The Overshooting Experiment

Struggling to commit in the middle of the room? Run the following experiment...

The goal of the Experiment series is to find the drills that hit the spot by:

• Being more overshot than usual. You tend to bail early. Putting your body in a more overshot position will gradually build the trust that your balancing zone is wider than initially thought.

You know the drill is working when you feel a sense of “unease”, slight loss of control or fear in doing it.

• Fighting in more overshot position than usual. Fighting OS and being OS are two different things. To create a nice feedback loop between tension, finger action, and being more and more OS, we build trust and learn to know our limits.

You know the drill is working when you feel a sense of “unease”, slight loss of control or fear in doing it.

• Mapping out the breaking point.

You know you’re hitting the spot when you end up fighting longer and knowing when to bail before any wall is touched

• Growing comfortable in unusual positions

You know the drill is working when you feel a sense of “unease”, slight loss of control or fear in doing it.

• Growing more comfortable and controlled in usual positions

You know the drill is working when you can exhibit more control and “slow down” time as you perform known patterns

Not all drills will work for everyone. This is a test, a series of experiments.

If you have working on conquering your FS first seconds, conquering your OS & bail freestanding or if you can catch a few seconds freestanding but still have a tendency to not commit (ie, stay in the timber zone, or with consistency that needs improvement), this is for you.

Try them a few times (the list will grow), and let me know which ones give you the butterfly 🦋 in the stomach.

Drill 1: Arched Slide