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>>I am staring and staring but I am not good at deciding if he is properly jumping off his rear or improperly pulling off his front.
It can be hard to tell sometimes, dogs are great at figuring out how to get it all done! I look for a few things when watching the grids, looking more for balance. If the dog is balanced, he is using his hind end. If he gets off balanced, he is shifting his weight back and forth, front to hind to front. Here are some of the things I look at:
– ease of motion: is it smooth like silk? Or more of a bucking bronco? Or somewhere in between
– takeoff and landing points: on these grids, the dogs should be taking off and landing in approximately the same spots on each interval between the jumps. If the takeoff/landing spot is changing, he is likely off balance.
– what does it sound like? When the dog is balanced and jumping ‘from the rear’ you are likely hear it: very rhythmic (even rhythms) and you can hear a powerful hit of the hind end (baBAM baBAM baBAM). If the dog is struggling, the rhythm changes, usually gets faster and loses the even tempo (baBAM baBAMbaBAMbababa) and also the accent of the hit will change: baBAM turns into BAbam as the dog shifts weight to the front to try to catch his balance)
– top line, shoulder position, head position, hind end position: I look for fluidity and all body parts stay below the top line: head low and straight, shoulders looking like a dolphin in the waves, and hind end stays controlled and never goes above the shoulders. Spine is rounded and not inverted (when the head comes up, we will see the inverted spine and often also see the hind end coming higher than the shoulders – that is all a sign of getting off balance and losing the hind end as the driver)So that being said: I think he is doing well on the 12″ bars! Those reps check all the boxes above for the good things to look for.
On the 16″ bars – he is doing well for jump 1-2-3 but then he loses form from 3-4-5.
A great example is the slow motion: the landing of :46 is pretty different in terms of his mechanics in landing at :43. And on the fast motion reps, you can hear it too (and some toenails on bars, I think). On the last rep, you can see it at 1:02, landing from jump 3 (the non-technical phrase is that he is a little “ass over teakettle” there).
So a couple of options for the next visit, with the goal being good form all the way through:
warm up on 12.
Do 3 jumps only on 14″ bars, so he practices good form.
You can also give him a little more room as the bars get higher – have the wings end-to-end rather than over-lapping.I think it is going well and giving us a great opportunity to pinpoint the tiny details that will help on the bigger courses!
Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>> I didn’t think I had an independent enough backside yet with Lanna. It is also one of my weakest skills even with the stable pony :). I started agility in era of the front cross and blinds have been a much more recent skill for me.>>
The backside blind is going to be a part of the skills sets coming on Monday (tomorrow) – stay tuned! They are weird at first but SO helpful when they are comfortable.
On the 2 videos:
both of your GO reps looked great – (1st rep and last rep). The cues were timely and high energy and the ball throw was great!
The first right cue (1st video) was a little late, she was very close to the tunnel – but she was turning her head when she exited (even though her body was not quite following LOL!)
The 2nd right rep (2nd video) was much better in terms of timing the physical cue, at :08 you were already turned and doing the verbal when she was a solid 6 feet away, so her turn was really good! I think you said left there though? Hard to tell but it sounded different than the right verbal LOL!! But good to see that the early physical cue is very strong AND that she has the commitment to still go in the tunnel. Yay! Nice job!
TracyHi! The Course Syllabus section has all the assignments, and if you click on the Challenges Package 2 section you will see the current ones. There are demo videos in the Overview and in the Skills Set documents 🙂
Let me know if you find them!
TracyI do use my out, I love my “get out” cue, it has been a lifesaver on those massive UKI courses for me 🙂 Maybe it is a different one you’re thinking of?
Hi!
>>Depending on how many times I say it governs the tightness
That puts an awful lot of pressure on you to be utterly perfect in handling, which is nearly impossible given her speed (none of us is perfect!) – maybe a good summer project is adding something to differentiate the loose/soft turns versus super tight turns?
>>Too afraid to change sides at the tunnel exit!
Relatable. LOL! Fear is sometimes a factor in decision-making 🙂
>>Letting her know 6 feet before she enters the tunnel helps, but sometimes there isn’t much time or room!
SO true!! There is always enough room… but never enough time LOL! She moves FAST!
On the video:
1st rep – the twist cue (verbal and physical) did seem to relate to jump 2 so she came in to you. The 2nd rep was much better and she got the line! 5-6-7-8: LOVELY! connected and smooth. Remember to use your verbals while also being that connected and smooth in the handling.
