Epic Summer FlashJam #1
On Paper:
- A couple of spiffy moves in here:
- Never done a Rut n Flip to Clockwise Spin before.
- Spin to Rear Cross
On a Rear Cross, the dog switches Flanks with the behind her. From clock to counter clockwise Flank or vice versa. Taken directly from the canine agility world, the Rear Cross is a... More is interesting, not sure what that will turn into… - Rear Cross
A Cross is an canine agility term that describes a change of working sides. Your dog moves from your left to your right (Heel to Side) or from Clock to Counter. Crosses are... More to Back Jakie
The Jakie is a trick where the dog intercepts the disc on the way to the handler's body and then uses the handler's body to safely and stylishly flip to land the trick.... More is super interesting. I’ve never really flowed into this move, and the Rear Cross will probably add some additional distance on the Jakie. - Back Jakie to Mauka Woo might be a keeper. Mauka Woo is a counter clock around that resolves in a little running flip, with Epic looking back at my face. I will probably take a knee for this, as it looks better. Although maybe not… 😀
- It should look pretty nice coming out of the Back Jakie, which is also counter clock.
In Practice:
Lessons Learned:
Creating a Flank from Spin or Twist
Counter Clock Twist to Rear Cross was pretty sweet. It’s nothing super amazing or anything, a whole lot of team movement to not go anywhere, but there is a great lesson in there.
To resolve the Twist to a Working Flank
The Working Flank is a moving position. On a Working Flank the dog is out to your side some distance and holds position, moving with you as you move around the field. The... More all the handler has to do is start moving in that direction. Just like everywhere else on the field, if the handler moves and leads, the dog follows.
This is impossible to see with the waits included, but I started to tease it our when I got to the left back part of the screen, and by the time we went live it was a done deal — lesson learned. You can see it take shape in the last two live speed reps. While Epic was finishing his Twist, I was sliding to my right, pulling him into a Clockwise Flank
Out to the side of the handler is the Flank. If the dog is out to the handler's right or left the dog is on Flank. If the dog is moving with the... More.
Once the Clockwise Flank was set the Rear Cross was easy.
During a Twist or a Spin, if the handler moves, the dog will release and move in that direction.
Such a simple little rule. So friggin’ helpful.
Rear Cross to Back Jakie
The Rear Cross to Back Jakie really made the skill pop for us. I thought that might be the case. It might not look like it, but Epic had only done that trick a couple of times before this sequence, and not too successfully, I might add.
The Rear Cross gave us a little bit of space and some timing to work from. Nice.
Back Jakie to Counter Clock Around n Flip
I thought this might wind up a keeper. I think it is. it’s super smooth and flashy. I think there are probably a bunch of neat things available from the Back Jakie that not many people are aware of.
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