[Kythos]

Great point!

If anyone has ever watched a sporting event or events like the ... Olympics... most categories like... diving, ALL of Gymnastics, all Extreme Sports (minus racing), Figure skating... all that fun stuff has many different elements that contribute to the overall performance.

... see where im going with this... Technical difficulty is a factor, but its not everything! form, style, transitions, positions, poise, and even if your smiling makes a big difference!

how come no one smiles in their videos? i know i do!
(jareblue can verify!)

[SkY_ThE_GuY]

this is the perfect answer for a thread i was guna on this topic!
kudos lilraverboy keep up the good work

[Daisy]

Originally Posted by Kythos

Great point!

If anyone has ever watched a sporting event or events like the ... Olympics... most categories like... diving, ALL of Gymnastics, all Extreme Sports (minus racing), Figure skating... all that fun stuff has many different elements that contribute to the overall performance.

... see where im going with this... Technical difficulty is a factor, but its not everything! form, style, transitions, positions, poise, and even if your smiling makes a big difference!

how come no one smiles in their videos? i know i do!
(jareblue can verify!)

Cause they have their "GAME" face on.
I smile in my videos too. Even though I haven't posted any =) I sometimes sing to the songs.

[blackcat]

I agree with the rather see beginner really into than some sick moves, i got my friend obsessed with glowsticks and she rocked it hardcore for herfirst time. she got in such a rythme that the moves she was making blew my mind.

[jareblue]

yay bryan!! you rock brotha!!

been thinkin on this 2.. recently not trying to learn anything new.. just practicing EVERYTHING fwd and rev.. and finding transitions btwn them and learning all those fwd and rev as well..
and being able to turn with them 180 and 360.. get everything solid and let it flow.. i like this saying:

perfect practice makes perfect performance..

when u can do it perfectly every time than there's no need to worry when performing cuz u KNOW u can do it.. this is 1 of my big problems.. when i know ppl r watching i freeze up.. sux.. i always try n find a corner where i can just jam out and have fun and it's great.. and then i notice ppl watching and i fuck up lol..

anyway, point is continued agreement here.. know ur shit literally backwards and forwards, no matter how much or how little you actually know.. just know it well..

ok that's my story.. love ya..

[LilRaverBoi]

Yeah, there's definitely something in knowing all the combinations of any move (forward, backward, regular/split-time, high, low, anti/regular spin, isolated, variations, transitions etc etc). Messing around with these is definitely beneficial and will increase your repertoire of moves. Although some variations won't be anything that amazing, knowing how to do them is important and it may help you learn something else or inspire new moves!

[dancefloor]

Yeah, I've been spending a lot of time doing the same thing Jared. I can finally fully isolate my buzzsaws!!! I've been learning a few new things, but I've really just been trying to perfect what I know and develop a style knowing what I know.

Learning a bunch of different variations is also a lot of fun. The only new thing I'm working on now is adding beats to my btb wallplane weaves and trying to learn the waist wrap weave. It's a bitch, but I'm getting close!

[Osmosis9]

When you talk about kicking your legs out I get a mental image of Richard Simmons doing his aerobics routine while spinning poi LOL

[AquaThane]

that was very well said lilsexyboy... i mean lilraverboi. made me rethink my style and not only that, it gave me a headache cause i don't normally read that much!

[BlackLabel01]

very well stated. couldnt have said it better. now to work on my things that fly around in the air. =P