Just the Skills - Tricking Tutorials, Articles, and Knowledge
Welcome!
June 29, 2009
Just the Skills is a website to help you learn, understand, and perform various Skills in the field of Tricking. These Skills, Moves, Tricks, etc all have much technical value, and physical principles behind them. I hope the information provided here can help you understand some of these concepts, techniques, and principles. And hopefully you'll also think the site is pretty.
Always enjoy yourself learning these tricks, all these moves are very fun! And the more you can do, and the more you can do right, the more fun it is! There are many sections on the site to look over to gain knowledge that you may desire, so feel free to take a gander at the entire collection of information presented here. The website is in a constant state of being updated, because every single one of us is always learning! So stop back whenever you feel like and see if there's anything new to glean from the pages. Enjoy!
Always enjoy yourself learning these tricks, all these moves are very fun! And the more you can do, and the more you can do right, the more fun it is! There are many sections on the site to look over to gain knowledge that you may desire, so feel free to take a gander at the entire collection of information presented here. The website is in a constant state of being updated, because every single one of us is always learning! So stop back whenever you feel like and see if there's anything new to glean from the pages. Enjoy!
ATTN Hot Chicks: Stop Getting Tattoos
June 12, 2009
It's seriously retarded. In other news, unfortunately the new version of the site won't be ready the day I was hoping (June 14th, which marks the 2nd anniversary of the site as Just the Skills). Oh well. But we'll see what we can't get done anyways ;).
I'm still not tricking regularly yet, I have a performance with friends in a few weeks, after that my body will be free to take whatever I throw at it, and by then it should be conditioned to as well. Yes!
I'm still not tricking regularly yet, I have a performance with friends in a few weeks, after that my body will be free to take whatever I throw at it, and by then it should be conditioned to as well. Yes!
Training Habits for Drilling and Progression
Dated: 06-29-2009
Tricking is very much like science. In it's most basic concepts, science is about cause and effect, empirical observations, etc. If you put in certain variables or conditions, you will always get the same result. If I mix baking soda and vinegar, they will always have a chemical reaction and fizzle. It's the same with math. If I multiply 5 and 6, it will always equal 30.
In tricking, if you do particular steps in a particular way, you will always get the same result. That's just how it is. What does this mean? If you can't land a trick, you will keep not landing it by doing the same thing over and over. For some reason, people seem to think that they can get a trick simply by drilling and drilling and doing it over and over, crashing again and again.
Let's think about this rationally for a second. If you keep doing the same thing, why in heaven's name would you get a different result? Why do you think people are able to get consistent tricks? It's because they keep doing the same correct thing over and over. So if you keep doing the same incorrect thing over and over, are you somehow going to land the trick by doing the same thing that made you not land it? No way!
Even when someone does become able to do a trick by "drilling" it, it's usually just because they've been slightly changing stuff as they drill. While this is work, it's not quite as efficient, and can lead to bad habits.
So what's my point? When you're trying to land a trick, and you keep crashing, make drastic changes each time. Change the way you think about it, change key parts of the technique, change your timing, change certain movements in different but logical ways. If you change the variables, you get different results. Sure, you may crash again haha, but you might crash differently. Could be for the better, could be for the worse! But if you keep doing the same thing over and over, it's not going to get you closer to your results. So when you're practicing, change something big! Try the trick a few times the same way, if it doesn't work, mix things up. You will not land a trick by trying the same failing thing every time hehe.
When is drilling appropriate? After you've learned to land a move. If you keep trying it, not only will your body find easier ways to do it without you having to think about it as much, but what you are doing will get ingrained into your muscle memory.
If you keep crashing a move by doing the same thing over and over, your body finds easier ways to make yourself crash. ;)
Keep it up guys!
In tricking, if you do particular steps in a particular way, you will always get the same result. That's just how it is. What does this mean? If you can't land a trick, you will keep not landing it by doing the same thing over and over. For some reason, people seem to think that they can get a trick simply by drilling and drilling and doing it over and over, crashing again and again.
Let's think about this rationally for a second. If you keep doing the same thing, why in heaven's name would you get a different result? Why do you think people are able to get consistent tricks? It's because they keep doing the same correct thing over and over. So if you keep doing the same incorrect thing over and over, are you somehow going to land the trick by doing the same thing that made you not land it? No way!
Even when someone does become able to do a trick by "drilling" it, it's usually just because they've been slightly changing stuff as they drill. While this is work, it's not quite as efficient, and can lead to bad habits.
So what's my point? When you're trying to land a trick, and you keep crashing, make drastic changes each time. Change the way you think about it, change key parts of the technique, change your timing, change certain movements in different but logical ways. If you change the variables, you get different results. Sure, you may crash again haha, but you might crash differently. Could be for the better, could be for the worse! But if you keep doing the same thing over and over, it's not going to get you closer to your results. So when you're practicing, change something big! Try the trick a few times the same way, if it doesn't work, mix things up. You will not land a trick by trying the same failing thing every time hehe.
When is drilling appropriate? After you've learned to land a move. If you keep trying it, not only will your body find easier ways to do it without you having to think about it as much, but what you are doing will get ingrained into your muscle memory.
If you keep crashing a move by doing the same thing over and over, your body finds easier ways to make yourself crash. ;)
Keep it up guys!
Latest Tricking Guide Updates
Keep track of the latest updates.
-
Jacknife
Last Update: December 30, 2008 -
Cheat 720 Twist
Last Update: August 24, 2008 -
360
Last Update: August 10, 2008
Latest Tricking Articles
Trick Advice Line
Get the newest tips for specific problems.
-
Round Off Fulltwist Help - Trulgn
June 18, 2009 - Section: User Submitted -
Raiz Difficulties - Yusef'
May 09, 2009 - Section: User Submitted -
540 Jumping - nospoon'
May 01, 2009 - Section: User Submitted -
Butterfly Kick Advice - CaptJones'
March 16, 2009 - Section: User Submitted