Spin me like a Ceiling Fan
Spin me like a Ceiling Fan
I was reading through my blog the other day, and it struck me how disorganized my challenges were. I'd find things like a post in 2006 where I'd say "I'd like to hit blurry flurry before I retire," and then realize I didn't even think about that trick again for another 2 years. Other times I would focus on a goal so singlemindedly (dropless routine) that I wasn't good about keeping other goals on the radar.
That said, I figured it might help my progress if I had a separate thread where I could keep track of challenges.
For the most part I'm going to use this as a place where I challenge myself, though I am definitely open to other people challenging me. I reserve the right to pick and choose which challenges I want to work on. For those who don't know me, there's a lot of YT video of how I play in my blog, as well as on my YouTube channel (username: Ceilingf4n).
Some more relevant information in case you want to challenge me:
*My right knee isn't in great shape now, so I'm avoiding double dexes, blenders, and symposium with that leg. Keep that in mind for drills.
*If you challenge me to a drill, keep it to 8 contacts or less. I think I'd have trouble remembering more than that. So, 4 contact combo rpt would be the limit.
*I'm more interested in working on strings and interesting links than I am in big tricks or fearless at the moment.
*I would like to improve my spins, and my ability to use them interestingly in my game.
All my challenges will be listed in the second post of this thread. Completed challenges will be in the completed section along with the date of completion.
Wish me luck!
That said, I figured it might help my progress if I had a separate thread where I could keep track of challenges.
For the most part I'm going to use this as a place where I challenge myself, though I am definitely open to other people challenging me. I reserve the right to pick and choose which challenges I want to work on. For those who don't know me, there's a lot of YT video of how I play in my blog, as well as on my YouTube channel (username: Ceilingf4n).
Some more relevant information in case you want to challenge me:
*My right knee isn't in great shape now, so I'm avoiding double dexes, blenders, and symposium with that leg. Keep that in mind for drills.
*If you challenge me to a drill, keep it to 8 contacts or less. I think I'd have trouble remembering more than that. So, 4 contact combo rpt would be the limit.
*I'm more interested in working on strings and interesting links than I am in big tricks or fearless at the moment.
*I would like to improve my spins, and my ability to use them interestingly in my game.
All my challenges will be listed in the second post of this thread. Completed challenges will be in the completed section along with the date of completion.
Wish me luck!
Last edited by C-Fan on 31 Mar 2009 10:41, edited 9 times in total.
Long term
General:
1. Do more spinning osii on both sides.
2. Cut out strong side pdx mirage as a bail.
Specific:
0. Link any combination of the following spinning tricks: spinning whirl, mobius, gdlo, vortex, spinning swirl, spinning blender, spinning ducking anything, scorpion's tail, double spinning anything.
1. spinning osis - gyro mirage - legbeater - rpt
Completed Challenges
0. One more dropless routine this year (2009)- July 22nd, in Qualifiers at World champs in Berlin.
1. Spinning butter-spin clip-spin osis rpt, Feb 11, March 27, April 28, May 2+29, 2009
2. Inspinning clipper x2 -Feb 11, and then on video on Feb 21, 2009.
3. Link 7 unique spinning tricks
a. spinning butter-spinning clip-gyro clip-spin butter-spin clip-merkon-spin osis -Feb 7, 2009
b. spinning butter-spin clip-spin osis-spin clip-spin butter-spin osis-gyro clip -March 30, 2009
c. gyro clip-gyro clip-spin clip-spin butter-spin osis-spin clip-spin butter-merkon off my foot. -April 2, 2009
4. Link any combination of the following spinning tricks: spinning whirl, mobius, gdlo, vortex, spinning swirl, spinning blender, spinning ducking anything, scorpion's tail, double spinning anything.
a. Spinning whirl-gdlo -Feb 7, 2009
b. Spinning whirl-scorpion's tail -Feb 7, 2009
c. Spinning whirl-spinning whirl -March 7, 2009
d. Vortex to mobius -Aug 29, 2009
5. Spinning osis-GDLO -February 14th, April 22nd, May 14th+30th, 2009
6.James:Pixie front sole stall -Feb 16, 2009
7. Reid: gyro double legover> drifter > spinning butterfly>spinning legover both sides -Feb 16, 2009. BSOS: March 29, and November 7th, 2009
a. Strong side
b. Weak side
c. Both sides one string
8. Gyro clipper x4 to blur bsos -Feb 21, Nov 5, Nov 7 2009
9.Swirl War. -Feb 21, April 28, May 1, May 23, 2009
10. Gyro clipper x10- 16 on May 4, 2012. 14 on Feb 27 and July 4th, 13 on June 1st, 12 on April 28 and May 17/28, 11 on May 8/16 and June 22, 10 on May 21, 2009
11. GDLO-smoke both sides- Feb 23, May 21, 2009
12. Gyro osis-osis [repeat]- Feb 23, March 31
13. Duck Clip > Spin Clip > Gyro Clip > Gyro Clip rpt - March 6,7,31, April 28, May 1 2009, both sides. BSOS on April 2. Times two on May 30.
