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Location: Lymington, Hampshire, UK
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Location: Lymington, Hampshire, UK
Posted:
Don't laugh but i'm sure i'm about to ask a question that a lot of guys here will relate to.
I've only just been introduced to poi and as i want my little girls to learn as much as they can, i want to be one step ahead if i can so i can teach them the moves. As a result i have found myself in my lounge at night practising the basics. I have only been using a basic set of poi with tennis balls on the end, the thing is, i hit myself in the spuds during a full speed swing last night and i was led on the floor incapacitated for about 5 minutes! I did the same the other night in Bournemouth when i tried them for the first time. It's when i'm trying to get the weave right, i'm a bit cackhanded and i keep hitting myself where i really don't need to be hitting myself.
I finished the remainder of the session with a small cushion stuffed down the front of my shorts for protection, however as you can imagine i'd look pretty stupid out in public like this!
Oh yeah......smashed my lounge lightbulb too!
Any advice?, or is it case of just getting better at the techniques?
Thanks,
Calv.
Don't laugh but i'm sure i'm about to ask a question that a lot of guys here will relate to.
I've only just been introduced to poi and as i want my little girls to learn as much as they can, i want to be one step ahead if i can so i can teach them the moves. As a result i have found myself in my lounge at night practising the basics. I have only been using a basic set of poi with tennis balls on the end, the thing is, i hit myself in the spuds during a full speed swing last night and i was led on the floor incapacitated for about 5 minutes! I did the same the other night in Bournemouth when i tried them for the first time. It's when i'm trying to get the weave right, i'm a bit cackhanded and i keep hitting myself where i really don't need to be hitting myself.
I finished the remainder of the session with a small cushion stuffed down the front of my shorts for protection, however as you can imagine i'd look pretty stupid out in public like this!
Oh yeah......smashed my lounge lightbulb too!
Any advice?, or is it case of just getting better at the techniques?
Thanks,
Calv.
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Location: Oregon, USA
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Ah yes, the lightbulb smashing is always a big hit at the parties..
One thing I've noticed about tennis balls is that they are not all that forgiving when they end up smakin ya. You might want to try out some sock poi (either socks or maybe nylons) with some beans in them. This gives nice dispersion of impact and hurts less (generally), tho a shot to the nads can still floor ya. If you are going to go w/out protection (I figure a sports cup would be the most appropriate thing), then take the swings slow, as slow as you can w/out gravity killing the swing. This will help you improve accuracy as well as giving you time to react if the poi head in the wrong direction. Generally, if you're not going too fast, a quick swivle of the hips will avoid disaster.
- Suibom
Ah yes, the lightbulb smashing is always a big hit at the parties..
One thing I've noticed about tennis balls is that they are not all that forgiving when they end up smakin ya. You might want to try out some sock poi (either socks or maybe nylons) with some beans in them. This gives nice dispersion of impact and hurts less (generally), tho a shot to the nads can still floor ya. If you are going to go w/out protection (I figure a sports cup would be the most appropriate thing), then take the swings slow, as slow as you can w/out gravity killing the swing. This will help you improve accuracy as well as giving you time to react if the poi head in the wrong direction. Generally, if you're not going too fast, a quick swivle of the hips will avoid disaster.
- Suibom
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The Ministry of Manipulation
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Posted:
Spin slower and use something softer than tennis balls.
Juggling bean bags
.
Or learn quickly
Spin slower and use something softer than tennis balls.
Juggling bean bags
.Or learn quickly
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Location: London, UK
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Location: London, UK
Posted:
My poi are a set of long socks with a couple of pairs of smaller socks balled up inside to make the heads. I've yet to hurt myself spinning them no matter where I hit myself
My poi are a set of long socks with a couple of pairs of smaller socks balled up inside to make the heads. I've yet to hurt myself spinning them no matter where I hit myself
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Posted:
a box!!
now england won the ashes, the aussies will be selling them off cheap!! lol..
or as glass said, spin slower!
or get a very small child to stand infront of you, just at the right height!
a box!!
now england won the ashes, the aussies will be selling them off cheap!! lol..
or as glass said, spin slower!
or get a very small child to stand infront of you, just at the right height!
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Location: Oregon, USA
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I'm suing Glass for plagerism.. er.. nevermind :P
I'm suing Glass for plagerism.. er.. nevermind :P
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Posted:
Im sorry but . . .
Maybe use longer or shorter poi so you hit your legs or face instead. And if that sounds weird to any girls, i would rather be hit by a beaming ball in the face than in the other place.
Im sorry but . . .
Maybe use longer or shorter poi so you hit your legs or face instead. And if that sounds weird to any girls, i would rather be hit by a beaming ball in the face than in the other place.
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I'd say take it like a man, but you're not a man, so I'll just shut up...
I'd say take it like a man, but you're not a man, so I'll just shut up...
