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The simple answer is to preset the deck and perform effects that keep the deck in that order. It is relatively easy to maintain a stock of cards (up to 6) at the top or bottom of the deck and actually shuffle the deck. Alternatively, learn some false shuffles. Or you can do a simple switch...

I know how strongly you feel about the benefits of learning magic on YouTube. In most cases on YouTube, you get what you pay for. You have recently posted about learning the classic palm for coins and the Hamman count. Both of which you were doing wrong. I can pretty much tell in 30...

@kennethcmerrill, I know how you feel. As adults with jobs, families and other commitments we don't have a lot of time for our hobbies. That's ok. I have a job that I leave for at 7:00 am and get home between 7:30 and 9:30 pm. I'm deeply involved in Scouting with my son. Have a wife, dog and...

The best way to do this would be to use a memorized deck like the Mnenonica or Aarson stacks. Also check out the various Any Card at Any Number plots.

You want a Jordan Count. The handling I use is in Card College Volume 2. If you get the book, I'd be glad to help you fine tune the move. 8996, not counting those awaiting death by Mercury's Card fold. I've generally seen a Hamman count with 7 or 9 cards. The Jordan Count uses 4 cards...

I'll let you know when I get there.

Best starting point is Bob Cassidy's FundaMentals. It is on lybrary.com. Anneman and Corinduna are great resources but dated. If you are are looking for mental magic tricks as opposed to serious mentalism, get Rich Feurgeson's This is Mentalism videos and Nate Kranzo's Boondock Mental video...

Don't buy the uncirculated coins. They tend to "talk" when rubbed against each other. Go for circulated 1964 Kennedy Half Dollars (the later ones don't contain as much silver) or Walking Liberties.

It's mechanics. Where are you learning it from?

It really is up to you. Doing it correctly for me seems easier than what you were doing. It also gives your hands a more natural and relaxed look. As you learn to do it correctly, practice getting into classic palm. That is what needs to be smooth. Also, as you can see from Dan's teaching, it...

Yes, yes and yes. You are palming with pressure on the top and bottom of your hand rather than from side to side. That is incorrect. Go to coinvanish.com and click on "Foundations." Enter the password which you should know or be able to look up in Bobo. Look at the pictures of the classic...

@Antonio Diavolo - are you talking about the glass where the milk disappears as you pour it into a paper cone or where the level of the milk visibly drops in the glass (e.g. when the spectator sips through a straw that is not even near the glass)? If it is the first one, it is easily found...

Be patient. It will be reprinted.

Another vote for Metal.

It depends on how you want to improve. Maximum Entertainment is extremely practical and extremely good advice. For me, it a lot of it confirmed what I've learned over many years. My sense is that it is directed more toward parlor and stage performances than close up. It is subtitled...

OK, I'll agree that it does work well with pre-school aged kids, especially if they are your kids or grandkids. There is something neat about their reaction thinking they have figured it out and then leaving them puzzled. My concern is two part. The first is that an effect such as this...

John Bannon says that he lets people ask three times before he performs. Something else that struck me is from Darren Brown's Pure Effect. He talks about seeing Eugene Burger perform and how Eugene began by conveying the sense that the spectator was going to see something miraculous. The idea...

Rick: I say this with the utmost respect... DON'T DO IT! You know how I feel about sucker tricks. I have some great ideas for unique and engaging kids show effects. Let's discuss on PMs or Skype.

@Antonio Diavolo, for a performance like that, less is more. Pick a single routine that has a strong presentation which draws the audience in.

@Maaz Hasan, there is so much material you can perform sitting down. Focus on learning and performing that material. My second suggestion is to use this time to design a show. It could be a kids show, a busking show or even a stage or parlor show. The selecting effects, scripting and...