Question: on the 3rd rep – you handled the line a little differently (no blind) because you would be coming in from a different spot, which is great but the verbals were entirely different from the 2nd rep – even though Tokaji’s line was the same. What does twist mean versus sha sha? Just trying to sort it all out so you can streamline what you are using so it is easier for both of you.The full rep starting at :30 looked great!!!
The second course looked relly good – you set a straighter line on the 2-3 line and she didn’t have any drift from 2-3. The blind 3-4 was GREAT! And it looks like it set you up really nicely for hte next line – but the video there is blurry so I can’t see details – I will just assume it was perfect 🙂
Week 2 sequences:
1st rep – as she appraoched the tunnel, you said kemne – is that turn towards you? YOu said turn away above but this is a turn towards. Either way – say it a couple of times so she processes it more and is really looking for you on the exit of the tunnel to pick up the line to 3. She went long on the exit – she did come back to get the 3 jump but we can tighten that line with more verbals 🙂
She was a little tighter on the 2nd rep tunnel exit, but I think it was because you were standing still more – you can send to the tunnel and move way up the line towards 4 – just keep calling her. Standing still will allow her to smoke you up the next line, we don’t want her to catch up 🙂Seq 2: I thought this was going to be seq 1 again because of your line after 3… you were a tiny bit too far over for the backside push so she landed on the front side line then went back out. Based on how you set this (which is set correctly :)) the backside push line perfect path wold be no further over than where the wing of 3 meets the bar – you ended up a bit center of the bar there so she jumped the center of the bar when ideally she would jump the edge of the bar heading towards the 4 backside. It is a sublte detail but she is ready for that 🙂
The backside spin was terrific!second rep – I think your line 3-4 was much nicer here, it looks like you stuck closer to the perfect path! Her line was nicer too. A bit of strategy to think about, because you are standing still there:
if you don’t want to get too far ahead because of whatever handling needs to be done coming back down the line after 4, you can go in maybe 2 steps deeper to the tunnel then run out of it, so you never stop moving. Or, since this has a relatively simple exit line 4-5-6, you can keep moving up the line towards 4, rather than standing still. Standing still will get you into trouble because it stops all of your momentum – she is relentless in her drive around the course (which is amazing :)) so you have to keep moving otherwise you will get stuck somewhere.Seq 3 – I like this running line 2-3! You can play with starting the blind as soon as you see her getting ready to take jump 1 – you started it when she landed at 1:47 which is actualy late for her – she does better when she sees it while she is taking off or in the air of the previous jump – and that way the blind will be fully finished before she takes off for 2.
Great job getting to the 5 wrap jump nice and early! As you stepped out of it at 1:51, watch your right leg- you stepped back off the perfect line so she ended up being a little wide 5-6. Try to step very directly forward to 6, staying super close to the wing of 5 for a couple of steps til she gets around it – then slide away to the next line. That should also get you away to the blind cross 7-8 even sooner because you won’t have to step her back to the tunnel at all, you can just run to the next spot.
The head turn on the blind cross at the end was a little late: this is a spot where you can trust your motion and verbals and run run run… without a lot of connection 🙂 You because your running path makes the line pretty obvious and you can support with verbals, you can start your blind cross head turn basically as soon as she enters the tunnel. Your running line, however, was spot on perfect so she had a great ending line!!Nice work on these! So much smoothness, we can focus on the little details. Let me know what you think 🙂 Stay cool!
Tracy
Hi there! Nice work on these!
On the opening line: Forced front – I like the line it sets up for 2-3-4! You can make it easier by not facing her as soon (that is why is was so hard on the first one – too soon so showed the front side of 3)
If you run forward to the backside with her on your right side, you can actually execute a cue combo there – forced front to another front on the exit to 4, while you face forward the whole time – so she would come to 3 on your right and you would throw her back to 3 with your right… and pick her up on your right to 4. I am trying to find a video but I don’t seem to have one – if not, I will make a video of it if it doesn’t make sense 🙂 It would actually make the line tight and the timing easy 🙂 Getting her on your right to exit 3 will make the line to 4 faster and tighter too – the threadle/RC works but it is a little wider & slower because you have to pull her in then set the turn back out.On that 2nd rep, you asked if it her turn was wide out of the tunnel – it was a pretty good turn! But you can try to tightn it with a different lead out: lead out with her on your right then when she is passing you but before she goes in, let her see you rotate away to run to the backside: that will cue a tighter line on the exit.
