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Joe Bryant New user Knoxville, TN - USA 6 Posts |
Thanks Mumblepeas.
I think I'll save the 2 coins at one time for next week... Have a great weekend. Joe |
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CardTrix New user Springfield, IL 52 Posts |
Just to add my 2 cents worth, After I was fairly comfortable learning the coin roll, after much practice and impatience, I stopped practicing for a while, maybe month or so ago, and picked up the coins again...to my surprise I feel like I'm having to learn it all over again.
I guess it's not like riding a bike...I'm picking it up faster than the first time but not as fluent yet as where I left off. So I would practice it as often as you can. |
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magicpirate82 New user Bay area, Northern California 68 Posts |
I can do the roll with quarters but definitely prefer half dollars. My hands are large so maybe that's why halves work best for me. The specific advice offered by others here is right on the mark and you'll find--much to your delight one day--that in time you will get the knack and it feels so natural.
Good Luck with it! (I haven't tried tackling 2 at once but it does look really cool and maybe worth the extra practice.....one day!) :pirate: |
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thimblerig Loyal user Bellevue, WA 273 Posts |
Henry Hay correctly points out that learning to do an effect/fluorish with the non-dominant hand (left hand for most of us) is easier after learning it with the dominant hand. Particularly if your dominant hand gets crampy and tired, switch to the left hand for awhile...it will pay off. This worked great for me with the Tenkai pinch, which I can do about as well with my left hand as my right...which I never would have believed when I first started out. Being "ambidextrous" with fluorishes is even more "fluorish-y" and impressive. Being ambidextrous with sleights is even more devious...
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CardTrix New user Springfield, IL 52 Posts |
Good advice thimblerig, it is very important, especially in coins, to be able to do not just flourishes, but all sleights equally in both hands. And it is easier after you learn with your dominant hand!!
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gallagher Inner circle 1168 Posts |
I learned a lot from this Post, mainly The Steeplechase,... but also about Phalanx, Phalange, and Phalanges,... What I learned on my own, and would like to share, is this. Practice with different size AND WIEGHTED coins or disks. This makes the learning go quick. Especially playing with light wieghted disks, after you´ve chased heaveier coins. This really developes a `feel´. I found different sized disks in hardware stores,... Washers. And on the Internet, you can find really specefic ones,.... thin, light ones,... heaveier ones. Again, as Washers or Shims.
I gained a lot of speed by working with a smaller, heaveier weighted coin; then straight away into my `Normal´ walker. It seems as though, the fingers learn rhythm and pace. all the best, gallagher |
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patrick66 Veteran user The Netherlands 384 Posts |
I am a little proud of my ability to roll 4 coins on one (right) hand. I'm even prouder of the fact that it was taught to me by Jeff himself. You should see him do this with both hands, four coins on each hand, it's marvelous!
I like to keep my hand in a loose fist and a little diagonal, not flat at all. |
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Mb217 Inner circle 9520 Posts |
JB, it's not that hard to do once your fingers "understand" what you need them to do. Best way to learn is to understand the movements and then practice. Practice is the biggest element. You play with it long enough and you will get it too, just like everyone else that can do it, good and bad. And though it is usually used and even over-used as a flourish, it can be used for other things as well. The better you get at it, the more you will know about it. Beleive me, one day your hands will feel it, the right way for you and you will do it...Simple as that!
Oh, and I'm not ambidextrous at all and you don't have to be to do it well in both hands. I can do it in both hands pretty well...again it's just practice. Practice in anything will make you better at it. You might not be the best at it but you'll definitely be better than you were when you began. So just start practicing when you get time. I used to do it walking on my way to work down Time Square in NYC, through crowds, up & down stairs, etc. For a while you're dropping coins every few feet, then one day you don't drop them at all no matter what you're doing, whether you're thinking about it or not. Well, sometimes you still do drop them. The coin roll is a nice exercise but don't get hung up on it too long, as there's much more gold in them thar hills in the way of real magic with them coins. Oh, and welcome to the Café. -Mb
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Jimeh Inner circle Ottawa, Ontario 1399 Posts |
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