple consecutive clippers; I have more of a rhythm now.

I also hit a few more butterflies (that sounds kind of evil), clipper>legover, clipper>mirage>xbd rake
worked on whirl...again with no success. *shakes fist* one of these days damnit!...one of these days!

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 26 Oct 2006 06:18

Footbag Forever wrote: I also hit a few more butterflies (that sounds kind of evil)
worked on whirl...again with no success. *shakes fist* one of these days damnit!...one of these days!

Atomic Butterfly Punter!

you were definitely progressing ALOT on the whirl last night, keep on shreddin!

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 30 Oct 2006 23:57

So like two days ago...err..yesterday I suppose it was....had a short hour session with Drew. I got osis a whole lot...that felt really good. I also got a few more
butterflies...
clipper>op clipper
I think that's about it...hooray for me. not.
that is all.
k bye.

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 01 Nov 2006 09:56

So another short session with Drew and Tom last night.
Hit butterfly a bunch, getting closer to whirl.
It wasn't really well lit where we played so it was a little hairy, but it was still a good night. Especially bc it was really warm yesterday so we were able to play outside!!!

hooray!
Again nice day out today...hopefully we'll be able to kick outside again tonight!

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 04 Nov 2006 16:00

Welcome!

Practicing mirage>legover rpt. will really help. Set a goal and then hit it that many times.

Sounds like your improving quickly, keep with it.

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 05 Nov 2006 14:44

Hey thanks for the tip!

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 06 Nov 2006 23:39

Played outside again today..it was a little chilly but way worth it! Inside sucks...and it get too hot too quickly...Anyways had like an hour session or so with Drew today. Tried paradox mirage for the first time and hit it successfully a few times. That was kind of kewl. Other than that I just practiced a bunch of stuff I've been doing, and putting together different combo's. I also played with my new bag which was nice..working on breaking it in...but it sure beats the sandbags I've been playing with! ^_^

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 10 Nov 2006 15:24

so today Drew and I had a short session on campus...and....
I GOT A BUNCH OF SYMPOSIUM MIRAGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hooray! That was pretty uber fantastic! My day has been awesome!

muahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah! WeEeeEeeEeeEeeEeEeeeeeeeeeeeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEee!!!!
WahooOOoOOoOoO!
k that should summarize my excitement for now! Peazzzz

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 11 Nov 2006 15:24

So today it was absolutely beautiful outside! Played from 2:30 or so till 5:00-ish. Had an awesome session.
Hit butterfly>toe>symposium mirage>clipper
hit some flipside tricks...idk just overall hit more than usual without dropping. Felt good. Only downside is my knees started hurting after too many syposium mirages...

oh welp. I'll take a days rest and try again monday!