14. Gyro Mirage> Toe Whirl > Spin Clip [repeat] -March 6, 09 both sides.
15. Gyro DLO > Toe Whirl > Spin Clip both sides -March 6, 2009, bsos June 2.
16. Toe Merkon > Toe Ss Drifter > Gyro Mirage, both sides -March 6+7, 2009
17. Toe spinning clipper-ducking clipper-ducking paradox mirage [repeat] -March 6,7, and 31 2009. Both sides.
18. Spinning osis > gyro clipper > spinning clipper > gyro clipper[repeat] -March 11 and 30, April 2, June 2, 2009
19. Spinning pdx mirage-legbeater [repeat] -March 27th, Apr 9, June 2 2009. Both sides.
20. Pixie Muted Clipper>Spinning Whirl>PDX DLO [repeat] -March 27, 2009
21. Spinning clipper > spinning butterfly > spinning osis [repeat]- March 27, April 2, April 23, May 14+30, 2009
22. Merkon-swirl [repeat]- March 29, 30, and 31, April 5+28, June 2, 2009. Both sides on 3/29
23. GDLO bsos and Vortex bsos in a single string -March 29, May 25, November 7 2009
24.Osis x60+
a. 200+ Osis, June 6, 2012
b.Osis x80, November 27, 2009
c. Osis x72, April 11th,
d. 78 on May 10th, 2009
e. 76 on May 4th, 2012
25. GDLO-whirl-spin clipper repeat. April 21, June 24th and November 23, 2009
26. Hit ten unique spinning tricks in a row
a. gyro clip-gyro clip-spin clip-spin butter-spin osis-spin clip-spin butter-merkon-toe spin clipper-spinning osis -May 1, 2009
b. spin butter-spin clip-spin osis-spin clip-gyro clip-gyro clip-spin butter-merkon-gyro mirage-spinning osis. -May 21, 2009
c. spin butter-spin clip-spin osis-spin clip-gyro clip-gyro clip-spin butter-merkon-spin osis-inspin clip. -July 5, 2009
27. Spin clip-merkon-spinning osis [repeat] -May 2, 2009
28. Dynox10 - Hit 15 on May 10, 13 on June 1st, 12 on May 8, 10 on May 17, 2009[/url]
29. vortex-gyro clipper drill -Jan 25th, 2010
30. HPD-vortex Jan 21, 2010
31. gyro legover>atomic muted clip>rpt January 27, 2010
32. A beast combo February 19th, 2010
33. vortex-pdx drifter-drifter repeat- February 19th, 2010
34. vortex-psw -repeat April 12, 2010
35. spin clip>spin butter>spin clip>gdlo bsos February 16, 2011
36. Spinning butter > gdlo > spinning osis > inspinning osis February 16, 2011
37. Spinning osis-isis [repeat] February 18, 2011
38. Vortex>Spinning Osis>Inspinning Osis bs March 3, 2011
39. Spinning mobius February 24th, 2011
40. Mobius-mobius March 9th and 12th, 2011
41. Pixie everything
42. Ten unique fearless again.
43.Win US Open. June 30, 2013
44. Make routine finals at Worlds. August 2, 2013. 6th place.
45. 14 unique fearless-March 1, 2014
General:
1. Do more spinning osii on both sides.
2. Cut out strong side pdx mirage as a bail.
Specific:
0. Link any combination of the following spinning tricks: spinning whirl, mobius, gdlo, vortex, spinning swirl, spinning blender, spinning ducking anything, scorpion's tail, double spinning anything.
