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>> If I had just made one run of 51 catches, and then gone back to being
>> able to only do 2 or 3, that would be very fluky, but not too
>> surprising. However, I now suddenly seem to be able to regularly exceed
>> 10 or sometimes even 20 catches. I have no idea why I can suddenly do
>> that - but I like it!
>
> I experience similar things with juggling. Quite amazing what one can do
> suddenly after some practice (tricks one would have never thought
> possible). Not that I'm good... but it is fun.
Heh. I'm hoping that I might eventually /get/ good. But we'll see.
Currently I'm beginning to wonder if I've worn the string out. That
would be rather alarming, considering I've had it less than a month. On
the other hand, the handling seems to have changed fairly radically, and
the string is now nearly black...
>> Need to figure out how the hell to correct for tilt though.
>
> IIRC (it has been quite some years since I played with diabolo) try to
> move one stick more forward.
Yeah, for whatever reason I seem to be throwing at an angle. That's
probably the problem. It's easy to correct when you're just holding the
diabolo on the string. Not so easy to correct for while also throwing
and catching it.
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> >> Need to figure out how the hell to correct for tilt though.
> >
> > IIRC (it has been quite some years since I played with diabolo) try to
> > move one stick more forward.
>
> Yeah, for whatever reason I seem to be throwing at an angle. That's
> probably the problem. It's easy to correct when you're just holding the
> diabolo on the string. Not so easy to correct for while also throwing
> and catching it.
Everyone has a dominant arm, so when learning to juggle / diabolo / devil stick
etc you need to overcome the dominance to make both arms behave similarly. Easy
to do when concentrating on a single throw, as you say, but as soon as you start
to focus on the ongoing task of keeping whatever it is moving continuously, it
needs to become subconscious.
I learnt a new juggling pattern last year, first time in ages. I too was amazed
at how quickly I advanced one day to the next (once I'd actually worked out what
to do, at any rate!)
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> Everyone has a dominant arm, so when learning to juggle / diabolo / devil stick
> etc you need to overcome the dominance to make both arms behave similarly. Easy
> to do when concentrating on a single throw, as you say, but as soon as you start
> to focus on the ongoing task of keeping whatever it is moving continuously, it
> needs to become subconscious.
Mmm, indeed.
It's like with the dancing. I do the flick steps wrong. I know it's
wrong, I know what the correct version is, but it's difficult to make my
feet do that.
Or, for that matter, skiing. You're supposed to learn forwards, not
back. This simple instruction is maddeningly difficult to follow.
> I learnt a new juggling pattern last year, first time in ages. I too was amazed
> at how quickly I advanced one day to the next (once I'd actually worked out what
> to do, at any rate!)
Well that's just it. I spent ages practising, making little or no
progress at all. And then suddenly one day, I pull off this freak run of
51 (which I have yet to repeat). Although, the other day I managed 44.
Just once. (It would have been 45, but there was an obstacle in the way.)
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On 12/01/2011 02:07 PM, Invisible wrote:
> Thus far, I'm not doing too badly. I don't have "mad skillz" yet, but I
> can just about manage a few basic tricks. (Most of the time...)
I wish I had somebody I could impress with this stuff. (My girlfriend
absolutely hates diabolo, so she's not interested at all.) For that
matter, I wish I had somebody I could learn some more technique from...
Still, I'm getting moderately good now. And hopefully soon it will be
possible to practise outside. (It's just about warm enough today, but
far too windy.)
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On 14/01/2011 09:52 AM, Invisible wrote:
> On 14/01/2011 09:03 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>
>> The centipede was a very good dancer, making marvel at all kind of
>> complicated dances, and it was happy.
>>
>> The naughty and jealous spider ask it: when you do that move, are you
>> moving foot 95 before or after foot 54 ?
>>
>> The centipede had no answer, but from that day it was unable to dance as
>> before, always thinking about the ordering and details. Its dancing
>> skill was gone.
>
> As a somewhat skilful dancer myself, I can tell you that this effect is
> _real_. o_O
It's perhaps most amazing when it strikes one of the dance teachers...
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On 13/01/2011 03:54 PM, Invisible wrote:
> I suspect that if you incorporate such factors as limited concentration
> time, the reality of the matter is different. ;-)
Apparently the limiting factor is how long I can hold my arms
outstretched without my shoulders hurting. Or possibly the length of
time before my noise starts itching. But the other day, I managed
precisely 80 consecutive catches without really trying hard, at which
point I purposely stopped. I could have done more, I just chose not to.
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> On 13/01/2011 03:54 PM, Invisible wrote:
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> Or possibly the length of time before my noise starts itching.
What does an itchy noise sound like?
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>> Or possibly the length of time before my noise starts itching.
>
> What does an itchy noise sound like?
Damnit! >_<
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And lo On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:28:34 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake thusly:
> On 12/01/2011 02:07 PM, Invisible wrote:
>
>> Thus far, I'm not doing too badly. I don't have "mad skillz" yet, but I
>> can just about manage a few basic tricks. (Most of the time...)
>
> I wish I had somebody I could impress with this stuff. (My girlfriend
> absolutely hates diabolo, so she's not interested at all.) For that
> matter, I wish I had somebody I could learn some more technique from...
>
> Still, I'm getting moderately good now. And hopefully soon it will be
> possible to practise outside. (It's just about warm enough today, but
> far too windy.)
*snigger* I'm still reading it a different way. I know, I know childish
sue me :-)
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>> I wish I had somebody I could impress with this stuff. (My girlfriend
>> absolutely hates diabolo, so she's not interested at all.) For that
>> matter, I wish I had somebody I could learn some more technique from...
>>
>> Still, I'm getting moderately good now. And hopefully soon it will be
>> possible to practise outside. (It's just about warm enough today, but
>> far too windy.)
>
> *snigger* I'm still reading it a different way. I know, I know childish
> sue me :-)
You infant. :-P
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