thegoheads' practice log

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clubs, 1 minute

So when I started my journal here, I went on a bit about how I don't really practice or enjoy clubs anymore. Shortly after writing that, I started thinking about why I don't practice clubs anymore. Aside from not having a good indoor space, and clubs being easily affected by even slight winds, it seems I was becoming frustrated, I had reached some sort of plateau, I wasn't really getting any better and as a result wasn't having so much fun with it. I had previously determined my club technique was terrible, and the last few times I worked on clubs I went back to drilling basic patterns and focusing on technique. This was boring. I quickly gave up and focused on my main prop, balls. Then, after about a year-long break from seriously working on clubs, I was willing to give it another shot.

So, about a month ago, I went to the park one day and spent an entire hour with clubs, only drilling basic patterns and obsessing over technique. To my surprise, I had fun. It felt good to juggle clubs again, even if it was hard to tell which throws were bad and which throws were thwarted by the wind. Maybe it just felt new to me again after such a long break? I don't know! So over the next few weeks I had several sessions with clubs, and today I feel my technique has improved slightly. Maybe the reason for the long break was the realization about how bad my technique was, and not having the motivation to relearn everything.

I've been trying some new swing/toss fusion type tricks, and I'm becoming re-inspired to work on certain tricks that in the past I was starting to feel were impossible for me. 5 club triples and singles, 4 club backcross and shoulder throw patterns, 3 club reverse backcrosses, all things I will start trying more and more as my technique (hopefully) continues to improve!

That's all for now...

Total practice time: 1 minutes

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