On the exit of the tunnel #6 (maybe this is where you were thinking it was a wide turn?) you can give her the ‘right here’ while she is 6 feet from the tunnel and let her see you turn your feet – she was indeed wide here but the cue was a little larte and then she had to find you.
On the 3rd rep, heading to 3, you totally showed her an earlier rotation on tunnel #2 and she turned beautifully to 3! You ran forward for longer, but I still think you are rotating towards her too soon on the forced front – you can wait until she is almost at the wing and then rotate (or throw her back behind you with the right arm to then pick her up on your right again). When you turn too early, you are running backwards which creates a little bit of a zig zag line for her.
You went in closer to the end of the tunnel #6 and it did help set the line better!!4th rep – I think on this one you wrapped her to the right on 4? It looked like that was the shoulder cue but I couldnt tell from her exit line – this wrap on 4 allows for a good balance to wrap her the other direction – it helps to make sure she is reading the cues of your shoulder turn and not switching herself back out until she gets permission. It was VERY clear on the ast rep at 1:03, but it looks like she was a little wide (based on her line) – so you can decelerate and rotate sooner for the FC to help her collect more before takeoff.
Yes – going more towards the exit at 1:09 totally set the last line better!!! I think you can also play with calling sooner and rotating to the last jump sooner (as she arrives at that 6 foot info line) and then holding your position til she exits to be able to set the line.
I found a forced front video that talks about timing in the middle of it 🙂 If you are interested in watching:
Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! I just started a separate thread about verbals so we can exchange ideas. I chose my verbals currently because some of them force the tone/volume – for example, I cannot yell my wrap verbals LOL! Wrap verbals should not be shouted (too much energy for my dogs, who all end up having a lot of energy) so I use noises that can only be done quietly.
I used to struggle with left and right, but then Voodoo got really mad at me so I improved my skills there and now it is pretty easy 🙂
The sequences begin to use the verbals on a slightly curved tunnel, and then in coming weeks we will curve the tunnels more. I am glad she loves her tunnels, we do want her to have some fun 🙂 Ha! And we can do some proofing games for when to take the tunnel and when to not take the tunnel LOL!! I have done a decent amount of those in a couple of other classes and it has been fun and educational 🙂
Tracy
Good morning! Sorry I didn’t get the post about ‘will he do it’ til after he did it LOL! Yay!
1st run – I really loved what he did over 4 and the line to 5!!! It did set up a RC on 5 to the teeter, but you can chill and decel to tighten that (chill is the technical term). You powered up the line with a bit too much acceleration. And decel for the turn then massive acceleration for the teeter seemed to help drive him across the board more.
This is one of those spots where handling with a spin to the RC is valid because you won’t get behind with the teeter and weaves. If it was a straight tunnel or two, I’d be less inclined to like the spin to the RC.
You can try the FC there too to see if you can get the same line.Your position 8-9 did set a tighter line. I am going to set up skills sets for tighter FCs like this so we can convince the dogs to collect more and and turn better while you accelerate. It was a good turn but I think we can get it better – stay tuned, I will start filming them today and tomorrow. I think it will help your FC at 4 – 5 as well.
And being more lateral on the big line did get you up the line sooner and you were able to start the wrap cues sooner – much improved! And you ended up in a good spot to cue the ending jumps too!
Good job experimenting with the big layer line:
2nd rep – not a complete disconnect at 8, only a partial 🙂 He thought it was a spin for a moment. But then you got quiet, pulled away (maybe that is what you meant by complete disconnect), and then when he looked at you – you yelled tunnel at :32.
Next rep had the verbals and he read it! Yay! You were not really hustling so didn’t quite get there, mainly testing the waters to see if he would get on the line.But last rep… YAY!!!! High energy verbals and more running from you and you got there in plenty of time to get a really nice turn!
>>The coolest part is watching him add a stride on the last rep.
YES!!! The turn info was so clear that he set up a beautiful collection even after an 80 foot sprint!
Now you are going to laugh: try it with *less* connection 🙂 So after the weaves, get the FC at 8, connect and send to 9, connect and cue the GO to 10 as you begin to leave for 13… when you see him getting 10 – keep yelling the GO TUNNEL cues but also completely disconnect and run like mad to 13, reconnecting to the exit of the 12 tunnel so you can time the turn. (OK, maybe don’t completely disconnect, maybe “mostly” disconnect so you can still see a glimpse of him if he comes off the line towards you). The verbal and motion should override the disconnection: and the disconnection allows you to get to where you need to be faster 🙂 There is a time and a place for NOT connecting (more about that this summer) and this is one of those opportunities!
