I know that there have been about a hundred (probably more) forum posts here about the classic pass, but I'm totally new to magic and have some questions that I haven't seen answered elsewhere on this forum. So I'm looking for any general practice tips (set up a mirror, angle down, etc.) and answers to the following questions:
1. So I have somewhat small hands, not small but smaller than average for my size. For reference I have a little difficulty with the Charlier Cut, but I can do it if I pull my pinky off just for a second. Anyway, back to the problem at hand...
Often when I pull the packet to the side at the start of the pass I find that it gets caught on the fingers of my right hand. Have any of you had these issues? If so how did you solve them?
I've tried to re-angle my right hand, change my grip and relax my fingers, but nothing really seems to help that much. Am I grabbing too big a packet maybe or is this one of those, 'too bad you don't have baseball mitts for hands' deals?
2. I find that the flash on this pass is MASSIVE. To be fair I am quite certain that this is a practice makes perfect and you're going to have to build speed deal, but when I get the pack out to the right it just seems like a blind man could see the packet, you know? Is my covering right too far over of the deck or is this why all the books I'm working with call for distractions with the pass?
3. For the life of me I can't get my left thumb to lie naturally along the long side of the deck while I practice. I'm contemplating gluing it to the cards its so frustrating for me. Naturally my thumb wants to be up against the middle joint of my right index finger when I'm passing. Is this going to be a problem in the long run?
4. Finally, do you move your right hand? I'm still so bad at the classic pass that I'm lucky if my cards make it out in one packet by the end, but I find that if I don't move the right the packets slide against one another making a ton of noise. Then again if I do move the right I'm worried that I'll call a ton of attention to the move. I know that I can riffle or jiggle pass to lower suspicion, but is that the only option?
Thanks for reading, sorry to go so long with a topic I know has been covered a thousand times. I'm living in Osaka, Japan and while I get most of my info from books and youtube there's no one to go to here when I need specific questions answered.
1. So I have somewhat small hands, not small but smaller than average for my size. For reference I have a little difficulty with the Charlier Cut, but I can do it if I pull my pinky off just for a second. Anyway, back to the problem at hand...
Often when I pull the packet to the side at the start of the pass I find that it gets caught on the fingers of my right hand. Have any of you had these issues? If so how did you solve them?
I've tried to re-angle my right hand, change my grip and relax my fingers, but nothing really seems to help that much. Am I grabbing too big a packet maybe or is this one of those, 'too bad you don't have baseball mitts for hands' deals?
2. I find that the flash on this pass is MASSIVE. To be fair I am quite certain that this is a practice makes perfect and you're going to have to build speed deal, but when I get the pack out to the right it just seems like a blind man could see the packet, you know? Is my covering right too far over of the deck or is this why all the books I'm working with call for distractions with the pass?
3. For the life of me I can't get my left thumb to lie naturally along the long side of the deck while I practice. I'm contemplating gluing it to the cards its so frustrating for me. Naturally my thumb wants to be up against the middle joint of my right index finger when I'm passing. Is this going to be a problem in the long run?
4. Finally, do you move your right hand? I'm still so bad at the classic pass that I'm lucky if my cards make it out in one packet by the end, but I find that if I don't move the right the packets slide against one another making a ton of noise. Then again if I do move the right I'm worried that I'll call a ton of attention to the move. I know that I can riffle or jiggle pass to lower suspicion, but is that the only option?
Thanks for reading, sorry to go so long with a topic I know has been covered a thousand times. I'm living in Osaka, Japan and while I get most of my info from books and youtube there's no one to go to here when I need specific questions answered.