• Disc and Dogs Blog
  • DiscDog Events
  • Distance Learning
  • Classes
  • Training Glossary
  • Tricks Matrix
  • Online Shows
  • PVybe Livestream
  • DiscDogger Weekly
  • Disc Dog Radio
  • Past Webseries
  • Powered by You
  • On Patreon
  • Contact
  • Dojo Flow
  • Forums
  • On Patreon
  • Log In

    Shopping Cart

    No products in the cart.
    Sign inSign up
    • Dojo Flow
    • Forums
    • On Patreon
    • Log In

    • Disc and Dogs Blog
    • DiscDog Events
    • Distance Learning
    • Classes
    • Training Glossary
    • Tricks Matrix
    • Online Shows
    • PVybe Livestream
    • DiscDogger Weekly
    • Disc Dog Radio
    • Past Webseries
    • Powered by You
    • On Patreon
    • Contact

    Month: January 2010

    [Link] Foundational Vaulting Concepts

    http://youtube.com/kikopup

    Special thanks to Emily Larlham, aka: Kikopup. It was truly great to get to meet and work with such a talented trainer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2zZSOuc7Ks

    Ron January 27, 2010
    5 Comments

    Teach Your Dog to Jump and Catch with Bitework

    We are going to go with the tried and true, maxim of positive dog training, reward and repetition using a high rate of reinforcement to isolate...
    Ron January 27, 2010
    2 Comments

    Brisk Morning Jam

    Here’s a little Brisk Morning Jam with Kiva and Juicy Juice.

    Ron January 25, 2010

    The Cookie Process

    One of the goals as a professional dog trainer is to have a simple, accessible philosophy that can be communicated easily and applied fairly simply…

    Ron January 19, 2010

    Freeshape Multiple Target Training – General Notes

    January 18, 2010 (The day after training): So, I see now that if I had read the comments that followed the Freeshaped Multiple Target Training…

    admin January 18, 2010

    Working Out of the Pivot

    The Pivot happens when the dog changes direction enough to cause some kind of reversal of field, essentially a 90 degree angle or more. There…

    Ron January 18, 2010

    Art of Linking Tricks

    Sequences are just behavior chains and is only as strong as the weakest link in that chain. Each behavior in the chain must be strong. if a link in th…
    Ron January 15, 2010
    13 Comments

    [Link] Coming in To Los Angeles and Jam Camp Day 1

    http://www.baileysports.com/

    Well, it’s been a great trip so far. Shorts and T-Shirts all week so far. Workin’ on my tan man… hah! Eat it Fargo! -20…

    Ron January 6, 2010

    Surf by Category

    Tags

    Attention Balanced Position Form Behavior Bitework Blue Collection Criteria Crossing Pass Cued Drop Drive Management duration Expansion Pack Flatwork and Flow Flatwork Compass Flipping Front Cross Green Interior Moves Judging Leaping Magic Multiple Dogs Off Switch Oppositional Feeding Puppy Training Red Reward Placement Rollers Setting the Flank Set Up Moves Shaping Spot and Pedestal Stance Shifting Tao Theory Throwing Trigger Vaults and Overs Vault Toss Wait Behavior White X Hands Forms Xs and Os Yellow YouTube

    Classes & Digital Dojo

    • Fly Chi

    • UpDog Game Strategies

    • Throwing Discs for Distance

    • Disc Dog Foundation Class 2020

    • Disc Quan Do

    • Sequence Building

    • Vaulting Concepts

    • Installing a DiscDog Drop

    • Disc Dog Bitework

    Disc and Dogs Blog Archive

    • January 2023
    • November 2022
    • October 2022
    • September 2022
    • August 2022
    • July 2022
    • June 2022
    • April 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • September 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    • May 2021
    • April 2021
    • March 2021
    • February 2021
    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • April 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020
    • January 2020
    • December 2019
    • November 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • May 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • October 2018
    • September 2018
    • March 2018
    • February 2018
    • January 2018
    • December 2017
    • November 2017
    • May 2017
    • April 2017
    • March 2017
    • October 2016
    • September 2016
    • July 2016
    • November 2015
    • May 2015
    • April 2015
    • March 2015
    • February 2015
    • January 2015
    • December 2014
    • November 2014
    • October 2014
    • September 2014
    • August 2014
    • March 2014
    • January 2014
    • December 2013
    • November 2013
    • October 2013
    • September 2013
    • August 2013
    • July 2013
    • June 2013
    • April 2013
    • March 2013
    • February 2013
    • January 2013
    • December 2012
    • November 2012
    • October 2012
    • September 2012
    • August 2012
    • July 2012
    • June 2012
    • May 2012
    • April 2012
    • March 2012
    • February 2012
    • January 2012
    • December 2011
    • November 2011
    • October 2011
    • September 2011
    • August 2011
    • July 2011
    • June 2011
    • May 2011
    • April 2011
    • March 2011
    • February 2011
    • January 2011
    • December 2010
    • November 2010
    • October 2010
    • September 2010
    • August 2010
    • July 2010
    • June 2010
    • May 2010
    • April 2010
    • March 2010
    • February 2010
    • January 2010
    • December 2009
    • November 2009
    • October 2009
    • June 2009
    • May 2009
    • April 2009
    • November 2008
    © 2023 - Pawsitive Vybe
    • Privacy Policy
    • Newsletter
    • Roku

    Go Do Dog Stuff...

