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Posted:
Ive been spinning poi for a good two years now, and I am always more than willing to teach anyone who wants to learn.
Now a bit of background info: Sunbeam, Konsti (troubled badger notjingt to lose) and I (and also another friend) are all at University together.
Here there are many spinners.
The number is growing as well...
however, there is one thing that for some odd reason annoys me (well, not reallys annoys, more like its me being a bit grumpy)
Hyperloops.
I had been spininng for two years before these dumbfounded contraptions of moves were invented.
I learnt the "moves" in poi as most people do (2 beat/ chase, butterfly, corkscrew, 3 beat, 4, 5, etc) and then i learnt hyperloops.
But nowerdays people are wanting to learn Hyperloops straight away.
But I say NO!
My question to you is:
Is my saying NO! justified?
Should people, when learing this Poi malarky, start with easy moves or go straight into hard technicalised stuff?
Is there even a correct order in which to learn spinning?
*mandoratory suck up to not offend anyone coming up*
This post isnt aimed at ANYONE on here and i dont not mean to cause offence. If you dont like what im saying, then print up a t-shirt and tell the world. I dont care.
*mandatory suck up finished*
Ive been spinning poi for a good two years now, and I am always more than willing to teach anyone who wants to learn.
Now a bit of background info: Sunbeam, Konsti (troubled badger notjingt to lose) and I (and also another friend) are all at University together.
Here there are many spinners.
The number is growing as well...
however, there is one thing that for some odd reason annoys me (well, not reallys annoys, more like its me being a bit grumpy)
Hyperloops.
I had been spininng for two years before these dumbfounded contraptions of moves were invented.
I learnt the "moves" in poi as most people do (2 beat/ chase, butterfly, corkscrew, 3 beat, 4, 5, etc) and then i learnt hyperloops.
But nowerdays people are wanting to learn Hyperloops straight away.
But I say NO!
My question to you is:
Is my saying NO! justified?
Should people, when learing this Poi malarky, start with easy moves or go straight into hard technicalised stuff?
Is there even a correct order in which to learn spinning?
*mandoratory suck up to not offend anyone coming up*
This post isnt aimed at ANYONE on here and i dont not mean to cause offence. If you dont like what im saying, then print up a t-shirt and tell the world. I dont care.
*mandatory suck up finished*
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Posted:
good question.
long answer.
[Old link].
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good question.
long answer.
[Old link].
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Posted:
ive been spinning for 10 months as u know ucof, should i be trying to learn technical stufF???
does 10 months qualify me? cause ??? cause ??? i wanna learn them, and have learnt a few and am progressing onto some crazy ones?
do i qualify? and am a a "new spinner"??
ive been spinning for 10 months as u know ucof, should i be trying to learn technical stufF???
does 10 months qualify me? cause ??? cause ??? i wanna learn them, and have learnt a few and am progressing onto some crazy ones?
do i qualify? and am a a "new spinner"??
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Posted:
I would say your better off having a good grounding in the basics first. But then I'm willing to admit I'm wrong.
Where do you draw the line? Can you do a thread the needle behind your head and back? How about a 4 beat behind your back or head?
Hyperloops are a family of moves and although technically more difficult, who's to say where they should be learnt in order.
There is the argument that poi moves reveal themselves to you over time and that's true but you often need the initial seed (or knowing something exists) or you could miss something.....I think. This isn't the same as been showing somthing like that though.
I would say your better off having a good grounding in the basics first. But then I'm willing to admit I'm wrong.
Where do you draw the line? Can you do a thread the needle behind your head and back? How about a 4 beat behind your back or head?
Hyperloops are a family of moves and although technically more difficult, who's to say where they should be learnt in order.
There is the argument that poi moves reveal themselves to you over time and that's true but you often need the initial seed (or knowing something exists) or you could miss something.....I think. This isn't the same as been showing somthing like that though.