Thank you for trying the crazy thing!!!! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi there! I think she is a good age to start tight turns but we don’t need to do much of them at all (i really don’t love to do a ton of tight turns anyway, I have definitely moved over into the neurotic end of things where I count how many jumps and tight turns the dogs are doing, thank you to Ken Bain for that LOL!!!) You can also work the skill on a very short tunnel – less speed so there is less impact.
On the video –
The Go cues at the beginning look great! Really strong physical and verbal. She appeared to be enjoying herself immensely LOL!!!!Question about your soft turn versus wrap verbals: does 1 “right” or “left” mean soft turn and several “right right right” “left left left” mean wrap? It might be causing processing delays (which translate to wider turns) to have the cues start with the same word – before she responds, she has to wait for the additional words (or silence) as well as see the full physical cue. If you are going to use the same word, you can change how it is delivered: leeeehft (really extended on the vowel) for the soft turn versus lftlftlft (really clipped and quick, emphasis on the consonant) for the wrap. But wait, at :50 and :55, you did one left and rewarded a wrap. She did have a little trouble with the wraps there but it was probably just a combination of lack of experience with that type of exit and the words sounding very similar. With my almost 2-year-old, I have gone to 4 distinct directionals that cue left, right, wrap to the left, wrap to the right. Both puppies are learning them and for sanity’s sake, I have slapped them on for Voodoo who appears to appreciate any attempt I make towards increasing clarity and earlier info. So I think with Zing now is a good time to begin full-on obsessing on the verbals (although I am sure “begin” is not the right word, perhaps “continue” is a better word)
Full disclosure: I do run around my field without the dog to test drive how the verbals sound while I am choosing them and deciding how to deliver them in conjunction with motion. And somehow I feel you do similar things LOL!!!
Physical cues were strong and I think they were early enough! On the soft turns, you don’t need to push in towards the tunnel then leave: as she is coming round the wing, cue the tunnel then just leave and give the verbal while you leave. The pushing in is what pushed her around at :22 (and some dogs pick it up as a rear cross cue, and sometimes it shows a bit too much last minute acceleration towards the tunnel, delaying the turn cue like at :28) Plus that moment of pushing-in before leaving will delay you from wherever you need to be next, and she will catch up LOL!
The RC at :55 looked great! The right RC at 1:02 was a little late because you were a little too far ahead – but she was able to see you stepping in behind her and read the turn. good girl! You can also practice starting with her right at the wing, so you can set the RCs from a diagonal line as you both move forward (these were more of the RC-on-the-flat style with you ahead).
Great job here! Let me know what you think about the verbals…
Tracy
Hi there!
Glad you are back playing! And it looks like you were being careful that we won’t break you again!!!
>> He went out there and started offering a tunnel a few times before I could get him to aim at the wing which was pointed toward the fence instead – I didn’t include that on the video. It made me think, I’ve not asked him to do any funny starts much so far. You know – aiming away from a course, etc.
Good point, it is something we do need to start showing the youngsters – I have added it to my skills set list. Even my 7 year old dog wanted to skip the wing and just go to the tunnel haha!!
>>Anyway, at first I had bars on the ground at the 90 degree turns, but decided I really shouldn’t ask him to do more than a soft turn vs wrap and adding some place specific to go on to (a jump on the ground) is a little above our pay grade. We’ll continue to work on these.>>
Perfect! A destination focal point is fine and you can toss the reward that general direction to get started. Since you are not running at the moment, you can shorten the tunnel way up (6 feet?) and then add in the wings or jumps after it – that way you can cue them without having to run.
On the video:
The Go cues – looked great! Even without running, you had the verbal turned on and showed acceleration/forward motion long before he entered. Great toy throws!Right & Left turns – your verbals are very timely. You can move away sooner by stepping away laterally or turning your shoulder like a post turn – it looks like you were moving forward here rather than letting him see you leaving (but do not break yourself, move away early but not explosively pretty please :)) The other thing I notice is that he is reading deceleration (like in your left rep) really nicely! Such a strong skill to have him be able to read decel – it allows you to not have to slam on the brakes as much and also you won’t have to be as perfect in timing as you would if he didn’t read deceleration. Yay Spot!
