Practice is indispensible for making our magic good. Being a magician, I always try to make my magic better with different methods. One of the methods I use is to study all the movements of my body during practice. Not only I always practice, I try to figure out why the sleights work and how could I improve them every time.

It is interesting that new sleights are always created during practice if you always think about your every movements. I hope this little tip could help those who would like improve their magic.

Alex

I do the exact same thing! very helpful. I practice in front of my BIG mirror, then after I think it looks good, I show it to my magician friends and see what they think of it and ask if they see anything wrong.

I like to study in front of a video camera. I review what I do. Get in front of the camera again, review and do this until I get it right,after I get it right, I go to the mirrow and enjoy myself watching magic..

I am a mirror man myself. I like watching all of my movements in the mirror, and more times than not, I catch myself doing "tells" that I should not. I can't say that I have come up with any new sleights, but I have come up with new ways to do sleights that work better for me.

Josh

I like mirrors, too. My significant other has issues with that, but that's another issue.

I like to see if I can do the move well enough in front of a mirror to fool myself. It works for everything else, why not magic?

I prefer using mirrors when practicing my magic.

I use mirrors for practice. Videocamera for rehearsal and a tape recorder for script while in front of mirror.
A videocamera is a really good tool, it will show you every horrible thing you do in full lurid color and it really drives you to "get it right this time"

Although I prefer using a mirror (being something of a Luddite), a video camera is superiour. Taping myself allows analyzing my moves later, letting me focus on the moves during practice. With a mirror, I'm watching and analyzing at the same time I'm performing -- thus splitting my focus.

Leland