How
many kickflips can you do in a row? Would you want to know? I’ll try explain the
next best thing of how you can figure that out. You just need a pen and paper
or Microsoft office in your phone ; I used to use Polaris office in my smart phone.
In
game of S.K.A.T.E, the word skate has 5 letters right? What if you played the
same game with a single trick for instance, backside 180. Depending on how much
you’ve practiced the trick your results will differ between you and your
opponent(s). That consistency can also change as time passes by. These factors
are what my skate project are addressing.
I
made a YouTube playlist that explains how I observe your trick consistency in
detail. Instead, of going through that again. I’ll spend this time explaining
why this is important.
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| The skate project Photo is from the channel Sliceace |
Firstly,
you’ll be able to answer the question I have begun asking. How many kickflips
can you do in a row? Since you’ll be recording your consistency of each trick
you do.
Secondly,
you’ll be able to determine how the consistency changes as time passes by. I
recommend that you randomize the data to make more worthwhile (less biased
since you’ll most likely do tricks you prefer) like I’ve done here with python
programming language. In addition, you could try this over obstacles on rails
and wherever you want to get good at.
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| Randomising your trick data. The number corresponds to a particular trick. 3 was a backside 180. This was done in ipython |
Thirdly,
I could have started with this but, here goes. It forces you to be aware of
what you’re doing. Then your session will be more enjoyable because you are
actually seeing if your improving or not. I have used this myself and it has
really helped me. I’m able to see my mistakes as I practice and improve. Did
you know that “studies have shown that the number of years one has been doing
something weakly correlates to level of performance.” I read this from the book Moonwalking with
Einstein by Joshua Foer; you should to read it too. So I think, the moral is
you should learn from your mistakes and move forward.
In
the end, just do what works for you. My skate project, or whatever you do to
get better. Also, I’d like to put this forward do you think that doing the same
trick for long hours the same way without rest is an effective way of learning?
There must be a better way to train. Not alluding to my project by the way.
Furthermore,
if you see me or anyone else doing this study don’t mock them but encourage
them. Anyways, thanks for reading and if you wanna start this project do it. If
you have problems contact me or visit my YouTube channel.
I’m
looking forward to work with you in your projects and improving at skateboarding. Link to project The skate project
Written
by Shuyin Ben
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