Hey everybody,
I need major help in getting down smoothness for Sybils. I can do them perfectly well and at a good speed, but the factor that makes them look horrible is my lack of smoothness. I'm referring to the movements of the basic Sybil, i.e. breaking into Z, grabbing middle packet, transferring to straddle, etc., - those movements.

Most flourishers seem to do all that in one motion. When I do mine, they are jerky. Breaking into Z is one motion, then going into the transition of packets is done in several motions instead of one.

I've practiced Sybils as slowly as possible, trying to choreograph the transitioning of packets and trying to get it as smooth as possible. I've practiced my Sybils this way for several months already and I still seem to have made no progress in terms of smoothness.

IMO a Sybil cut would only look nice when done smoothly. I don't really care about speed now, I've got that down already.

Is there any particular technique involved such that these sorts of cuts would look smoother and more "flowing" so to speak? It gets really frustrating for me when I go back to square one, practice for several months consistantly, slowly, and when I slowly speed them up again, nothing has changed - they still look as awful as ever in terms of smoothness.

Thanks,
Chris

Practice with rap music or some sort of music that has a good underlying beat. Get a metronome if you have to. Practice the moves in rhythm S...L...O...W...L...Y and speed it up accordingly. Eventually it will be smooth as silk.