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i'm with glass...
learn fast.
i'm with glass...
learn fast.
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
Posted:
I've developed a freaky sixth sense to just let go of my poi when it's about to hit home...maybe it's because I've hit myself so much in the crotch that I can just see the path the poi are taking so I release at the right time and the poi just hit the ground *phew*
Keep practicing and just bear it. The quicker you get comfortable with weaves etc you'll rarely K.O. yourself 
I've developed a freaky sixth sense to just let go of my poi when it's about to hit home...maybe it's because I've hit myself so much in the crotch that I can just see the path the poi are taking so I release at the right time and the poi just hit the ground *phew*
Keep practicing and just bear it. The quicker you get comfortable with weaves etc you'll rarely K.O. yourself It's better to burn out than to fade away
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Location: Little Rock, AR
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Location: Little Rock, AR
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Oh, all you poor poor guys *hugs*
Use some sock poi. Your noggin will thank you, too.
Oh, all you poor poor guys *hugs*
Use some sock poi. Your noggin will thank you, too.
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Location: Lymington, Hampshire, UK
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Location: Lymington, Hampshire, UK
Posted:
I sat here yesterday wondering what was meant by this post lol, then whilst i was updating my profile yesterday i noticed i had'nt changed my gender to male!
So for anyone thinking i was a lady boy due to me being a female talking about being hit in the spuds.....i assure you i'm a far from being a girl lol!:D
Calv.
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I'd say take it like a man, but you're not a man, so I'll just shut up...
I sat here yesterday wondering what was meant by this post lol, then whilst i was updating my profile yesterday i noticed i had'nt changed my gender to male!
So for anyone thinking i was a lady boy due to me being a female talking about being hit in the spuds.....i assure you i'm a far from being a girl lol!:DCalv.
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Posted:
So... she's not a boy, lady, or girl. But is a female with spuds.
That's what I've concluded so far.
Is this a riddle? Oh, I love these... Are you a potato?
Written by: Calv
So for anyone thinking i was a lady boy due to me being a female talking about being hit in the spuds.....i assure you i'm a far from being a girl.
Calv.
So... she's not a boy, lady, or girl. But is a female with spuds.
That's what I've concluded so far.
Is this a riddle? Oh, I love these... Are you a potato?
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Posted:
yeah, I used to used an egg box top to protect me when learning the five beat (now that was some time ago!)
however, just persevere, as someone else said, you develope a sixth sence, and after hitting the good-ol-boys about 50 times you never seem to hit them again strangly.
T
yeah, I used to used an egg box top to protect me when learning the five beat (now that was some time ago!)
however, just persevere, as someone else said, you develope a sixth sence, and after hitting the good-ol-boys about 50 times you never seem to hit them again strangly.
T
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
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Yes thats just what I would say, Ive hit myself full on 3 or 4 times in the spuds, and even with my tail poi (tenis balls inside) it still hurts like hell, I allmost threw up one time I did it.
You do develop a sixth sense, I find now im hitting my pelvis instead of my crotch, I can feel when the balls loose controll and a slight turn left or right and I miss the important things.
It dosent take long either, so I think 50 times is an exaguration, about 7 times was enough for me, your jedi powers will surface soon enough
Yes thats just what I would say, Ive hit myself full on 3 or 4 times in the spuds, and even with my tail poi (tenis balls inside) it still hurts like hell, I allmost threw up one time I did it.
You do develop a sixth sense, I find now im hitting my pelvis instead of my crotch, I can feel when the balls loose controll and a slight turn left or right and I miss the important things.
It dosent take long either, so I think 50 times is an exaguration, about 7 times was enough for me, your jedi powers will surface soon enough
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Ooooops
Written by: Calv
assure you i'm a far from being a girl lol!:D
Ooooops
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Location: Lymington, Hampshire, UK
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Location: Lymington, Hampshire, UK
Posted:
Sorry.......ok for the record......i am a man!!!
Calv.
Written by: NYCWritten by: Calv
So for anyone thinking i was a lady boy due to me being a female talking about being hit in the spuds.....i assure you i'm a far from being a girl.
Calv.
So... she's not a boy, lady, or girl. But is a female with spuds.
That's what I've concluded so far.
Is this a riddle? Oh, I love these... Are you a potato?
Sorry
.......ok for the record......i am a man!!! Calv.
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Posted:
That would have been my third guess.
That would have been my third guess.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Posted:
try spinning a bit slower - you'll get more control, and at the same time it hurts less if you hit yourself!
try spinning a bit slower - you'll get more control, and at the same time it hurts less if you hit yourself!
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Haha XD losin controll of your balls.. ugh ima child.. ANYWAY!! the best way i've found (with help from friends) is just give your poi enuf force to arch and then let gravity do the rest.. you can also last a while doing it that way.. i can last about a full hour or more then. *child mind changes that around too*
Written by: Brit_Joe
You do develop a sixth sense, I find now im hitting my pelvis instead of my crotch, I can feel when the balls loose controll and a slight turn left or right and I miss the important things.