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Posted:
i hope not....
p i've only been spinning since october! i think he means NEWbies like 'ooh i picked up poi last week show me hyperloops!'
i hope not....
p i've only been spinning since october! i think he means NEWbies like 'ooh i picked up poi last week show me hyperloops!' random murbles
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Posted:
IMO (which stands for In Monkeys Opinon)
its not about what "moves" you have
its about the control you have over the poi
you can start with tangles before cross follow if you want and\or can
you might find it a bit tricky
but i know an über juggler who did exactly that
and now he's rather good at them
IMO (which stands for In Monkeys Opinon)
its not about what "moves" you have
its about the control you have over the poi
you can start with tangles before cross follow if you want and\or can
you might find it a bit tricky
but i know an über juggler who did exactly that
and now he's rather good at them
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Posted:
i say if they want to lear n hyperloops teach them, its then not ur fault if they end up as a 5 trick woner, not knwoing how to spin properly!
still its you who will get bad mouthed!
i say if they want to lear n hyperloops teach them, its then not ur fault if they end up as a 5 trick woner, not knwoing how to spin properly!
still its you who will get bad mouthed!
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Posted:
I don't think that you can say that you cant learn the hard stuff first. But I kinda defeats the reason of calling them the advanced hard moves if they are learnt first. Plus it's a whole lot easier to learn hyperloops, wraps and isolations once youve got the basics done first. I have been spinning for just under eight months and would call myself a new spinner but at the same time I would call myself a good spinner. I would have loved to learn the hard stuff first but it's like trying to run when you can't walk. Now having got hyperloops under my belt I'm not that impressed and I don't really see what all the fuss is about.
laZy
I don't think that you can say that you cant learn the hard stuff first. But I kinda defeats the reason of calling them the advanced hard moves if they are learnt first. Plus it's a whole lot easier to learn hyperloops, wraps and isolations once youve got the basics done first. I have been spinning for just under eight months and would call myself a new spinner but at the same time I would call myself a good spinner. I would have loved to learn the hard stuff first but it's like trying to run when you can't walk. Now having got hyperloops under my belt I'm not that impressed and I don't really see what all the fuss is about.
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol
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Location: Bristol
Posted:
i don't think there's any right or wrong, people can learn whatever they want - if you won't teach them then someone else will.
but if they don't learn the basics first then they will be rubbish, basicaly. they will be able to do those tricks, but they won't be able to progress much in any direction till they know the building blocks.
people always ask me to teach them to do btb waeves before they can do a reverse weave - it's possible to learn btb forewards, but much harder, so i never teach till they can do both forewards and reverse. I could try teaching fwd btb, but they normally find it too hard and just give up - it's in people interest to learn properly if they want to take it further.
However if they just want to learn that trick, it's really up to them, they know what they want, and as long as you've explained to them the progression why shouldn't they learn whatever they want?
i don't think there's any right or wrong, people can learn whatever they want - if you won't teach them then someone else will.
but if they don't learn the basics first then they will be rubbish, basicaly. they will be able to do those tricks, but they won't be able to progress much in any direction till they know the building blocks.
people always ask me to teach them to do btb waeves before they can do a reverse weave - it's possible to learn btb forewards, but much harder, so i never teach till they can do both forewards and reverse. I could try teaching fwd btb, but they normally find it too hard and just give up - it's in people interest to learn properly if they want to take it further.
However if they just want to learn that trick, it's really up to them, they know what they want, and as long as you've explained to them the progression why shouldn't they learn whatever they want?
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Posted:
humph....more like the problem with old spinners today
No seriously....different people develop at different rates. Personally I've been learning for *counts fingers* 9 months and had the 5 beat fwd/bkwd basic weave nailed within a cuple days of trying and that was about 2 months after I started spinning....but....I only saw a hyperloop being done about 2 weeks ago and nailed it reasonably quick. But could I do it because I've now been spinning consistently for the last 9 months and have the technique or just because they're actually incredibly easy to do?? If I had seen them done earlier I'm sure I would have nailed it earlier but of course I'll never find out now.
So in answer to your question....
