Originally posted by
DierWell for one thing I can't do a horizantal heli toss well. and secondly. I can't catch, most of them time when I catch I have the bad habbit of bringing it close to my stomach so I don't drop it, so it ends up looking very badly.
Can anyone help?
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Responses from the old thread. Feel free to add your two cents ^^Originally posted by
KrakanQUOTE
For a horizontal heli toss, you have to learn to pull your hand in toward your chest while raising your arm to get height.
You will put the horizontal spin on the stick by just pulling the stick end toward your chest.
Sorry if that doesn't help much, I haven't slept in a while (IMG:
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Originally posted by
sto0pybo1QUOTE
well this is how i do it...
i usually grab my sticks by the nub...
you lift your hand up, just a little (2-4 inches from where you first started... this will give more height to the toss), and flick your hand towards your chest like krakan said. for more "helicopter" effect, you will have to FLICK it harder... a common mistake is that you may not flick it correctly... and it will go left or right
flickin... is basically snappin your wrist inwards (and the hand will go outwards)
this is almost the same method when thorwing cards ;D
hope that helps
Originally posted by
DaoboboQUOTE
plot out your moves. Plan your tosses. I've always tried to be somewhat improvisational with my tosses... but it's becoming apparent to me how many problems there are with that method. just my $0.02
Originally posted by
JiNQUOTE
if you dont have good dexterity like myself then you may want to try doing the "pull" heli instead of the "flicking" one.
what you do is pull the stick in that clockwise motion and release really fast, it will look just like a normal horizontal heli but is MUCH easier to aim (IMG:
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Originally posted by
XglusiveSubstanceQUOTE
I feel the more comfortable I become with my tosses and traces the less I have to think of what Im going to do. I like to improv. as I go and I feel this is a much smoother way of getting things done. As far as Heli Toss I find that if you start with under the arm tosses or over the arm... it could make your heli tosses much easier to perform without and thus making the whole concept of tossing second nature. Im kinda stuck in a rut though. As I now mostly do all tosses UTA and such LOL.
Originally posted by
KrakanQUOTE
As every baseball coach has ever said...keep your eye on the ball
Until you get very good at timing or aiming the toss, following the stick through it's flight will probably be the only way to catch consistently.
Originally posted by
LEDjunkieQUOTE
Yeah, as Krakan said the best way to learn to catch consistently is to keep your eye on the stick as long as possible. Also, (this might not work for you, but it works for me) I have found that the more rotation I put on my heli toss the easier it is for me to catch every time. It works for me, Maybe it will work for you. Just keep practicing.
Help with Tosses, Please, Originally posted by Dier
Jul 9 2006, 03:45 PM
