Okay hellooo. been a while since i actually posted sumthin. But yea heyy. Orbital has got me stuck & so do the spiral hand wraps.
Okay so the orbital, it just aint spinning to much. iv checked out some tutorials. any advice?
the hand wraps i go into them from the weave, and i can't do i in front of me, it always ends up at my left side. but i always see everyone doing it in front of them. idk why, i think im fraking retarded cuz somtimes i just never reeeeally get these things. im just really stuck lately. also doing the hand wrapes sometimes soething happens and idk, i can't get it pulled apart and its like one string catches on something like its tangled.
Helpppppp. pretty please. <3333333333333

With orbitals, its best to use flat strings rather than oval or round. They will glide off each other better. Also when you hit the strings together you should hit it about 2/3 of the way out and make your way in while putting tension enough to hold it together but not enough to pull it apart.

With the hand spirals, practice each hand one at a time making them spiral and right when they are about to wind in complete turn you wrist so that they shotgun off and continue the new momentum in the opposite direction. After you get each hand down you should be able to do both.

Spirals is just practice timing, and equal pulling on each side of your arm, keep at it.

Hand wraps? Are you talking about one handed spirals only or..? Go one hand at a time, and START in front of you just doing the spiral, sit there (watch tv, a movie or something) and just spin one around your hand till it's natural then switch. And when you're comfortable, do both. I like split time for them.

no, i mean with two hands, you know. like when you clap your hands together & they go in the same direction around your hands, then you pull apart and clapp them together again. When im coming out of the weave i can only do it on my left side. But thats the only way i know how to do it, & i want it directly in front of me.

orbitals, i use flat strings. im trying to do the orbital wher you grap the sticks & the strings make an x and you kinda like idk toss it is the best way i can descibe it. you know what i mean right?

if your spinning your sticks counter clockwise to do your orbital you should hit them on the left side of ur body and release them on the right side of your body.<this helped me so much its not even funny> and clockwise the exact opposite right to left. then what helped me get them more consistent is getting the strings to hit each other on the same part of the string as the other. so 1/3 of the string on one hand and 1/3 of the string on the other. shorten your strings. it give you more of a feel of what the string is actually doing. hope that helps

yup yup.

For the Spiral, I learned it first from a weave like you said you have, now when you do it just turn your feet and face it. Now if you're looking for another way to get into it other than a weave, well, that all depends on what else you can do directly in front of you(ie. Arm wraps and fountains)

You can either do a link catch or a thumb split for the type of orbital you're talking about. When I was first starting out I got a better spin(momentum) by tossing them tot he opposite forearm, let them wrap, and then pull.

okayy. thnx, when i get home ill try that. :3

with the orbitals its hard to explain ive seen tutorials and it never really helped its not a trick that your going to learn from the tutorial well in my opinion but its a good concept builder. try to get the strings to hit about 2/3 up the string about as even as possible then pull and turn to the left so from the weave make em meet to the right of you they hit then pull and put it in front of you

the hand wrap spiral from the weave will be at the side of you. if you want them in front do them from altenate arm wraps thats one of the easiest ways i think.

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