I understand about "seeing" things when learning Bink. I'm sight minded as well and so when I do describe in words I do my best to paint a picture, thus the CLock References.
So going back to the discussion you want to get the reverse circus or reverse coachman's crack. Now I am not sure if you were thinking that's one in the same or that you'd like me to describe the Reverse Coachman.
Thanks Sergei on the compliment. I did my best to paint a picture.
Now to explain the coachman's crack. I see people do this and notice right away that the majority think they are doing it when they are not. It's kind of like a delayed circus crack.
Start with the whip coming back over your shoulder as you do your normal circus crack. Now wait.... really wait.... really really wait.
Now you look for this: the tail of the whip will be pointing straight up in the air. It takes the whip a long time for the tail to go around that far and most people will not be patient enough to wait that long. Doing the normal circus crack only requires you to wait for the tail of the whip to be directly behind you before throwing it forward. Maybe almost touching the ground even. Thats the circus crack. Now the coachman's you really have to get the whip to go back.
Let's paint a picture and get the clock out again, but this time we're in the vertical plane. (Basic geometry required... hope your brain doesn't hurt too much on this one)
When you draw the whip back over the shoulder (12 oclock high) and go vack to the rear 3 oclock, the ground 6 oclock, coming under now 6 oclock (tail should be pointing straight down at the ground), coming back up, tail pointing straight ahead 9 oclock, then finally getting to 12 oclock again. Whew... like I said a long time and must be patient. You have to really learn to zing the whip back and give it some boost going back in order to 1 1/2 revolutions.
Please wear a your fed or some hat on this one. THe whip comes very close to your head - protect your ears. Wear ear protection too. Ideally you do want the whip to crack behind your head and maybe even at shoulder level. I can crack the whip almost at my waist. That's pushing the envelope. I've seen Sebastian crack the coachman and have the whip take a bandana out of his back pocket. That's pretty low and back there guys. The whip should not crack in front of you. Not the least bit.
So put ona hat, get some goggles and ear protection. The goggles are to protect your eyes as you will see the whip is very very close to the head.
As I said a lot of cracks are best taught in person. Mistakes can be quickly caught and corrected if one is willing to learn.
It is difficult to learn out of a book or even a tape, but tapes do help a lot if careful study is done and the teacher explains well enough.
Ask any questions on whipcracking or whipmaking at any time.
