The Victorian Cutback (Page 1 of 3)

Russell, I can't quite see what you're actually doing (the fence, the poor light, and the energetic performance by the dog!) but I can see that the thong of the whip seems to wobble a lot in flight. You must be telling it to do that. If you can work out how you're sending that instruction, you'll be able to stop sending it - which may help!

Here we go. When the whip comes up under your arm and you should start to bring the whole thing upwards, you lower your ellbow    That way you take away all the energy it needs to have a crack. The good thing: You are on the right way. You just have to realize that you go up in the air. Watch my video - there you will see that I bring my arm up. I kinda extend it up. Sorry for the strange explanation, but when it comes to these words, my vocabulary is very limited. But I hope you know what I mean. Not only Russel, by the way...!

Robby

It can be an embarrassing notion, when the simplest things can evade one's observations hehe
I do tend to over-complicate.

Thank you Grant, I appreciate your input.  It's been a while, I hope that you are well

That does make more sense.
Thanks for the correction Robby.

Ron

Thanks Robby,
I have been using this video already as a very good guide.  It has helped me immensley.  Thanks for re-posting the link though
I thought maybe your advice was to put some vertical elevation while performing the wrist roll.

Strange thing was yesterday evening after reading this I started practicing and nailed it about 4 or 5 times in a row, I thought I was on the right track.
After practicing some other cracks I attempted it again multiple times and couldn't get it right.

Ah well it's all part of learning and I will be trying again

Thanks again.

I did a little practice session tonight, trying to chip away at the Coachman's Crack and the Victorian Cutback.
I like how you can combine an underhand crack then with a flick of the wrist bring the whip back over for another crack.
Still much practice to do, but a new world of combinations is opening up.

https://youtu.be/7SF3Yi3_Nx4

Robert, he drives me nuts.... he's probably channeling what my neighbors are feeling

I have taken both cracks down to their slowest possible speeds and also at the other end of the spectrum, trying to zero in on the "goldilocks zone" so to speak.

I'll try and slow things down a bit more

Cheers

Robert, you are endangering my penchant for getting things done the hard way with your common sense

Keyzer goes nuts inside when he hears me cracking the whip, and my wife gets angry and lets him out lol

I think next time I should go for a drive somewhere I think