angel wings for a newbie to poi...

starfyrefae · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

ok i know im gonna sound completly numb here but i cant keep hitting myself in the face so here goes lol....im watching the tuition video and they are very helpful and i have mastered most basic moves...i started with a 3 beat weave as thats all i had ever seen...then i discovered the site and thought i would learn the proper moves so i can poi more confidently...i was fine up until the shoulder reels and angel wings...i can see her hands and stuff and i get what im supposed to be doing but my gods...i just cant get it...i can do butterfly and hip reels fine and i can do reel turns, i just cant get these two moves and its driving me mad cos the angel wings looks ace...any hints anyone?? this is driving me mad and im getting a very sore face LOL

many thanks

fae

ajclarke · Posted: Mon 11th Dec, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject:

Unfourtunatly the best thing i can suggest is practice, practice and more practice.

though what I helped me was to forget about mastering tricks, and just have fun, dont work yourself up, and do a bit of free style, have fun, stick some music on and spin. You will actually find you make your own tyricks up and sometimes master others without knowing it. For example my mate was freestyling and managed to figure and perform a 7bw.

THats my advicE :D

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Tue 12th Dec, 2006 11:31 am Post subject:

My advice for angel wings is going to sound very bucket-chemistry, but seriously:

Launch your hands behind your head.
Not delicately. Violently. The mistake a lot of people make with angel wings is that they don't actually put their hands behind their head, more above it. Which is fine once you've got it down, but it wont work when you're learning it.

Shoulder reels are kinda confusing, erm.. practice doing it with each hand individually, i.e work out what your right hand is going to do - put that poi down, work out what the left will do, and then try and put them together, nice and slow.

Hope that helped. Wear a gumshield :p

starfyrefae · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

LOL cheers guys...yeah i think i am trying to do it with my arms over my head and shall definatly keep practising...im off out to buy a gumshield Very Happy

i think im just not as fluid with the poi as i need to be...its more like forced moves so maybe i should try lightening up lol...will keep you posted if i manage to figure it out

tra for now

fae

Felixwah · Posted: Wed 13th Dec, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject:

yeh i think everyone forces there moves to begin with you have to learn the basis of the moves then you will get your own style aned become a lot more fluid Smile

good luck p.s it took me a fair while to learn angelwings

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