    Forum Description

    Well, it's been a great trip so far. Shorts and T-Shirts all week so far. Workin' on my tan man... hah! Eat it Fargo! -20 degrees... lol

    Here's a quick recap:

    Last weekend I arrived in LA and was picked up from the airport by Al Erikson. Al and I 'met' online about 3-4 years ago on K9Disc.com and have communicated extensively online about dog sports and dog training but had never met until last week.

    Al picked me up at the Airport after an uneventful flight and we cruised on over to Joel Zucker and Bailey's in Downtown Santa Monica. Joel has a very quaint house a few blocks from the beach and Downtown and although he had a previous engagement and couldn't hang out with us on the first night he left us a good sampling of IPAs (beer) and Bailey and the cat kept us company in his cool little bungalow apartment.

    One of the things that really excited me about the trip, the opportunity to work with, learn from and teach some of the world's best disc players. I practiced my nail delay quite a bit the last few weeks specifically to be able to learn from them without being embarrassed by my lack of skills. I tried to get in shape after all the Halloween Candy, Holiday meals, Pies and Christmas cookies so I could make it through the 10 Day Discdogging Marathon.

    Warming Up

    The first person I met at Jam Camp was Stork. We warmed up together in the little gym of the Eagle Rock Rec Center, had a nice game of catch. I freaked him out with a few throws that he requested to see again and get some instruction on. We had this great discussion about naming new tricks and throws. He told me I had some work to do. Pretty cool experience there...

    The gym was alive with disc play. Kids, Pros, Novices and aspiring Pros moving about in a blizzard of plastic. Big discs, mini-discs, fastbacks, rings all floating around as the participants warmed up. Greg Hossfeld showed me this really cool juggle set up which you'll probably see on video pretty soon.

    Freestyle Disc as Conversation

    Stork opened up Camp with a really cool presentation where he spoke about the special nature of the game of Frisbee. He talked about Freestyle Disc as a Conversation and had Jake Gauthier and Lori Daniels demonstrate behind him. Back hand Throw and Pancake Catch. Back and forth they threw.

    Stork Narrated the conversation.

    Throw: "Hi, How You doin'?" >>>Catch: "Good."... Return Throw: "How you doin'"? >>> Catch: "Good."... Throw: "How you doin?"... and so on.

    A simple game of catch with the disc, using backhand throws is simply an introduction - "Hi How you doin'?" - a single phrase in a conversation or a single word. The above conversation got stale rather quickly. He then asked Jake and Lori to start to use some different words or phrases.

    Lori throws a curve left: "Hey, I can curve Left!" Jake Trick Catches: "Sweet! I can curve right!" Stork says as Jake returns with a sidearm throw that curves right. Jake and Lori step it up the jam and Stork narrates the development of a rich conversation.

    I hope that makes sense because it was a wonderful presentation and really set a really nice tone for Camp. It really fits dog sports and dog training as well.

    Humble and Proud

    Saturday morning the Discdog group worked with the Human Freestyle instructors as did I.

    Dave Schiller was really patient with me as I failed, repetitively, nail delay after nail delay. Schiller, this dude Brian (IIRC) and I jammed for about an hour. I got to watch and serve nail delay to sweet trick catch over and over. Brian was a pretty good athlete and was able to pass nail delays from hand to hand and Dave was giving really technical advice for the trick catches. It was really cool for me to see and experience even though I was not very successful with the delay.

    It wasn't until he asked if I was sure I wanted 'Clock' and threw me some 'Counter' that my nail delay work from the last few weeks paid off and I was able to do some delay work.

    We were just starting to get off nail delays and work some throw and catch stuff when Stork stopped by and told Dave,"This guy..." thumb points to me with a nod and a raised eyebrow," has throws you've never seen before. He's got stuff I've never seen before... Think about that one." He went back to his students and we went on jamming. It made me feel pretty good. Chalk one up for the old ego... Laughing

    I showed Dave and Brian my handplant throw and some of the other releases I've developed and use.

    That morning was about humility and validation. I was humbled by the unbelievable skill and knowledge of disc play that I was surrounded by. It made me feel pretty small. At the same time I was being humbled, my own skills were being validated and I felt proud: "I taught Stork a throw he'd never seen before."

    "I coached Dave Schiller on throwing and he told someone that he learned a lot from me."

    Yup, The first morning of Jam Camp was a pretty special experience for me.

    Report

    There was a problem reporting this post.

    Harassment or bullying behavior
    Contains mature or sensitive content
    Contains misleading or false information
    Contains abusive or derogatory content
    Contains spam, fake content or potential malware

    Block Member?

    Please confirm you want to block this member.

    You will no longer be able to:

    • See blocked member's posts
    • Mention this member in posts
    • Invite this member to groups
    • Message this member
    • Add this member as a connection

    Please note: This action will also remove this member from your connections and send a report to the site admin. Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.

    Report

    You have already reported this .
      Clear Clear All