1. spinning osis - gyro mirage - legbeater - rpt
Completed Challenges
0. One more dropless routine this year (2009)- July 22nd, in Qualifiers at World champs in Berlin.
1. Spinning butter-spin clip-spin osis rpt, Feb 11, March 27, April 28, May 2+29, 2009
2. Inspinning clipper x2 -Feb 11, and then on video on Feb 21, 2009.
3. Link 7 unique spinning tricks
a. spinning butter-spinning clip-gyro clip-spin butter-spin clip-merkon-spin osis -Feb 7, 2009
b. spinning butter-spin clip-spin osis-spin clip-spin butter-spin osis-gyro clip -March 30, 2009
c. gyro clip-gyro clip-spin clip-spin butter-spin osis-spin clip-spin butter-merkon off my foot. -April 2, 2009
4. Link any combination of the following spinning tricks: spinning whirl, mobius, gdlo, vortex, spinning swirl, spinning blender, spinning ducking anything, scorpion's tail, double spinning anything.
a. Spinning whirl-gdlo -Feb 7, 2009
b. Spinning whirl-scorpion's tail -Feb 7, 2009
c. Spinning whirl-spinning whirl -March 7, 2009
d. Vortex to mobius -Aug 29, 2009
5. Spinning osis-GDLO -February 14th, April 22nd, May 14th+30th, 2009
6.James:Pixie front sole stall -Feb 16, 2009
7. Reid: gyro double legover> drifter > spinning butterfly>spinning legover both sides -Feb 16, 2009. BSOS: March 29, and November 7th, 2009
a. Strong side
b. Weak side
c. Both sides one string
8. Gyro clipper x4 to blur bsos -Feb 21, Nov 5, Nov 7 2009
9.Swirl War. -Feb 21, April 28, May 1, May 23, 2009
10. Gyro clipper x10- 16 on May 4, 2012. 14 on Feb 27 and July 4th, 13 on June 1st, 12 on April 28 and May 17/28, 11 on May 8/16 and June 22, 10 on May 21, 2009
11. GDLO-smoke both sides- Feb 23, May 21, 2009
12. Gyro osis-osis [repeat]- Feb 23, March 31
13. Duck Clip > Spin Clip > Gyro Clip > Gyro Clip rpt - March 6,7,31, April 28, May 1 2009, both sides. BSOS on April 2. Times two on May 30.
14. Gyro Mirage> Toe Whirl > Spin Clip [repeat] -March 6, 09 both sides.
15. Gyro DLO > Toe Whirl > Spin Clip both sides -March 6, 2009, bsos June 2.
16. Toe Merkon > Toe Ss Drifter > Gyro Mirage, both sides -March 6+7, 2009
17. Toe spinning clipper-ducking clipper-ducking paradox mirage [repeat] -March 6,7, and 31 2009. Both sides.
18. Spinning osis > gyro clipper > spinning clipper > gyro clipper[repeat] -March 11 and 30, April 2, June 2, 2009
19. Spinning pdx mirage-legbeater [repeat] -March 27th, Apr 9, June 2 2009. Both sides.
20. Pixie Muted Clipper>Spinning Whirl>PDX DLO [repeat] -March 27, 2009
21. Spinning clipper > spinning butterfly > spinning osis [repeat]- March 27, April 2, April 23, May 14+30, 2009
22. Merkon-swirl [repeat]- March 29, 30, and 31, April 5+28, June 2, 2009. Both sides on 3/29
23. GDLO bsos and Vortex bsos in a single string -March 29, May 25, November 7 2009
24.Osis x60+
a. 200+ Osis, June 6, 2012
b.Osis x80, November 27, 2009
c. Osis x72, April 11th,
d. 78 on May 10th, 2009
e. 76 on May 4th, 2012
25. GDLO-whirl-spin clipper repeat. April 21, June 24th and November 23, 2009
26. Hit ten unique spinning tricks in a row
a. gyro clip-gyro clip-spin clip-spin butter-spin osis-spin clip-spin butter-merkon-toe spin clipper-spinning osis -May 1, 2009
b. spin butter-spin clip-spin osis-spin clip-gyro clip-gyro clip-spin butter-merkon-gyro mirage-spinning osis. -May 21, 2009
c. spin butter-spin clip-spin osis-spin clip-gyro clip-gyro clip-spin butter-merkon-spin osis-inspin clip. -July 5, 2009
