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

At the request of the members, the 10/10 challenge has its own section now. Every 10 days a new thread will be opened for that particular exercise.
Fritz Ehlers

 

Post by Fritz Ehlers »

Thanks Robby,
This was one of the crack Robby corrected me on when I visited him in Munich. Good lessons stick...
Tristan Foy

 

Post by Tristan Foy »

I'm glad you suggested that, Fritz, because I was confused as to where to start would be the best for this crack. I've been experimenting with both, but I'll keep this in mind as I start with the whip behind me. :-)
Russell Jones

 

Post by Russell Jones »

I found Robby's clip very useful.
It could be because of the way I am attempting it, but what I found frustrating was the fact that I am using quite a long whip and the momentum when forming the loop was somewhat lost when trying to form the loop.

In the interests of further research I am posting this clip from Adam Winrich demonstrating a Coachman's Crack with an 8 foot whip.

I found some information in this clip very useful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM_R0xI ... i&index=11
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Post by Russell Jones »

Here is my take on the Coachman's Crack

https://youtu.be/IgOsHED4AMw
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Post by Ron May »

Russel. :)

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Post by Russell Jones »

Thanks Ron :) I hope it wasn't too ridiculous for this thread.

Just in case I put it in the Clips & Videos thread also.
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Post by Russell Jones »

Hi folks, I thought I would revisit a few techniques in the hope I have improved and keep improving. I did some work on the Coachman's today.
https://youtu.be/KdNZ_mTrSwA
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Post by Robert Gage »

Well done, Russell - especially using such a long whip. (Is it 8-foot or 10-foot?) I can see that doing this crack with a longer whip has one big advantage: the crack happens farther away from the cracker's ear!
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Post by Russell Jones »

Thank you Robert, it's an 8 footer.
It is nice to have some distance from the sonic boom!
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Post by Ron May »

Russel, you nailed it.
This is looking really good.
Good job.

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Post by Russell Jones »

Thanks Ron!
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Post by Ben Varsek »

Very good job Russell, your revisited coachmans crack looks as good as you would have never stopped practicing it ever since we've covered it in the 10/10 challenge!

All the best
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Post by Russell Jones »

Thank you Ben :)
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Post by Flemming Bo Christiansen »

Last night we watched WB beginners guide vol 1. As Robby says in the beginning "don't build a Castle on sand, but be sure the foundation is stable" and "go back and refine your cracks every now and then. Today I exercised with the coachmans crack.

Please leave a feedback - I need it and I appreciate it :)

https://youtu.be/XoC2VZTCOvo
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Post by Mark Elliott »

Good job, Flemming. That one gives me a lot of trouble, especially with the left land.
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Post by Ron May »

Here's some other good tutorials for this crack.
Like Robby's they cover the same basics of this crack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1P_6NIuHYs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAX9BtgVbA

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Post by Flemming Bo Christiansen »

Thanks Ron
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Post by Flemming Bo Christiansen »

Well - it looks like the whip April and the other lady uses have very little transition - but I will try to let the whip form the loop
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Post by Ron May »

I think that's key.
You might have to help the whip form the loop by "pumping" your arm a little.

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Post by Robert Gage »

Flemming, like Mark, I find this one quite tricky. Sometimes, it seems fairly easy- and at other times, it seems almost impossible. I should perhaps pay more attention to which whip I'm using for this crack....
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