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docelk Veteran user St. Pete, FL 362 Posts |
Whether for lack of practice, difficulty of sleights, amount of memorization, or just the evil whammy....
For me, it's spreadwave---maybe the newness, but although I practice it often, I mess it up on a regular basis. I shudder every time I perform it. (By the way, a great trick). Anyone else have their personal nemesis?
Life is a test. It is only a test. If this had been a real life, you would have been given further instructions on where to go, and what to do.
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Ben Train Inner circle Erdnase never had 4639 Posts |
Estimation.
Sometimes I'm only off by 1 or 2, and I have outs to cover it, but I wish I could hit that **** reliably!
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Andre Hagen Inner circle 1432 Posts |
I gave up Sidewalk Shuffle long ago. I could not for the life of me keep the moves in my head. Love the effect but it defeated me.
Andy
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one - Albert Einstein
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C-Taylor Loyal user 261 Posts |
If you don't have it down or mess it up often, should you be performing it?
"theres a lot of good card magic in that book, unfortunately you have to have skill to do most of it."
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michaelmystic2003 Inner circle 3062 Posts |
Clocking the deck screws up 75% of the time for me.
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Andre Hagen Inner circle 1432 Posts |
C-Taylor,
Did I say I was performing it? I said I gave it up. I never messed it up in performance because I never performed it. It wasn't for me. Some sort of mental block I guess. I would get it down in practice and would forget it the next day. The topic was "The trick you screw up the most". but no distinction between practice and performing. Did you ever want to do a trick C-Taylor that you found you were just not comfortable performing? Andy
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one - Albert Einstein
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AngeloR Elite user 441 Posts |
Andre,
I believe C-Taylor was addressing his question to the original post by docelk. Angelo |
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phillipsje Veteran user 329 Posts |
Nana's Necklace by Dean Dill. I only get this one to work about half the time.
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Andre Hagen Inner circle 1432 Posts |
Angelo,
If this is so...my apologies to C-Taylor. My experience with Sidewalk Shuffle stands as an example and he and I are in complete agreement. Never perform an effect that you are not completely comfortable with. (Murphy's Law, Corollary #1001 - If you believe something is going to go wrong due to past experience, it will!) Thanks Angelo! Andy
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one - Albert Einstein
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joseph Eternal Order Please ignore my 17411 Posts |
Lol, the first thing I also thought of was Sidewalk Shuffle....Although I don't perform it yet, it is one of those things you just have to keep practicing, but I think it is well worth it....
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Einstein)...
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Bobby Forbes Inner circle virginia beach, VA. 1569 Posts |
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On 2007-09-12 18:08, Michaelmystic2003 wrote: I'll second that. |
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Pale New user Memphrica 3 Posts |
The trick I mess up the most is Invisible Palm Aces. I do Bill Malone's version and the last card always gets... well messed up.
No really I didn't do it... honest
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Ben Train Inner circle Erdnase never had 4639 Posts |
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On 2007-09-12 21:21, Bobby Forbes wrote: Is this not addressed by clocking 13? And some things you have to do before you get them down. Psychological forces, misdirection, estimation- all things you will have to screw up over and over before you learn them.
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Donny Orbit Special user 944 Posts |
I always find it funny that when a post like this with a legitimate question is made, there is always one person who either feels as though they need to chime in with a comment such as "Practice makes perfect" or some other unrelated holier than thou comment. We all screw up sometimes. I too drop the ball on clocking, Diplopia waits for my perfection.
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msc455magic Inner circle Taipei, Taiwan 1523 Posts |
For me... any aerial moves. Screws up easily for me, especially when the wind is big.
Magic of Japan:
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aiturran Loyal user Santiago, Chile 260 Posts |
Wrong topic.
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kammagic Inner circle 1304 Posts |
I stay away from any trick that envolves me having to do math. I always screw that up under pressure.
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DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
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On 2007-09-12 17:25, Andre Hagen wrote: I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't retain this for more than a couple of days. Denny Haney did the jumbo version last week at the Magic Club meeting, and I was inspired to dig it out and have another go at it, and so far I'm having the same problem as Andre. I'll get it, and then a day or two later I can't remember it again. (sigh) Don
Woke up.
Fell out of bed. Dragged a comb across m' head. |
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JSBLOOM Inner circle 2024 Posts |
For a time, I kept on messing up back in time, my best normal deck trick.
Now, I up jog 3rd card from top and bluff that I miss. Now I never miss getting the break. I do agree with the math tricks. For example, GORDON DIARY. I made up a tiny crib sheet. |
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Josh Chaikin Inner circle Kansas City 1430 Posts |
I was in the middle of performing Tailspin a few weeks ago, and completely blanked on one of the phases. I think I ended up doing a kind of modified Ascanio spread, and forgoing the final phase of the effect. It's something that I perform very regularly, and play around with to amuse myself. Not sure how my brain hicupped.
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