Haha XD losin controll of your balls.. ugh ima child.. ANYWAY!! the best way i've found (with help from friends) is just give your poi enuf force to arch and then let gravity do the rest.. you can also last a while doing it that way.. i can last about a full hour or more then. *child mind changes that around too*
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Posted:
In a short, two-word phrase as many people have suggested already:
'Spin slower'
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just give your poi enuf force to arch and then let gravity do the rest..
In a short, two-word phrase as many people have suggested already:
'Spin slower'
It's better to burn out than to fade away
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Location: Oregon, USA
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If you learn to dodge the poi than it looks like you're dancin!
If you learn to dodge the poi than it looks like you're dancin!
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LMAO!! U don't know how much I'm laughing right now. But I really shouldn't be because right now I got a cup on and I'm taking a break because the cup hurts worse than actually getting hit in the groin by the sticks.
For me, I made my own. Dunno how to explain it though... But what I do now is I take wider swings. I use my whole arm to make it and then once I progress I'll get it shorter and faster.
LMAO!! U don't know how much I'm laughing right now. But I really shouldn't be because right now I got a cup on and I'm taking a break because the cup hurts worse than actually getting hit in the groin by the sticks.
For me, I made my own. Dunno how to explain it though... But what I do now is I take wider swings. I use my whole arm to make it and then once I progress I'll get it shorter and faster.
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Location: Southampton Uni
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Ahh, the art is to be able to spin slowly, and keep it all under control. Slow spins are the way to go, a) they look better, b) they hurt less.
*tailwags* I've gone from raver glowsticky "spin uber fast" to almost stalling on the upswing. And it looks so much better (I reckon)
Ahh, the art is to be able to spin slowly, and keep it all under control. Slow spins are the way to go, a) they look better, b) they hurt less.
*tailwags* I've gone from raver glowsticky "spin uber fast" to almost stalling on the upswing. And it looks so much better (I reckon)
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heh, I got out the shower last night and started spinning my practice poi before I made it to my closet (that would make me completely starkers). Anyhow was playing with some butterfly variations and my boys caught both poi at medium speed... A few minutes later I nailed the move.
Pain is such a great teacher...
heh, I got out the shower last night and started spinning my practice poi before I made it to my closet (that would make me completely starkers). Anyhow was playing with some butterfly variations and my boys caught both poi at medium speed... A few minutes later I nailed the move.
Pain is such a great teacher...
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Oooowwwwww...it canes enough through jeans when the butterflies decide to go rouge but with notting but the air between the ends-#Winces and grimaces#
I've latley started nadgering myself again cos I just got some tails from juggleart and they get caught on eachother. Actually, do anyone else's tails sometimes clap in Butterfly?
Oooowwwwww...it canes enough through jeans when the butterflies decide to go rouge but with notting but the air between the ends-#Winces and grimaces#I've latley started nadgering myself again cos I just got some tails from juggleart and they get caught on eachother. Actually, do anyone else's tails sometimes clap in Butterfly?
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i'm actually better with tails.. *shurg* they clap.. and rarely get tangled lately i've been usein my glow sticks
so pretty!
Written by: Seb
I've latley started nadgering myself again cos I just got some tails from juggleart and they get caught on eachother. Actually, do anyone else's tails sometimes clap in Butterfly?
i'm actually better with tails.. *shurg* they clap.. and rarely get tangled lately i've been usein my glow sticks
so pretty! You know what I'm thinking about right now? That's right, Tacos!
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Man.. I'm gona loose bladder control soon. I did it at slow speed and then I went really fast and then like what Seb said, the butterfly went rogue and now I'm in pain while typing this x.x Any suggetions now?
Man.. I'm gona loose bladder control soon. I did it at slow speed and then I went really fast and then like what Seb said, the butterfly went rogue and now I'm in pain while typing this x.x Any suggetions now?
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Location: Oregon, USA
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Location: Oregon, USA
Posted:
Curl up into a little ball and whimper until the pain subsides?
Well, that's what I usually do anyway.
Written by: CloudChaser071
Man.. I'm gona loose bladder control soon. I did it at slow speed and then I went really fast and then like what Seb said, the butterfly went rogue and now I'm in pain while typing this x.x Any suggetions now?
Curl up into a little ball and whimper until the pain subsides?
Well, that's what I usually do anyway.
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You should know what you are doing. Control & discipline.
You should know what you are doing. Control & discipline.
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Location: Oregon, USA
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Posted:
c'mon.. how often does that apply to newbies delving self-taught into any art? That's where they need to get, not where they need to be.
Written by: Richee
You should know what you are doing. Control & discipline.
c'mon.. how often does that apply to newbies delving self-taught into any art? That's where they need to get, not where they need to be.
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