Wraps – once again, great verbals. You are nailing the verbals!! I think because you aren’t sprinting at the moment, you don’t always know what to say as you are moving forward so you sometimes revert to ‘ready ready’ LOL!! Don’t say ready on these 🙂 You can start closer to the wing so you move forward longer – then turn on the wrap verbal like you did and just decelerate (facing forward as needed). Wraps usually have a ton of rotation but I think having you rotate is a really bad idea right now… so it is a great opportunity to really work the decel! On wraps – lots of decel. On softer left & right turns: a little decel. On Go – no decel. That is going to make your life SO much easier when you are back to full running!
Lovely work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi Jill, this was so fun to watch!
I think the first rep was all about you thinking “OMG I HAVE TO RUN SO FAST” hahahahaha Correct – you have to hustle with that little speedster!!!! Try to call him right before he enters the tunnel, so he exits and finds jump 3 – and a bit more connection will help, but I think a name call is all he needs.2nd rep – you had more hustle 🙂 You also called him and started the blind bright and early – NICE! After the blind, you can call the left as soon as you see him land from 3 and you can turn a bit sooner too. It looked like you ran a perfect line from 3-4 for the blind, he was perfect on that line!
2nd sequence – holy cow, baby dog is growing up! He is finding his lines AND keeps getting faster. I am so excited for you!!!!! Your connection was great.
Right at the beginning of this, it sounds like you cued the jump (#1) and then said “go tunnel Watson” – perfect! Basically you said to him: “get in the tunnel then turn.” That allowed you to get way up the line and you got your wraps verbals in too!
Your wrap cues (physical and verbal) were maybe one step later than what he needs right now – he was moving so fast and with so much “wheeeeeee!!!!” that he wasn’t expecting the wrap cues and didn’t collect, even though you turned on the verbal and physical cues as he landed. It was really a baby dog moment of “wheeeeee!!!!! oh wait we are turning, be right there!” LOL! So for now, start those cues even earlier, start to decel as he is jumping #3 so when he landshe is already seeing and hearing it. Now, if he pulls off of 4 because you are too early… fine! Reward! When he starts to pay close attention like that, we can moe back to the original timing you had here. So in a nutshell – you had good timing but we have to tweak it for a young sportscar LOL!Great job on your running line and connection back 5 and 6: you were able to get him back on the line. If you had a bad line or bad connection, he would not have found it.
Well done!!!!!
TracyHi! These were generally fine to see, I could see/hear all of your cues perfectly! And you can edit the videos a little less… the cuts between reps showed the tunnel entry cues but not always the exits – cliffhanger! LOL!
On the video:
All the Go reps looked great – high energy and a physical cue to match.Left & right – I couldn’t see what she was doing on the exit but it certainly looked like she was turning left! And same on the right. You are using the same word (kimya but I am sure that is not how it is spelled LOL!!) so does that word mean turn-towards-me for a soft turn?
Rear crosses – you did the RC miles early and she read them perfectly 🙂 Yay! Another approach to the RC is to move the wing further back so you can start with her at the wing and then run forward into it, so you are moving through the RC closer to her and not coming in from as lateral of a position – both are useful RCs.
The verbal here – does that mean turn away? You have all sorts of great verbals going so I am just making sure I keep up 🙂Wrap exits – I am assuming by your reaction that they were good LOL! I think some of the verbals were backwards (left=right one of the reps) but also, yu can change the energy and quiet them – which will get a little more decel from you which will tighten the turn. The other thing to add is turning and running the other way so she chases back to you for the reward: this will tighten the turns even more because the wrap cue will also mean: chase da momma!
When you added the RC, though – she was a little wider – I think partially because your were saying left when it was a right? Not sure if I was hearing it right? But also the RC had a lot of acceleration – so on a RC to a wrap, decelerate and then run the other way like on a regular wrap so she can chase you for the reward.
Great job here!!! Her commitment looked perfect and the exits look great – the independence will be so useful!
Tracy
Good morning!
This was really fun to watch and also gives us good reminders – she is big enough that she has to duck to get into the tunnel so we actually have to show her the info early enough that she sees it before she has to duck! Good to remember that the big dogs are certainly not the same as the littles.