"....people are wanting to learn Hyperloops straight away. But I say NO! ......is my saying NO! justified?"
No. I don't think so. I think if they want to learn show them how to pull off the move, explain the basics of it but explain your thoughts on the importance learning the basics and technique first. Do you have structured lessons? Then make sure that hyperloops aren't in them.
Don't stop spreading the knowledge of moves, you could be holding up the next poi prodigy!!
humph....more like the problem with old spinners today
No seriously....different people develop at different rates. Personally I've been learning for *counts fingers* 9 months and had the 5 beat fwd/bkwd basic weave nailed within a cuple days of trying and that was about 2 months after I started spinning....but....I only saw a hyperloop being done about 2 weeks ago and nailed it reasonably quick. But could I do it because I've now been spinning consistently for the last 9 months and have the technique or just because they're actually incredibly easy to do??
If I had seen them done earlier I'm sure I would have nailed it earlier but of course I'll never find out now. So in answer to your question....
"....people are wanting to learn Hyperloops straight away. But I say NO! ......is my saying NO! justified?"
No. I don't think so. I think if they want to learn show them how to pull off the move, explain the basics of it but explain your thoughts on the importance learning the basics and technique first. Do you have structured lessons? Then make sure that hyperloops aren't in them.
Don't stop spreading the knowledge of moves, you could be holding up the next poi prodigy!!
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Posted:
yeah. I think you can teach anyone anything they want. weather they can do it is another matter, and you might suggest a few things to get them there...
so the kids want hyperloops, give them to them, watch thoes planes. give them heavy poi to practice with too, if you can do it you can, and thats great, you kneed joy in your poi to put the hours in to realise your planes. peaple find them in the end, but mainly through trying to learn tricks that are too hard for them.
besides, if something is really difficult then you should straight right away, cos its gonna take ages.
Later madam bovery
T
p.s. isolations are always good, they are damm hard and take a few months of practice at least, its shure to get teh newbie going, one way or the other... hehehe
yeah. I think you can teach anyone anything they want. weather they can do it is another matter, and you might suggest a few things to get them there...
so the kids want hyperloops, give them to them, watch thoes planes. give them heavy poi to practice with too, if you can do it you can, and thats great, you kneed joy in your poi to put the hours in to realise your planes. peaple find them in the end, but mainly through trying to learn tricks that are too hard for them.
besides, if something is really difficult then you should straight right away, cos its gonna take ages.
Later madam bovery
T
p.s. isolations are always good, they are damm hard and take a few months of practice at least, its shure to get teh newbie going, one way or the other... hehehe
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Posted:
I think that many of what we call advanced moves aren't necessarily harder to learn than the basics if they're taught properly.
It took me 3 months to learn a reverse 3-beat and I've occasionaly taught it to someone in an hour.
I don't think that one handed butterfly combinations are technically more difficult than 3 beat stuff.
I've recently been teaching a girl who's got a lot of potential who's picked up the basics really quickly, last week I started to show her how to do releases/throws.
On the other hand I was recently showing someone else some basics but she was constantly asking how to do five beats. I found it a little annoying as I was trying to help her achieve a more relaxed and stable three beat.
To me, she really needed to sort out her 3 beat before working on getting extra beats in and my feeling was that I was wasting time which could be spent either teaching someone else more willing to listen, or practising my own stuff.
Whereas, the first girl put in a lot of effort to learn the basics I showed her and made a big effort to put thought into learning to slow down the moves as I suggested, so I was totally happy to spend more time teaching her and introduce her to some release moves.
Part of why I wanted her to try this was to satisfy my own curiosity about whether releases are genuinely advanced or whether it's just a tradition to teach them last.
I think that many of what we call advanced moves aren't necessarily harder to learn than the basics if they're taught properly.
It took me 3 months to learn a reverse 3-beat and I've occasionaly taught it to someone in an hour.
I don't think that one handed butterfly combinations are technically more difficult than 3 beat stuff.
