How to Impress Your Friends with Opposite Circular Hand Movements

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The discussion centers around a hand coordination trick involving opposite circular movements, with participants sharing their experiences and challenges in mastering it. The original poster highlights the difficulty of performing the trick while listening to music, specifically a song by Edith Piaf. Several users contribute additional hand coordination challenges, such as alternating finger positions between hands, emphasizing the need for practice and patience. Some participants express frustration at their inability to perform the tricks despite having skills in playing instruments like drums and guitar, which typically require a degree of hand independence. Tips for improving coordination include focusing on one movement at a time and ensuring fingers move in opposite directions at key points. Overall, the conversation showcases a mix of humor, shared struggles, and techniques for mastering hand coordination tricks.
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Can you guys do this trick ?

http://www.16plus.be/node/2718

Ok, the texts are in Dutch but they are not important. The opposite circular hand movement is what counts.

Enjoy

marlon

ps music is a French song called "PADAM" sung by Edith Piaf (this is for you tribdog)
 
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I can do it some then both hands start going the same way...
 
Nope, I can't :cry:
 
I can do it, if I can keep my fingers out of my ears with that singing going on.
 
That's one of my favorites.
 
lol @ the song
 
I swear, I try to start it, but my brain won't let my fingers do it. For a split second I will think I am doing it, but then realize both fingers are going the same way.. aargh!
 
There's a whole category of these tricks. Here's another good one:

Hold your two fists out in front of you. On your left hand, stick out your pinky finger, and on your right hand, stick out your thumb. So, you would see:

-O -O

(where O denotes your fist, and - denotes a digit)

Then, you switch: on your left hand, stick out your thumb, and on your right hand your pinky:

O- O-

and then alternate back and forth.

-O -O
O- O-
-O -O
O- O-
 
the secret is to do one revolution at a time then pause. reduce the length of the pause as you get better. It also helps if you stand on one foot and close the opposite eye and whistle. (I made that up cause it makes me laugh to think someone might try it)
 
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I can do it, but then again I can play guitar and drums (through not at the same time) and have a pretty good degree of hand independence. If you can play well-timed paradiddles across a span of drums, cymbals, you know what I mean.
 
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turbo-1 said:
I can do it, but then again I can play guitar and drums (through not at the same time) and have a pretty good degree of hand independence. If you can play well-timed paradiddles across a span of drums, cymbals, you know what I mean.

I too play drums, I've played for something like 8 years but still struggled to do this although it seems increadibly easy watching it, too bad it isnt...
 
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tribdog said:
I can do it, if I can keep my fingers out of my ears with that singing going on.
ooh man that hurts...i tried to do you a favour here and you just spit it back into my f***ing face...THANKS MAN


marlon
 
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tribdog said:
the secret is to do one revolution at a time then pause.
My trick is to make sure that my fingers are going in opposite directions at the top of the loop. The rest takes care of itself.
 
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jimmysnyder said:
My trick is to make sure that my fingers are going in opposite directions at the top of the loop. The rest takes care of itself.
indeed, that's how i do it myself...

marlon
 
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Hurkyl said:
There's a whole category of these tricks. Here's another good one:

Hold your two fists out in front of you. On your left hand, stick out your pinky finger, and on your right hand, stick out your thumb. So, you would see:

-O -O

(where O denotes your fist, and - denotes a digit)

Then, you switch: on your left hand, stick out your thumb, and on your right hand your pinky:

O- O-

and then alternate back and forth.

-O -O
O- O-
-O -O
O- O-
Haha that is a great one, but i cannot do it.

marlon
 

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