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JamesRaymond New user Elkhart, IN (USA) 49 Posts |
I'm working on new moves which are leaving my hands very sore (but still moving forward). What would be a good "practice" routine to do? Any suggestions.
I'm thinking it would be structured like a "workout" routine...sets and reps kind of thing. btw...I'm doing card manipulation for now. Thanks to all for any ideas or help.
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Ekuth Inner circle Floating above my 1538 Posts |
As a serious suggestion:
Do you play piano? Practice a full 2 octave scale set, including the sharps and flats, then move to chords: thirds and fifths if your hands will stretch far enough. Rinse and repeat for roughly a half hour or until your wife tells you to stop. I find playing limbers my fingers up nicely for any manipulation work.
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
If it's improving finger strength that you are looking for, you might consider a Digiflex device shown here at amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Cando-DigiFlex-Col......4&sr=8-7 The digiflex comes in different "strengths." I find the device also helps me with occasional trigger finger problems. I have found, though, that different sleights make demands on different muscles. I remember that the inside edges of my forefinger and ring finger almost developed callouses while I was trying to learn the Audley Walsh Long Distance Side Spinner. Years later at a lecture someone (Nic Niberco maybe?) suggested using a rubber tip used by bankers for counting bills that made that sleight a lot easier and nearly automatic. ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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JamesRaymond New user Elkhart, IN (USA) 49 Posts |
It's not really the soreness that I'm asking about. Rather some kind of a possible structure for practicing but thanks for the info. I might just look into that digiflex...thanks.
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
I guess then you've tried isolating the different facets of the routine, by which I mean that you spend 15 minutes practicing split fan techniques, 15 minutes practicing single standard production techniques, 15 minutes practicing perfect production techniques, 15 minutes practicing all three combined the way it would be during an actual performance, and finally 15 minutes practicing nothing but the steals as well. Some magicians suggest, too, that you practice with more cards in the initial BP or Perfect stock than in a real performance so that in actual performance it will seem "easier" than it is during practicing. So if you use a stock of 25 cards for the BP sequence in actual performance, use 30 when practicing.
When I was practicing once for a magic contest at a national convention, I made a special audio tape of my background music with me adding a voiceover describing what is happening when a certain section of the music is playing. So for example, after I heard a certain note in the opening fanfare, my voiceover said something like: "Enter from stage left; walk to table; produce three split fans and drop into the bucket; steal second stock when getting silk for the pull-through; produce two fans followed by 6-8 singles; toss silk into bucket; pause; pick up Bicycle deck; spring cards twice from hand to hand; one pressure fan; armspread and turnover facing right; armspread and turnover facing left; waterfall drop into bucket as you steal first billiard ball for ball routine. Pause. Produce ball..." and so on. I played the tape over and over during the two and a half day drive to the convention city. A friend was at the wheel, so even though I didn't have cards in my hand, I pantomimed the actions that my voice narrated on the tape. I wore an earphone during all that so it wouldn't drive my friend and his wife crazy. By the time we got to the convention hotel, I had gotten in a couple of days worth of serious "practice." I'm sure that helped with my timing because a few days after the contest when I was back home and watched a videotape of all the contest acts (except for one act did not give permission to have his contest performance videotaped), mine was virtually the only one in the contest where the act ended appropriately with the music. Most of the other acts finished their routines in the middle of the background music selections so that the music either continued playing or ended before the act was finished. ----- Sonny
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JamesRaymond New user Elkhart, IN (USA) 49 Posts |
Thanks Sonny. I now know what my next step is.
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