I've recently been teaching a girl who's got a lot of potential who's picked up the basics really quickly, last week I started to show her how to do releases/throws.
On the other hand I was recently showing someone else some basics but she was constantly asking how to do five beats. I found it a little annoying as I was trying to help her achieve a more relaxed and stable three beat.
To me, she really needed to sort out her 3 beat before working on getting extra beats in and my feeling was that I was wasting time which could be spent either teaching someone else more willing to listen, or practising my own stuff.
Whereas, the first girl put in a lot of effort to learn the basics I showed her and made a big effort to put thought into learning to slow down the moves as I suggested, so I was totally happy to spend more time teaching her and introduce her to some release moves.
Part of why I wanted her to try this was to satisfy my own curiosity about whether releases are genuinely advanced or whether it's just a tradition to teach them last.
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Posted:
I think everyone should get a firm grasp of the basics before trying anything technical and complicated. If someone doesn't have a firm grasp of your basic 3-beat weave. Meaning making look clean, not having problems, being able to move the planes around and all the tweeks to it. When they get to harder more technical moves its gonna be that much harder to control the planes keep it looking clean and even from looking good at all.
I think if you havn't been spinning for long and are just starting make sure you have everything down before you move on to more technical stuff. It will help you learn moves in the long run.
I made the mistake of not learning my windmills and corkscrews clockwise when i first started and had to go back and relearn those moves. Believe me it was frustrating.
I think everyone should get a firm grasp of the basics before trying anything technical and complicated. If someone doesn't have a firm grasp of your basic 3-beat weave. Meaning making look clean, not having problems, being able to move the planes around and all the tweeks to it. When they get to harder more technical moves its gonna be that much harder to control the planes keep it looking clean and even from looking good at all.
I think if you havn't been spinning for long and are just starting make sure you have everything down before you move on to more technical stuff. It will help you learn moves in the long run.
I made the mistake of not learning my windmills and corkscrews clockwise when i first started and had to go back and relearn those moves. Believe me it was frustrating.
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Posted:
true - but not everyone plans to take it on full time - some people just want a couple of moves to lear.
on the other hand, most people don't realise when they start just how addictive it is!
believe me, i know! i had to spend a good 6 months relearning every trick i knew backwards - it was annoying and also completely POIntless, cos i sould have done them as i went along. that's why it's important to have someone tech you before you jump in alone.
Quote:
I think everyone should get a firm grasp of the basics before trying anything technical and complicated.
true - but not everyone plans to take it on full time - some people just want a couple of moves to lear.
on the other hand, most people don't realise when they start just how addictive it is!
Quote:
I made the mistake of not learning my windmills and corkscrews clockwise when i first started and had to go back and relearn those moves. Believe me it was frustrating.
believe me, i know! i had to spend a good 6 months relearning every trick i knew backwards - it was annoying and also completely POIntless, cos i sould have done them as i went along. that's why it's important to have someone tech you before you jump in alone.
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Posted:
Personally, when I teach, I bring spinners through the basics first, to give them a foundation from which to build upon.
Different spinners learn at different speeds. I am a slow learner, and I know this. I am a decent spinner, in my opinion.
I'm not a trick spinner, though I love learning new tricks. What I've been told I do and do well is move and dance with the poi. Oh and rolly pollies too.
Seriously, though, I am not able to teach folks hyperloops because I'm not there, nor am I able to teach isolations.
I can teach behind the back reverse weave, but not btb forward.
Unless the spinner in question seems to be comfortable and smooth with reverse to forward weave turns, I tend to hold off on the extra beat moves until their planes seem decent, and they've relaxed.
HOWEVER, as I said earlier, different people learn at different speeds, so I've had to learn to be flexible.
One of my friends/students has an amazing grace to his spinning. He's probably close to the level I'm at as a spinner, and has been at it for less than a year. He can even move, and dance as he spinns, which is totally amazing to me. It took me about a year to really start moving with it...but then...I'm a slow learner.
Now that I've rambled, and written a novel...I'm going to finish eating my breakfast.
