SP Gusto and Wildcards Exchange 2011

Hello people!!

Here is the long awaited blog post!

On 12 November 2011, despite the heavy rain and (slightly) confined training area, SP Gusto and Wildcards still managed to have an AWESOME exchange. Right? =)

On behalf of Wildcards, I would like to take this opportunity to thank SP Gusto for being such an awesome guest! Alright alright, enough of talking. Here are the pictures taken during the exchange. Enjoy =)

Lets start by welcoming SP Gusto!!

After the self-introduction session, we proceeded on with Warm-Up

Seriously????? Hahaha

Synchronised stretching??

Alright. Maybe not. Haha!

Wow, nice posture bro (the guy on the right) ;) (no pun intended)

Nice candid shot (P.S. look at the back spot!) haha!

Nuff said

Wow. That's a tall elevator.

Dominic, ever ready ah. hahaha!

Ok. Now spot Dominic's gf. Easy huh? hahaha!

Exchange of shirts

An awesome exchange ending with an awesome group photo

Pointers

B/M are some things that I forgot to mention during debrief.

Basically, a word of advice for the bases that are trying the new tossing technique, 'Don't give up'. I used to use the conventional way of tossing (using momentum with the double jump), after which I was taught the new tossing technique, which happened to be VERY effective I would say.

Conventional tossing (Momentum)

1) Lengthen your stunt sequence

2) Visually unappealing

3) Breaks the momentum/flow of the sequence as it requires double jump, thus making it hard for you to connect your stunts. Meaning to say after every pop down, there will be an awkward pause for you to gain 'momentum' before executing the next stunt.

New tossing (Speed + burst)

1) Shorten your stunt sequence

2) Visually VERY appealing

3) Able to connect all the stunts together, without breaking the momentum/flow of the sequence

I understand that the transition period is VERY VERY tough (I empathize with you guys as I went through it before), but trust me you guys will definitely benefit from this switch.

Just in case you guys cannot remember everything, just remember this 4 letter words CPFS.

Communication - Its a stunt involving both parties, thus communicate with each other, work on it together (Just remember to not over do it)

Posture - Extremely important, good posture ---> proper execution ---> greater toss ---> maximal effort

Feelings - Hmmm. Basically, it means execute the stunt with feelings and not execute brute strength. One has to feel the stunt.

Speed (Applicable for both bases and flyer)

- Yes. SPEED!!!! SPEED OVER STRENGTH! Really. Common misconception of tossing, is to 'CHARGE, CHARGE, CHARGE' which is totally WRONG WRONG WRONG!

Its about how fast you're able to toss your partner up in the air using her jump (Bursting and not Charging Jump).

A/M is just my 2 cents. Hope that it helps.

Alright. See you guys in January!

Till then!