The Coachman's crack 2/4/17 to 2/13/17

Robby Amper · Post by **Robby Amper** » Thu 9. Feb 2017, 10:28

Matt Henderson wrote: It's all about finding the balance between speed, power, and form.

Precisely!

Robby

Ben Varsek · Post by **Ben Varsek** » Thu 9. Feb 2017, 18:47

(post #21): Thank's Matt !!!

Ron, your practice video looks awsome - your whipcracking is very effortless, relaxed and controlled !!!

Matt, thank you very much for sharing your practice video !!!
Quote:"I took slowing down a bit too far and waited too long for it to loop".
Slowing down too far is better than speeding up to much in my opinion becuase it makes it a lot more easy to feal and therfore to control the action.

Robert, thank you very much for sharing the still of the Whiplash series. It illustrates very good what the initial purpose of this technique is - cracking the whip as far away as possible from a horses head !!!

Robby, thank you very much - I'll try to slow down the action on my practice !!!

The last couple of days of my practice have shown me that I'm far away form beeing consistant on this crack. I had been switching to diffrent legths of whips during the practice session and it always took me some time to get the timing right. I also need to work on my off hand a lot more. Nevertheless it's been a lot of fun practicing this crack

!!!

Happy cracking everyone

All the best
Ben

Ron May · Post by **Ron May** » Thu 9. Feb 2017, 18:53

Thank you Ben.
It is a fun crack. A lot more fun than I thought it would be.

My longer whip ("Blue") will work with this crack but it wears me out being heavy and 8'.6" + fall and cracker bringing it to almost 11'.

I think it works well with a shorter whip but all I have is #1(6'6") but it gives a nice neighbor friendly crack with not much effort.

Keep up the good work Ben.

Ron

Ben Varsek · Post by **Ben Varsek** » Thu 9. Feb 2017, 19:30

Thank's Ron

I realy enjyed doing this crack with my 8 foot Gator whip but I was surprised how much faster I got worn out on this one compared to other techniques.

All the best
Ben

Ben Varsek · Post by **Ben Varsek** » Sat 11. Feb 2017, 18:25

I've caught the flu (it started Thusday night) - in other words: only stickparctice for me ever since my last post

The feaver went down already and I hope that I'll be able to continue practicing with a whip soon !!!

All the best
Ben

Ron May · Post by **Ron May** » Sat 11. Feb 2017, 18:43

Ben I hope you get to feeling better very soon.
Your whips miss you.

Ron

Ben Varsek · Post by **Ben Varsek** » Sun 12. Feb 2017, 18:42

Thanks Ron, I miss them too

!!!

All the best
Ben

Ron May · Post by **Ron May** » Mon 13. Feb 2017, 12:54

Yesterday my cousins were here and I used my practice time to demonstrate to my ability
using that time to, show / teach, my cousin Gloria the circus / cattleman's crack. Focusing on form rather than power and using Robby's famous clock face to illustrate the handle and arm positions she was able to make two form-proper cracks in a row.
The smile on her face was priceless.

I then did my practice for the coachman's crack and it went smoothly but still needing a lot of work.

It helps when you "teach" someone else. I learn while teaching and also honing my own skills at the same time.

That's the beauty of this whole exercise.

Ron

Robby Amper · Post by **Robby Amper** » Mon 13. Feb 2017, 13:06

To teach others is the best way to learn. I'm doing that whip stuff for some time, now, and every time I teach - every single time - I see and discover new aspects. So it's never "blind leading the blind" (like you wrote in today's roll call). It's more "everybody helps everybody".

Robby

Ron May · Post by **Ron May** » Mon 13. Feb 2017, 13:11

Exactly Robby, helping others helps yourself.

Ron

Matt Henderson · Post by **Matt Henderson** » Mon 13. Feb 2017, 20:27

Very true, Robby

. It always helps me remember things to pretend I'm teaching it to someone else.

Ron May · Post by **Ron May** » Mon 13. Feb 2017, 20:31

Today is the official last day for this crack.
I like doing it a lot. It's a whole lot more fun than I was expecting it to be.

I will look and see what's next. I believe it's the combo figure 8.
I'll let y'all know for sure tomorrow with the appropriate new topic for this section.

Ron

Ron May · Post by **Ron May** » Mon 13. Feb 2017, 23:07

I really liked this crack. Fun as all get out.
Today was a very windy day, it's a evil trickster sometimes.

Day one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGheEdEcBTk

Day Ten
https://youtu.be/SnPF_tjH5YY

Ron

Roy Partin · Post by **Roy Partin** » Tue 14. Feb 2017, 04:18

Ron, I am very impressed with your timing on this crack. That relaxed patience is the key to letting the loop form and executing the follow through. Well done sir!

Ron May · Post by **Ron May** » Tue 14. Feb 2017, 04:19

Thank you Roy.
It's the patience I sometimes lack, but it does pay off.

Ron

Matt Henderson · Post by **Matt Henderson** » Wed 15. Feb 2017, 20:40

Very well done Ron, you've nailed it

. I should record another video soon, just to chart progress.

Robby Amper · Post by **Robby Amper** » Wed 15. Feb 2017, 22:00

I did a little demo video for you as my contribution on the 10/10 challenge on the coachman's crack. No text, just the crack in three different angles. This whip is a heavy six footer, so it takes a bit more "swing power" to bring it up. I hope it'll can help you by illustrating the crack a bit.

https://youtu.be/Um7hWRI76kU

Robby

Matt Henderson · Post by **Matt Henderson** » Wed 15. Feb 2017, 22:02

It all becomes clear... thank you Robby, that's very helpful indeed.

Ron May · Post by **Ron May** » Wed 15. Feb 2017, 22:18

Thank you Robby, that's a great example of multiple possible angles it can be used.

Ron

Russell Jones · Post by **Russell Jones** » Wed 15. Feb 2017, 23:22

Nice clip, thanks for sharing that Robby.

I've tried this crack a few times but haven't found the correct timing of the loop form and extension yet.

Soldier on...