Personally, when I teach, I bring spinners through the basics first, to give them a foundation from which to build upon.
Different spinners learn at different speeds. I am a slow learner, and I know this. I am a decent spinner, in my opinion.
I'm not a trick spinner, though I love learning new tricks. What I've been told I do and do well is move and dance with the poi. Oh and rolly pollies too.
Seriously, though, I am not able to teach folks hyperloops because I'm not there, nor am I able to teach isolations.
I can teach behind the back reverse weave, but not btb forward.
Unless the spinner in question seems to be comfortable and smooth with reverse to forward weave turns, I tend to hold off on the extra beat moves until their planes seem decent, and they've relaxed.
HOWEVER, as I said earlier, different people learn at different speeds, so I've had to learn to be flexible.
One of my friends/students has an amazing grace to his spinning. He's probably close to the level I'm at as a spinner, and has been at it for less than a year. He can even move, and dance as he spinns, which is totally amazing to me. It took me about a year to really start moving with it...but then...I'm a slow learner.
Now that I've rambled, and written a novel...I'm going to finish eating my breakfast.
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Posted:
replace "invented" with "got popular"
this means that you have now got to take out the "were" in the sentence as well, but you know what i mean.
replace "invented" with "got popular"
this means that you have now got to take out the "were" in the sentence as well, but you know what i mean.
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Posted:
I'm always amazed at how fast I can teach someone to learn moves.
I think I taught what took me a year to a certain someone in a weekend. And not even very much time on the weekend too.
To answer your question, YES, you are justified in saying "No" to teaching a newbie spinner tricks before they are ready.
When teaching chemistry, I've got tons of tricks that I COULD tell the kids to allow them to get the 'right answer' on an exam without actually learning the concept. Of course, I don't tell them the tricks until AFTER I feel that they've learned the concepts. And the same is true for poi.
As a poi teacher I feel that I have a responsibility to teach theory and philosophy as well as 'moves'. And if you're not willing to buy into that, then go find another teacher.
Or UCOF, you could just be a jerk about it which is always fun... just keep saying things like:
-"Here, watch me!" [And do the hyperloop slightly differently every time]
-"You're thinking about it too much! Just let your mind clear"
-"Let the poi move you"
-"You've almost got it... try it faster and closer to your face."
-"Visualize it"
-"Be the poi"
-"Yup, that's it!" [When they clearly can't do it]
-"Watch, 1,2,3,3,2,1!" [Just count randomly while doing the trick for no apparent reason]
-"Try it without the poi first"
-"It doesn't work unless they're on fire"
-"I learned that in London, I can't teach it in New York" [Works for me only]
-"Which move did you want to learn? This one?!" [And then continue doing the wrong trick] "Or this one"?
Hee hee... the list continues... and yes, I do realize that I'm giving the entire London Crew ammo for the next time I ask them to explain a trick.
I got a DJ friend that works in clubs and whenever someone asks him for a request he always says one of two things... either "Yo, I just played that" or "I'm gonna put that on next"... Translate it to poi and use as necessary.
But again, that's just me being silly. I do think we have a responsibility to incorporate proper philosophy and technique in teaching as well as showing where to put your hands for a hyperloop.
I'm always amazed at how fast I can teach someone to learn moves.
I think I taught what took me a year to a certain someone in a weekend. And not even very much time on the weekend too.
To answer your question, YES, you are justified in saying "No" to teaching a newbie spinner tricks before they are ready.
When teaching chemistry, I've got tons of tricks that I COULD tell the kids to allow them to get the 'right answer' on an exam without actually learning the concept. Of course, I don't tell them the tricks until AFTER I feel that they've learned the concepts. And the same is true for poi.
As a poi teacher I feel that I have a responsibility to teach theory and philosophy as well as 'moves'. And if you're not willing to buy into that, then go find another teacher.
Or UCOF, you could just be a jerk about it which is always fun... just keep saying things like:
-"Here, watch me!" [And do the hyperloop slightly differently every time]
-"You're thinking about it too much! Just let your mind clear"
-"Let the poi move you"
-"You've almost got it... try it faster and closer to your face."
