Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The key to making your magic great ...continued



If the type of practicing you’re doing is just practicing a move, you might want to consider listening to music or watching TV while you practice the move. Both of these methods promote learning without looking at your hands. As well as teaching your hands to do what they need to do without your brain having to think about it. If this method is used and a certain level of proficiency is achieved, you should always double check by performing in front of a mirror afterwards. 

Lastly, putting together a practice session (a list) that has the order you going to practice things in, and how much you are going to practice each item helps a lot. Have your practice session made up of practicing different things.  Possibly different tricks. 

For instance, I had three different tricks to work on, but I also wanted more work on false shuffles. Now to just practice false shuffles one after the other is very boring. So I did several false shuffles in between each of the three tricks. So by the time I had finished a practice session I had inadvertently also practiced my faults shuffles. 

If you have access to video equipment, it is a good idea to make a video of you performing your act. It is always very educational and sometimes humbling.

-John
 

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