Well, most of you know what Edcember is, right? where you use a throw you’re not too great with? Well, I’m throwing my ONE with a slim bearing (go responsive!). But, there is something else I’m doing that I haven’t seen anyone else do… A style they’re not good at.
I’m A lefty. I’ve been throwing my protostar with my right (and only the right) since the 1st. Really, It’s a practice for starting 3A.
Is anyone else doing anything similar?
Here’s how It’s going for me:
Day 1: Ugh. Just throwing Straight is a daunting task. I can snap start and do a whip to bind if I’m lucky.
Day 2: Throw getting a little better. Binding is weird. Lucky if I can get it up.
Day 3: Binding getting a little more fluent. Starting some cross-arm hops now.
Blah… Blah… Blah…
So far, doing better than I thought.
Day… 5? (I started on the 2nd, actually) I can hit houdini mount, double or nothing, trapeze, trapeze and his bro, and a few other things now. Binds are somewhat fluent now It’s doing good. 3A here I come!
I think I’m gonna skip that this year. I got enough problems with my regular play! Other than that, I completely agree. But I may do this in a different month. I might spend more time working on 2A.
haha! If i had 2A throws… or 4A throws… or 3A throws I would totally do something else (like 2A) but I guess, in a way, this is practicing 3A, considering I’ve never thrown with my right in my life lol. I’ll update it daily if I can.
I’ve already settled on a One with a somewhat slow 8 ball in it, and a shorter string than I usually use.
After a week, my play has already changed considerably. It doesn’t have anywhere near the stability or longevity (in my hands at least) to do a lot of the tricks I prefer, or really anything with all that many string hits over a long period of time. I find myself on a constant mission to find tricks and make combos that maximize string hits and complexity in the shortest possible amount of time, which is leading me toward tech stuff that I usually don’t favor.
Day 20: I threw with my left hand today and it felt a little awkward. With my right, I’m pulling off hops, crossarms stuff, Jedi backflips like nothin. It’s gonna be fun with 3A using my psg pair waiting for me on Christmas.
It’s doing good. 3A here I come!