27. Spin clip-merkon-spinning osis [repeat] -May 2, 2009
28. Dynox10 - Hit 15 on May 10, 13 on June 1st, 12 on May 8, 10 on May 17, 2009[/url]
29. vortex-gyro clipper drill -Jan 25th, 2010
30. HPD-vortex Jan 21, 2010
31. gyro legover>atomic muted clip>rpt January 27, 2010
32. A beast combo February 19th, 2010
33. vortex-pdx drifter-drifter repeat- February 19th, 2010
34. vortex-psw -repeat April 12, 2010
35. spin clip>spin butter>spin clip>gdlo bsos February 16, 2011
36. Spinning butter > gdlo > spinning osis > inspinning osis February 16, 2011
37. Spinning osis-isis [repeat] February 18, 2011
38. Vortex>Spinning Osis>Inspinning Osis bs March 3, 2011
39. Spinning mobius February 24th, 2011
40. Mobius-mobius March 9th and 12th, 2011
41. Pixie everything
42. Ten unique fearless again.
43.Win US Open. June 30, 2013
44. Make routine finals at Worlds. August 2, 2013. 6th place.
45. 14 unique fearless-March 1, 2014
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- CIC flurry
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Had a really good session with NYFA on Saturday, where I tried a lot of my challenges and got some. I haven't decided yet whether to put up individual clips on YT, or try to get Age to put them all into a short, raw video.
I forgot to try the pdlo blubberman and the inspin clip challenges, but I tried everything else and had varying degrees of success.
I'm still open for more challenges. I am mostly looking for stuff that works downtime tricks and spins. I'll try to hit Reid's challenge, but for the most part I'm not looking for triple dex links, or anything beyond two dexes for that matter. I'd also like to work my flip swirls.
I forgot to try the pdlo blubberman and the inspin clip challenges, but I tried everything else and had varying degrees of success.
Nuts, I thought it was "both sides" or bsos, and not repeat. My zooming isn't close to being good enough for this yet, but I will try to work up to it.CIC flurry wrote: gyro DLO>toe torque>rpt
I'm still open for more challenges. I am mostly looking for stuff that works downtime tricks and spins. I'll try to hit Reid's challenge, but for the most part I'm not looking for triple dex links, or anything beyond two dexes for that matter. I'd also like to work my flip swirls.
Well, there is the FTB drill.
ripwalk>drifter>p whirl> blur>smear>dimwalk>ducking butter>spinning clipper> blizzard> double legover> tow whirl> pswhirl> repeat
ripwalk>drifter>p whirl> blur>smear>dimwalk>ducking butter>spinning clipper> blizzard> double legover> tow whirl> pswhirl> repeat
"...You have to get, really, practice, like eight hours every day. Then you get good level and then you can compete....There is no money, so players are like big family and that is what I -like" -Vasek-
Reid Strellner
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whoa reid! I thought "the drill" was a divine secret. I still haven't told anyone about it. I have it written on a napkin hanging in my room.
Ken, yeah I gave you one non repeat and one repeat so i could cover all the bases of difficulty. didn't know where u were at, and I know you said you wanted to work in spins creatively, so i auto thought zooming.
I dunno how good ur flip swirl is but I'd like to see swirl war.
Ken, yeah I gave you one non repeat and one repeat so i could cover all the bases of difficulty. didn't know where u were at, and I know you said you wanted to work in spins creatively, so i auto thought zooming.
I dunno how good ur flip swirl is but I'd like to see swirl war.
Is that like ss symple swirl-far symple swirl repeat? If so, I hit that for the first time on Saturday. Cosmic. I'll try and hit it again, and get more than 4 contacts.CIC flurry wrote:
I dunno how good ur flip swirl is but I'd like to see swirl war.
Thought of a new challenge for me: spinning butterfly-spinning clipper-spinning osis repeat.
I've hit a bunch of my challenges so far, and I'm making good progress on others. I've highlighted two challenges that I completed off camera. I'm gonna wait til I release video with my other challenges before highlighting them too.
My next session will probably be on Saturday. I'll try for spinning mob and pdlo blubber then, as well as anything else y'all want me to try.
My next session will probably be on Saturday. I'll try for spinning mob and pdlo blubber then, as well as anything else y'all want me to try.
Update on my challenges:
1. Do less strong pdx mirages: I'm doing really well with this one. I usually bail to osis now, or do a PDLO instead.
2. Do more spinning osis and peeking osis, both sides. Not doing great with this one. I am spinning a lot more though.
3. Blubberman with pdlos. I don't know why I even made this a challenge initially. I don't really have any desire to work on my quantum sets. But now that its on the list, I feel obliged to try it a couple times a session.
4. Link 2 cool spinning tricks. Hit 2 combos which qualify, and both started with spinning whirl. I'd like to hit a combo which doesn't use spin whirl, but I wouldn't mind hitting a couple more even if it uses it. I tried to dust off my spinning ducking clipper to see if that could be usable, and the jury is still out.