-"Visualize it"
-"Be the poi"
-"Yup, that's it!" [When they clearly can't do it]
-"Watch, 1,2,3,3,2,1!" [Just count randomly while doing the trick for no apparent reason]
-"Try it without the poi first"
-"It doesn't work unless they're on fire"
-"I learned that in London, I can't teach it in New York" [Works for me only]
-"Which move did you want to learn? This one?!" [And then continue doing the wrong trick] "Or this one"?
Hee hee... the list continues... and yes, I do realize that I'm giving the entire London Crew ammo for the next time I ask them to explain a trick.
I got a DJ friend that works in clubs and whenever someone asks him for a request he always says one of two things... either "Yo, I just played that" or "I'm gonna put that on next"... Translate it to poi and use as necessary.
But again, that's just me being silly. I do think we have a responsibility to incorporate proper philosophy and technique in teaching as well as showing where to put your hands for a hyperloop.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Posted:
[Old link]
[Old link]
[Old link].
said a random b-boy with the knowledge...
[edit:
-"Watch, 1,2,3,3,2,1!" [Just count randomly while doing the trick for no apparent reason]
i so do that one!
not on purpose though]
EDITED_BY: coleman (1079018783)
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No-one invented hyperloops!
[Old link]
[Old link]
[Old link].
said a random b-boy with the knowledge...
[edit:
-"Watch, 1,2,3,3,2,1!" [Just count randomly while doing the trick for no apparent reason]
i so do that one!
not on purpose though
]EDITED_BY: coleman (1079018783)
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Posted:
pats cole n head (standing on toes) there there cole its ok have a biscuit
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Quote:Quote:
No-one invented hyperloops!
[Old link]
[Old link]
[Old link].
said a random b-boy with the knowledge...
[edit:
-"Watch, 1,2,3,3,2,1!" [Just count randomly while doing the trick for no apparent reason]
i so do that one!
not on purpose though
pats cole n head (standing on toes) there there cole its ok have a biscuit
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Posted:
Ok, wasn't gonna post in here... but I didn't know there would be biscuits...
Ok, wasn't gonna post in here... but I didn't know there would be biscuits...
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Posted:
munch...
this is turning into an intro thread, now there is all this talk of biscuits...
munch...
this is turning into an intro thread, now there is all this talk of biscuits...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Posted:
well i thought it was getting a lil tence, and a lil starngly circular in argument, and as a newbie! felt that to apease the older wiser spinners that biccies would be good!
esp HOBKNOBS
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well i thought it was getting a lil tence, and a lil starngly circular in argument, and as a newbie! felt that to apease the older wiser spinners that biccies would be good!
esp HOBKNOBS
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Step (el-nombrie)
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Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
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5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Posted:
Best way to teach the weave IMHO...
But otherwise I agree with Jon.
If I'm teaching (which I LOVE more than spinning sometimes) I'm always strict on nailing the basics. Same when I'm teaching drum-kit - Pupils always put on their current favourite track (often Blink 182) and ask me to teach them that. Ok, Blink's an extreme cos it takes practice to get to those speeds, but what's the point in teaching them a song if they can't even play a basic groove.
You could teach a child to play Mozart, but it wouldn't mean they could play piano...
Quote:
-"Try it without the poi first"
Best way to teach the weave IMHO...
But otherwise I agree with Jon.
If I'm teaching (which I LOVE more than spinning sometimes) I'm always strict on nailing the basics. Same when I'm teaching drum-kit - Pupils always put on their current favourite track (often Blink 182) and ask me to teach them that. Ok, Blink's an extreme cos it takes practice to get to those speeds, but what's the point in teaching them a song if they can't even play a basic groove.
