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Importance and Methods of Efficiency in Modern Freestyle I've discovered players that advance the fastest obviously have the determination to train, but also are the people that keep an open mind when trying new tricks and mastering old ones. Most people are satisfied when they can hit a trick 8 or 9 times out of 10. It doesn't necessarily mean they have proper form or have 'mastered' the trick.
The problem is the majority of players that achieve this level of consistency are usually gratified and move on. If this trick requires unnecessary amounts of exertion to perform, the energy capacity for the entire run is decreased. If the person learns multiple foundation tricks with excess exertion, it can explain why they experience frustratingly short runs.
The key is to constantly tweak and refine every trick you do in every session. This is what I mean by keeping an open mind. By listening to your body and abiding by its natural methods of flexion, rotation, etc. you will find a large reduction in soreness and other pain. I've refined my whirls so that there is only leg abduction and aligned knee flexion. I do this for all my tricks, making seemingly unnatural motions abide by my body's range of movement to create a 'natural' motion. No trick is ever 100% efficient, so you can always go back and tweak it to conserve energy.
The more I critically analyze my game, the more I see how much my hips play a huge role for almost all my dexes: butter, mirage tricks, illusion tricks, fairy/atomic/quantum/stepping sets etc. Using hip rotation to transport the legs is the most efficient way of forward-facing dexterities, I've found. Watch Yacine footage! He's a true master of the hip-transport dexes.
A mirage to me is a straight up set, followed by closing the hips to the bag (turning sideways slightly), lifting the dexing knee to the chest, (keeping the bent leg in the same position) rotating my support foot to forward face the bag again, bringing the leg down into its original position and doing a toe stall.
The constant body turning -- 'closing off' and reopening your hips -- is a large portion of making your game most efficient. For instance, I do stepping sets starting by completely closing off my hips to the bag (almost looking at the bag behind me) for the clipper. Then it's a simple switch of the feet, sending the dex knee straight upwards to the chest and the swinging the hips open to complete the step. Atomic sets are the perfect example of the opposite motion -- start with opened hips then completely close them off to complete the dex.
To pretty much sum things up -- if everyone always executed their fundamentals in the same way they did when they first hit them, there would be a lot of players in crutches right now. 
Do not be satisfied with just hitting a trick consistently – work towards proper form and utmost efficiency. Experiment by tweaking your tricks ever so slightly – if you find a certain technique that’s less strenuous or requires less energy – REMEMBER it! Do it that same way until you figure out an even better method. If you are focusing on developing a signature style, that’s great. If it’s vastly different from that of more experienced players, chances are you are being inefficient! It may slow your progress significantly. Work on executing your tricks with the least effort and strain first. Your style will show through and will continue to grow stronger as you further master the fundamentals of freestyle. Shred hard, Grasshopper! Moir
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