5. FTB drill. I like this challenge, even though I don't see myself hitting it anytime soon. This is a good example of "path vs. destination." I don't even care if I hit the drill; practicing both halves every session should help my game.
6. Spinning mobius. I need to skool double spinning mirage more, and double spinning osis more. Neither is bad, but I'm not skooling either. I think I need to build my way up to this trick, rather than just take random stabs at it.
7. fog-pig-phx both sides, then repeat. Pretty easy on strong, but I don't have much interest in hitting shuffle challenges in general at this point in my career.
I'd love some more spinning challenges. Maybe not drills, but bsos stuff could be good. Something like: spin whirl-drifter-spinning osis bsos would be cool, for example.
1. Do less strong pdx mirages: I'm doing really well with this one. I usually bail to osis now, or do a PDLO instead.
2. Do more spinning osis and peeking osis, both sides. Not doing great with this one. I am spinning a lot more though.
3. Blubberman with pdlos. I don't know why I even made this a challenge initially. I don't really have any desire to work on my quantum sets. But now that its on the list, I feel obliged to try it a couple times a session.
4. Link 2 cool spinning tricks. Hit 2 combos which qualify, and both started with spinning whirl. I'd like to hit a combo which doesn't use spin whirl, but I wouldn't mind hitting a couple more even if it uses it. I tried to dust off my spinning ducking clipper to see if that could be usable, and the jury is still out.
5. FTB drill. I like this challenge, even though I don't see myself hitting it anytime soon. This is a good example of "path vs. destination." I don't even care if I hit the drill; practicing both halves every session should help my game.
6. Spinning mobius. I need to skool double spinning mirage more, and double spinning osis more. Neither is bad, but I'm not skooling either. I think I need to build my way up to this trick, rather than just take random stabs at it.
7. fog-pig-phx both sides, then repeat. Pretty easy on strong, but I don't have much interest in hitting shuffle challenges in general at this point in my career.
I'd love some more spinning challenges. Maybe not drills, but bsos stuff could be good. Something like: spin whirl-drifter-spinning osis bsos would be cool, for example.
gyro double legover> drifter > spinning butterfly>spinning legove both side or bsos
"...You have to get, really, practice, like eight hours every day. Then you get good level and then you can compete....There is no money, so players are like big family and that is what I -like" -Vasek-
Reid Strellner
Reid Strellner
Oh, I was wondering what you meant by that. Well, I liked the challenge with "cheatsies" anyway. I'm gonna lay off your other challenges for now because I'm worried how my knee will react to them.habitat wrote:I called no cheatsies on the front sole stall. By that I meant you can't rest your leg on your other knee or anything like that.
Way too easy. I'll add it to the challenges as a drill.max wrote:how about spinning clipper > merkon > spinning osis?
I guess I'm mostly looking for regular spinning challenges for now, and when they get better I'll work on zooming. Right now, only one zoom is any good, and even then it's not that strong.
Oh, and I added 3 videos to my completed challenges in the second post.
5 days without even looking at the internet. Refreshing. During that time I got in 3 shreds with Josh M and some Phoenix shredders and I finished a couple more challenges.
I hardly filmed at all, so I may try and re-hit them later on vid. With some of these challenges, I think it's a good idea for me to continue skooling them, even if I've hit them once already, just so I continue working those concepts. I may get in a light solo session tomorrow, so if you give me a challenge now I might give it a shot.
I hardly filmed at all, so I may try and re-hit them later on vid. With some of these challenges, I think it's a good idea for me to continue skooling them, even if I've hit them once already, just so I continue working those concepts. I may get in a light solo session tomorrow, so if you give me a challenge now I might give it a shot.
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hmmm, how are your rakes?
I was thinking
spinning rake-->(in)spinning osis-->gyro butterfly
rpt. or both sides.
I was thinking
spinning rake-->(in)spinning osis-->gyro butterfly
rpt. or both sides.
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Ken, I think a great drill to learn spinning is the ducking clipper >spinning clipper [repeat] drill where each rotation of drill you add another spinning clipper each side.
I challenge you to get up to at least 5 spinning clippers of this drill (both sides). So... 40 contacts. If not, at LEAST to 4s (28 contacts)
I challenge you to get up to at least 5 spinning clippers of this drill (both sides). So... 40 contacts. If not, at LEAST to 4s (28 contacts)