You could teach a child to play Mozart, but it wouldn't mean they could play piano...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Posted:
not at all jon, this thread is just repeating what countelss threads have already said, that older spinners resent the fact that somtimes moves they have talken a long tim eto learn are being nailed by newbies cos they have been well rehearsed, and can be tought better than some one taught you cos they were new!
belive me man, this aint an attack, and while anyone i have asked has always shown me moves, i like somple moves to look good before i go to higher moves like hyerloops and so on, but i will learn them, and then teach others, but pls dont tar all newbies with same brush, see i bring biccies to win you over!
not at all jon, this thread is just repeating what countelss threads have already said, that older spinners resent the fact that somtimes moves they have talken a long tim eto learn are being nailed by newbies cos they have been well rehearsed, and can be tought better than some one taught you cos they were new!
belive me man, this aint an attack, and while anyone i have asked has always shown me moves, i like somple moves to look good before i go to higher moves like hyerloops and so on, but i will learn them, and then teach others, but pls dont tar all newbies with same brush, see i bring biccies to win you over!
Step (el-nombrie)
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Posted:
im deffo with you durbs on teh drum kit, i have ppl who think that drumming is easy, and tha tyou will be playing blink, incubus, or any kind of music staright off, and yes i teach basics over anything, i throw you in first to learn that spinning well is hard, then i pull you back and teach them basic!
im deffo with you durbs on teh drum kit, i have ppl who think that drumming is easy, and tha tyou will be playing blink, incubus, or any kind of music staright off, and yes i teach basics over anything, i throw you in first to learn that spinning well is hard, then i pull you back and teach them basic!
Step (el-nombrie)
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Berlin, Ireland
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2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Posted:
Man your one funny Pimp. Had me laughing out loud there....I'm so gunna use them.
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-"Here, watch me!" [And do the hyperloop slightly differently every time]
-"You're thinking about it too much! Just let your mind clear"
-"Let the poi move you"
-"You've almost got it... try it faster and closer to your face."
-"Visualize it"
-"Be the poi"
-"Yup, that's it!" [When they clearly can't do it]
-"Watch, 1,2,3,3,2,1!" [Just count randomly while doing the trick for no apparent reason]
-"Try it without the poi first"
-"It doesn't work unless they're on fire"
-"I learned that in London, I can't teach it in New York" [Works for me only]
-"Which move did you want to learn? This one?!" [And then continue doing the wrong trick] "Or this one"?
Man your one funny Pimp. Had me laughing out loud there....I'm so gunna use them.
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
ok i have two replies....
my initial thought is ya jon, i think you're justified. whenever i teach someone poi, i tell them to learn the basics first because most everything else builds off that.
however....
somethings durbs said struck me.....
i was one of those child geniuses (so to speak) when it came to piano. i'm no rachmaninoff or beethoven, but it was one of those things i just got. i even thought about quitting at some point and my piano teacher BEGGED me to not. she tried to teach me my scales, keys, technique, theory, all that crap. and i just couldn't get it. i'd learn it for maybe 10 minutes...long enough to make her think i understood, but then it got away from me. i couldn't tell you what a single chord is or what key a piece is in. but i can play. it's one of the few things i do well enough to actually take pride in and (humbly) boast about. so in that respects, i think there are people who can learn isolations and hyperloops and btb 5 beat and all that stuff i'm crap at without learning the very basics. (they're the kind of people who REALLY frustrate me just cause i'm such a slow learner at poi and i wish i could be like them! )
ok i have two replies....
my initial thought is ya jon, i think you're justified. whenever i teach someone poi, i tell them to learn the basics first because most everything else builds off that.
however....
somethings durbs said struck me.....
