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Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by Renfried

Renfried — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:26:11 +0000

Again a superb video. I had thought myself past this step, but trying to just do the reels alone I discovered I still need a lot of practice with this particular move. The behind the back spin is what throws me off. I warp the plane every time. Do you have any tips to help with this?

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by NathanielEverist

NathanielEverist — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:51:39 +0000

Just practice, I recently went through all the reel combinations again to make sure I could do ALL of them, including behind the head and waistwrapped reels, and found that it was hard to maintain planes behind the body if I held that position. But through practice of just holding the position in the tough areas and just trying to keep my planes tight without changing the reel position, it got better. A mirror or some other point of reference is also very useful as you can’t see behind you.

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by tomius1994

tomius1994 — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:33 +0000

Thanks for these tutorial video!

Actually these tricks tends to be really simple to me, just i can’t practise it in front of the computer(only in the garden) but i usually learn a different trick lol… When i first started to do this i did something like 5 beat wave behind the back and i was wondering why can’t i do it with 2 pois. Now i can do “this” but i just noticed that learned the butterfly low and butterfly high reel instead of the same-direction ones first.
Any idea to memorize tricks?

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by NathanielEverist

NathanielEverist — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:36:36 +0000

Hey, there’s no particular order in which to learn tricks, in fact, I know somebody who can do an anti-spin flower and hyperloops but can’t even do low reels or a buzzsaw, crazy huh? As for memorising tricks, try writing them down after you learnt them with a brief description of what the trick is, or video yourself doing it so you know what it looks like later. I’m not sure if this answers what you’re asking, let me know if this helps or not.

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by tomius1994

tomius1994 — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:56:16 +0000

Actually the first trick i ever learnt with poi was the butterfly but i did it from same direction spin Then i learnt flower and anti-spin flower and one hand normal one hand anti-spin flower without watching any video….

But thats because i’ve been playing yoyo and astrojax for more than a year and i knew both tricks before.

Taking a video bout myself could be a good idea but i don’t see the poi on the vid lol… i usually spin it fast and my camera isn’t the best ^^

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by Yavesguitar

Yavesguitar — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:30:35 +0000

a LOT harder than it seems

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by Yavesguitar

Yavesguitar — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:47:16 +0000

would totaly be worth it. i showed my pois to a friend and while we both were learning this she hit her muth and her lips blooded like 2 hours O.o

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by dannymars

dannymars — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:30:43 +0000

My left hand always goes out of plane when I do them both together…. can do each hand separately though

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by 11littleflea11

11littleflea11 — Sat, 19 May 2012 17:58:05 +0000

ok so how long should it take me to master this?
i feel so akward doing this, i feel like im doing something wrong.
keep practising ?
cheers for your tutorials though, they have been so helpful

Comment on 2UberOz – Chris – Double Contact Staff Fire by NathanielEverist

NathanielEverist — Sat, 19 May 2012 17:42:36 +0000

@11littleflea11: How long it takes just depends on the person and how much time you’re going to put into it. It’s not particularly easy for most people, as you have to learn how to control the poi in a new plane, which can feel quite strange for some people. Just keep at it, it’ll work out eventually.