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2018-01-20

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PracticeLikeAnthony, 45 minutes

Day 14 of trying to practice using the same method Anthony Gatto did. See my forum post for details of what this involves and my rationale for wanting to do it:
Rainy morning in Amersham today, unfortunately. I had to go on the landing, which really isn’t ideal. I got around 40 catches of 5 balls with a balance and 30 catches of 5 ball mills thrown in my time. No room for pirouettes. My left shoulder was feeling a bit sore so 6 balls didn’t go well. Maybe because I did my practice in the afternoon/evening yesterday and the morning today I haven’t had time to recover? Either way it wasn’t great and I found the lack of space annoying so I stopped a bit early, and focussed on packing to go skiing. I thought instead I would use today’s log to reflect on if I have improved on each of the tricks I’ve been working on during the past two weeks, and if so how much.
I’m also debating switching up what order I do things in/what tricks I include. If you have a trick which you practice and enjoy or you think would help me improve, feel free to comment!
Warm up:
5 balls with a balance: Yes, slightly. I’ve got a new record since working on it but it doesn’t feel stable yet. I would like to keep on working on this and get it more solid.
5 ball mills: Yes, although barely. My record hasn’t changed much. I had thrown at least 10 rounds before and now I’ve thrown 12 (I may have thrown 12 before, I can’t remember for certain). I think my average run length has increased though, and the pattern is more robust, allowing me to try kick ups and multiplex starts.
Pirouettes- definitely! Maybe these are particularly suited to this method of practice, because if you work on them too much in one session you get tired and sweaty and stop improvig
3 ups out of 5 – definitely more consistent, out of both hands. I am better at linking them too.
5 ups are probably my most improved trick. I don’t think I had ever got more than one in a run before. Now I’ve got 4 in the same run. I can get 7+ in 3 minutes now, really pleased with this trick.
5 ball siteswaps:
744 maybe a bit? Hard to tell, I’m not very happy with it, my 7s are never in the right place, I always end up walking around.
645 I recon so, hadn’t worked on this much before
663 yes, although I haven’t necessarily enjoyed the process of it improving
753 yes, a little bit.
94444 definitely, although I hadn’t worked on it much before.
97531 definitely! I am pleased with my progress on this trick, and I had worked on it before.
(8x,4)(4,4)* definitely
6 ball async yes, although I still would like to improve more. The next stage for me is probably trying some tricks back to pattern.
Sync- maybe, maybe not. Would like a long run soon.
7 balls: Hmmm, tempting to say no. I haven’t broken my record and haven’t had many runs over half my record. Feels like I’m not improving at a rate which is noticeable over two weeks.
5 ball backcrosses definitely. I’m way better at these now. Still a long way to go though.
5 ball half shower with backcross. Probably not, why do I do this trick? (This is unduly negative, I probably have improved)
6 ball half shower. Yes, I have broken my record and it feels more relaxed

Total practice time: 45 minutes

Location: Amersham

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