Rubber Pencil HELp

pole-twista started this discussion · 6/7/2010

hey everyone, 🙂 been trying to get the rubber pencil forever and between this, jacknife, pencil mount, ect starting to thing why after 2 years am i STILL not able to do these? 😳 people who have been doing it 2 months get these.. 😮 jeeps.. well any tips or advice would be great. i can easily do bow&arrow ( with both hands in baseball grip right under butt) so i have the strength, but can't seem to get the balance ect to figure out how to release my foot w/o just falling off pole? 🤔

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Veena · 6/7/2010
Are you positioned properly on the back of the shoulder? If your taking the lessons here is the vid for you with the points of contact....http://ver3.studioveena.com/lessons/view/2529 You want to be very close to the spine (not on it) You don't want to be too high up on your neck or to low on your back...it will differ slightly from person to person so play around with it. In addition to the obvious hand/upper body strength..be sure your really engaging your abs!!! Start with the regular pencil (don't arch your back) Stay close to the pole. Once you have control over the pencil then you can work on the Broken/Rubber Variation. This one requires hip flexor and shoulder flexibility and the ability to arch your back.
pole-twista · 6/8/2010
thanks Veena. 🌸 yes i have it to the side of my spine and am putting my head as low as possible while pressing my back against the pole. i know i have the strength, but even when try to do pencil from bow & arrow, i just feel like i am going to fall to 1 side. 😮 i guess will just have to keep trying. frustrating as can be, 😢 but am sure it will eventually click. 💡