Your GO reps looked fabulous. Great toy placement too. And great verbals. Spot on, click/treat!At :32 you did a rep which looked like a ‘left’ based on your turn and reward throw – The physical cue was on time and she read it. Yay! Remember to use a left cue or a name call – you might have done it, but it was quiet 🙂 On the next rep, your left cue was very clear and on time – one thing to consider is making it a lower-energy cue in terms of volume and intensity: if it is a little quieter and a little longer than GO, then it will help with the turns.
You can also start to move away sooner, I think her tunnel commitment can handle that!
I mentiomed moving away sooner because I think you were trying to move away faster on the next 2 reps LOL! And faster is always harder – and sooner doesn’t have to be fast, if that makes sense 🙂 Also, you can delay the toy throw on th left and right turns until after she has exited and turned – that way you don’t have to whip your shoulders around as quickly.At 1:28 you did a BC after the wing and then a left cue on the tunnel – she read the decel nicely! You can be sooner on the left verbal (she was already in) but she did see the physical cue. You were a lot earlier on the last rep and she read it well!
Don’t forget to add in the rear crosses on the tunnel entry too. Because of her size, you can do a couple of wraps but you won’t need to do many wraps on the exits… they are really hard on the big dogs’ bodies plus I think she will read them brilliantly (based on how nice her left/right turns were here) so you can show them once or twice but no need to obsess 🙂
Great job here!! And extra thanks to your videographer for braving those nasty skeeters!!!!
Tracy
Good morning!
This sequence gives us LOTS to play with 🙂Breaking it down into sections, rather than reps:
On the 1-2 line (where he has to bypass the end of the tunnel he can see to find 2) – standing still on the lead out worked and he got it right… but it was not as fast as he can go 🙂 So try leading out less, maybe 3 steps past the 1st jump – release and run run run 🙂 Now of course that is risky, because he might cut behind you to the wrong end of the tunnel. The trick to to be SUPER connected to his eyes and resist all temptation to point towards the tunnel until he is past you. That should get speed and the correct tunnel entry.
This will be especially useful in getting upstream to the wrap at 3: we can tweak your wrap mechanics to get a tighter turn and get you outta there faster. On the wrap reps (1, 3, and 4) you were facing forward on the send to the backside as he was passing you and giving him more help than he needed to commit by swooshing your upper body towards the bar: that caused him to jump a little bit on a slice (not as tight as he can do it) and also delayed your exit so you were on his line when he needed it as he came round the wing. (Good news – you ran a great line! Not as good news – we need to get you off of it sooner LOL!!!)
So the trick to the backside wrap is to get to where the wing meets the bar and as he is catching up to you, you are also rotating a bit sideways so your hip (in this case, left hip) is lined up to where the wing meets the bar. You cue the backside and as soon as his tail is past you, you leave for the next position. That will tighten the turn because the rotation cues better collection and will also allow you to get up the line sooner.Ti give you a visual of what I mean, look at the brake video. Ivan does not need the additional turn cue (he already turns beautifully) you can see my sideways position on the wing:
I will also grab some more video of what I mean this weekend to post 🙂
On rep 2 you did a forced front cross (:32) – I do think the slice line has potential to be faster than the wrap, so there are 2 ways to try this slice line: like you did here, but as a forced blind cross (the forced front cross causes too much rotation towards him and slows him down).
The other slice line option here is to enter the backside jump from the same line you brought him to it for the wrap – but then have him slice instead of wrap. I suggest a forced blind to a FC there. Another option is to send to the backside and stay on the landing side and do a serpentine. Both of those options will allow you to send him to 5 on your right side.And that brings us to the 4-5-6 line… I love the blind cross 5-6! Aggressive handling, risky… it lights his fire and he goes FAST 🙂 So the question is how to get there on time LOL! Coming from the wrap, the big send to 4 that you did on reps 3 and 4 (especially rep 4) really helps – and on both of those, you can start turning your head sooner for the BC – you can start turning it before you get past the wing of 5, because your motion will support taking 5. (You had a REALLY nice running line on your blind!)
The other option is to do the backside slice (entering the same side as the wrap), sending to 4 on your right side… then doing a FC to put him on your left (he turns left on 4) and then you serpentine the landing side of 5 to get to 6.
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End Course Designer2 other things worth mentioning:
the 10″ bar seemed perfectly fine to him, so leave it there for sure. And for this sequence, I think the #4 bar can also go to 10″.and your running lines were great! Good choices!
Great job! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
