Jeremy
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Re:Starting a Circle - 2006/11/10 14:12
Good question. I'm unsure if this is the best place to be asking it or not - it may be better to ask at www.footbag.org/forum.
Anyway here is my suggestion. First be thankful you have so many people to play with. I'm lucky to be able to play in a circle of three people. I think there are two things you should do. First I think playing with them in those big circles shouldn't be a problem so long as you still have fun and if you can work hard and learn some tricks to impress people with, soon more people will be interested in learning their own skills. The other thing is to play by yourself when that's what you want to do. You don't need to play with them all the time. I remember when I was first learning and I used to still play a lot with other people but I'd also sometimes just go off and play by myself, trying to hit a new move or something. I think a combination is good - some of those I originally played with ended up learning tricks too although were never as passionate about it as I was. It's an issue of finding a balance. Maybe none of those guys will want to learn freestyle. If that's the case there may be little you can do. You should do whatever you feel happiest about doing. These days I go play at the local market every week. Sometimes I have nobody to play with and other times I have 5 or 6 people to play with. While there are times when I'd prefer to play by myself, I never refuse to play with anybody because ultimately I'd much rather have somebody good to play with than not and I am happy to spend a few hours playing with people in the hope that I will inspire them to work hard and get some skills. Maybe that will never happen but personally I'd rather try and fail than not try at all.
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