Reply to Re: Card Handling Tutorials... for those interested
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I made a trailer. A lot of the moves in this video will end up being tutorials on my channel: Channel Trailer
"I've been practicing! Can't say I'm there yet, the spread only works once every six tries or so :/ Probably need to regulate the pressure more consistently."
Could be the type of cards you're using as well, some are better than others. Everyday plastic-coated decks are not designed for card handling, although they still work, I started with them too when I first learned this stuff. As long as you do not use those 100% plastic cards (the bendy ones), they are definitely not suitable for card flourishing of any kind. 'Plastic coated' is ok, but make sure they are paper based cards. That said you are probably executing the move fine. I guarantee if you got your hands on a deck of Bicycle's, which are made with an air-cushion finish, or Tally-ho's which have a linoid finish (even better for spreads and card handling), I bet you could turn that success rate around, so it's 1 fail every 6 tries.
Just some insight. The deck quality only really affects tricks involving smooth spreading of the cards, the future tutorials on different cuts can be executed easily with any deck, although they still handle better with higher quality though, but its' not as big of an issue as tricks such as the ribbon spread.
"I've been practicing! Can't say I'm there yet, the spread only works once every six tries or so :/ Probably need to regulate the pressure more consistently."
Could be the type of cards you're using as well, some are better than others. Everyday plastic-coated decks are not designed for card handling, although they still work, I started with them too when I first learned this stuff. As long as you do not use those 100% plastic cards (the bendy ones), they are definitely not suitable for card flourishing of any kind. 'Plastic coated' is ok, but make sure they are paper based cards. That said you are probably executing the move fine. I guarantee if you got your hands on a deck of Bicycle's, which are made with an air-cushion finish, or Tally-ho's which have a linoid finish (even better for spreads and card handling), I bet you could turn that success rate around, so it's 1 fail every 6 tries.
Just some insight. The deck quality only really affects tricks involving smooth spreading of the cards, the future tutorials on different cuts can be executed easily with any deck, although they still handle better with higher quality though, but its' not as big of an issue as tricks such as the ribbon spread.
