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I was just wondering how many of us gearheads can perform multiple cracks? When I say "know," I mean cracks you can bust every single time you attempt it, or at least 95% of the time. I don't mean "65% of the time, it works every time."
Here's my list of cracks:
Sidearm
Overhead (Right and left handed)
Circus (Right and left handed) Otherwise known as a forward crack, or whoosh bang.
Hungarian Pig Drover's
Coachman's
Windshield Wiper
I can do:
Basic throws in the 8 planes (downward and upward vertical, downward and upward oblique in forehand and backhand planes, forehand and backhand sidearms)
Circus crack
Coachman's crack
Overhead and reverse overhead cracks
Fast and slow figure 8s
Windshield wiper
Hungarian pig drover's
Tasmanian cutback
Continuing the line
Working on:
Snake killer
The "Reverse Borton" - a trick Dan Borton created
whoosh bang is not the same crack as a circus crack.
I can do this basic cracks both hands (coachmen's, cattlemen's, figure 8'th(slow and fast), victorian cutback, sydney flash, whoosh bang, volley, snake killer, tasmanian cutback, flicks, both crossovers),
four corners only right handed, but I can connect it with volley or anything else in left hand.
I know some of the routines on two hands(changing 8'ts, mad coachman, ben's helicopter, helicopter, nad couple other cracks that I don't remember the name).
Cattleman’s crack
Overhead crack
The Flick (sidearm, underneath)
Slow figure 8
Fast figure 8
The Volley
The Snake Killer
Cairo crack
Singleton Special
Tasmanian cutback
Continuing the line
The Arrow Head
Rotational crack pattern
Australian Cross
Coachman’s crack
X Crack (Robert Amper)
BTW: A very big thanks to Adam Winrich, Anthony Delongis and Robert Amper for demonstrating these cracks and capturing them on film for us all to work on!
This thread's reminding me how much I dislike text based communication and typical whip terminology* - I probably know a few of the cracks listed already, but I have no idea what they're called.
Aside from the combos, are any of them really that different from a cattlemans crack (in that it makes a loop) or a throw crack (in that it makes a hairpin U shape)?
* not just whip terminology, the same goes for anything that doesn't have a set of descriptive names, which tends to be most things
The Austrailian Cross refers to the defensive move(s) by Indy in the deleted swordsman fight from Raiders. I picked it up while reading this thread a while ago.
What I can NOT do though are volleys. Those things always kick my butt! The only volley I can do is the Sergei volley, but not the regular one. I've tried it a bunch of times and just can't get it. Same with the snake killer. Ah well. I'll leave those ones to the pros!
I also invented (or I think I did) the "Driver" which is basically a golf styled crack and the "Home run" which is obviously baseball styled.
I hear you.... I got more stripes than a tiger learning the hard way the first week I tried it.. What I was doing wrong turned out to be that I needed to hold my arm at a 45 degree angle (previously, I was laying it flat and turning my wrist upwards...) Once I did that and slowly taught my arm the positions as the whip moved, it began to work. Give it a try, believe me, if I can do it, anyone can......
jedidentist wrote:I think you have to preface some of these cracks with the type of whip you're using. It's tougher for those of us slingin' 10 footers!