Quote:
You could teach a child to play Mozart, but it wouldn't mean they could play piano...
i was one of those child geniuses (so to speak) when it came to piano. i'm no rachmaninoff or beethoven, but it was one of those things i just got. i even thought about quitting at some point and my piano teacher BEGGED me to not. she tried to teach me my scales, keys, technique, theory, all that crap. and i just couldn't get it. i'd learn it for maybe 10 minutes...long enough to make her think i understood, but then it got away from me. i couldn't tell you what a single chord is or what key a piece is in. but i can play. it's one of the few things i do well enough to actually take pride in and (humbly) boast about. so in that respects, i think there are people who can learn isolations and hyperloops and btb 5 beat and all that stuff i'm crap at
without learning the very basics. (they're the kind of people who REALLY frustrate me just cause i'm such a slow learner at poi and i wish i could be like them! ) I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
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Location: Bristol
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Location: Bristol
Posted:
ok, i agree with taking it seriously, but isn't that just a little bit too much like school? it's not like we're actually taking exams in this stuff, and if we had to then it wouldn't be fun anymore. Sure if someone asks you to teach them 'properly' then do it that way - but when someone obviously wants to learn a specific move i don't see any harm in just teaching it to them. Most people will go away and practice and they can sort out their planes on their own, but they only have so much time with a teacher and i know i certainly want to gather as many tricks as possible when i'm out, and take them home to practice.
all that you must learn it properly first! sounds a bit heavy to me.
i appreciate the value of learning well, but in the long run someone will develop ok if they're natural, no matter which trick they learnt first.
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When teaching chemistry, I've got tons of tricks that I COULD tell the kids to allow them to get the 'right answer' on an exam without actually learning the concept. Of course, I don't tell them the tricks until AFTER I feel that they've learned the concepts. And the same is true for poi.
ok, i agree with taking it seriously, but isn't that just a little bit too much like school? it's not like we're actually taking exams in this stuff, and if we had to then it wouldn't be fun anymore. Sure if someone asks you to teach them 'properly' then do it that way - but when someone obviously wants to learn a specific move i don't see any harm in just teaching it to them. Most people will go away and practice and they can sort out their planes on their own, but they only have so much time with a teacher and i know i certainly want to gather as many tricks as possible when i'm out, and take them home to practice.
all that you must learn it properly first! sounds a bit heavy to me.
i appreciate the value of learning well, but in the long run someone will develop ok if they're natural, no matter which trick they learnt first.
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big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
what a great point miss star
it hasn't really been mentioned in the teching moves thread (which is like this one but with a larger scope and more spiritual/philosophical viewpoints).
Quote:
Most people will go away and practice and they can sort out their planes on their own, but they only have so much time with a teacher and i know i certainly want to gather as many tricks as possible when i'm out, and take them home to practice.
what a great point miss star
it hasn't really been mentioned in the teching moves thread (which is like this one but with a larger scope and more spiritual/philosophical viewpoints).
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Location: Bristol
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Location: Bristol
Posted:
yay! i made a good point!
yay! i made a good point!
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
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Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
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5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Posted:
But in terms of teaching (not just poi) isn't it better to provide someone with the basics so that they can then go away and learn and develop moves themselves? What's the point in teaching someone something if they don't know what they're doing.
Pounce - with regards to "gifted" spinners/musicians/whatever - I would still side with your teacher and insist (well, maybe that's too strong...) you learnt your scales, theory, chords. Can you now listen to a piece of music and play it, improvise round it, teach it? The basics are the building blocks of anything - without them there is no foundation [/cheesy cliché mode]
When I teach I like to think that we're imparting some knowledge that is part of a chain - and that your pupil could then become a teacher and go and teach someone else. If they don't know what they're doing - only how they are doing it, I don't see you're doing them any favours.
But in terms of teaching (not just poi) isn't it better to provide someone with the basics so that they can then go away and learn and develop moves themselves? What's the point in teaching someone something if they don't know what they're doing.
Pounce - with regards to "gifted" spinners/musicians/whatever - I would still side with your teacher and insist (well, maybe that's too strong...) you learnt your scales, theory, chords. Can you now listen to a piece of music and play it, improvise round it, teach it? The basics are the building blocks of anything - without them there is no foundation [/cheesy cliché mode]
When I teach I like to think that we're imparting some knowledge that is part of a chain - and that your pupil could then become a teacher and go and teach someone else. If they don't know what they're doing - only how they are doing it, I don't see you're doing them any favours.
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