Hey guy's,
I know there have been tons and tons and tons of threads about dealing with hecklers. And they have great advice! What I want to do is examine some of the ways we have come about dealing with hecklers and examine them to see if they are really leading us in the right direction.
1. The first thing I want to bring up is, one of the first thing I hear about when dealing with hecklers is try to bait them to think a trick is going one way then at the very end slam them with a ending the weren't expecting and their for out smart them. Is this good? I am not so sure it is. Why? We may succeed in out smarting the tougher specator/ heckler but usually it stings them. The reason is they are probably heckling you is that they are afriad they will look silly if you are able to outsmart them so therefore when you do a trick that intentionally catches them of guard it simply confirms there fears.
So what can we do in place to take the sting out but still stop the heckler from heckling. Well one way would be acting suprised with the spectator act like you didn't expect the trick to take the weird spin at the end there for you were fooled with them and not outsmarting them. Does that make sense?
2. The second thing I hear when talking about hecklors is avoid them try to move away from them. I don't think this is necssarly a good idea I think when we are performing and we see a difficult spector we should pick them out right away call them up perform something amazing. Don't be afriad or cower away be sure of your self and chances are the heckler will be happily silenced and he will be able to sit back and enjoy the show himself. And therefore you will be happy too.
3. Okay another thing that is improtant is if heckler does catch you doing a move don't react! Act as if it was supposed to happen then perform a trick you know you can do flawlessly usually a person who can recover from a mistake will gain the respect of the audience whether on stage or on the street.
4. Remember a satisfied happy heckler is a happy satisfied audience which means a happy satisfying tip for you.
I hope this was helpful I would really like to hear your thoughts on the things I mentioned do you agree? How do you handle hecklers? What is the worst experience you have ever had with a heckler? How will would you have handled the situation differently now?
Thanks all for the help, and remember a heckler is just another specator waiting to be amazed,
Christian
I know there have been tons and tons and tons of threads about dealing with hecklers. And they have great advice! What I want to do is examine some of the ways we have come about dealing with hecklers and examine them to see if they are really leading us in the right direction.
1. The first thing I want to bring up is, one of the first thing I hear about when dealing with hecklers is try to bait them to think a trick is going one way then at the very end slam them with a ending the weren't expecting and their for out smart them. Is this good? I am not so sure it is. Why? We may succeed in out smarting the tougher specator/ heckler but usually it stings them. The reason is they are probably heckling you is that they are afriad they will look silly if you are able to outsmart them so therefore when you do a trick that intentionally catches them of guard it simply confirms there fears.
So what can we do in place to take the sting out but still stop the heckler from heckling. Well one way would be acting suprised with the spectator act like you didn't expect the trick to take the weird spin at the end there for you were fooled with them and not outsmarting them. Does that make sense?
2. The second thing I hear when talking about hecklors is avoid them try to move away from them. I don't think this is necssarly a good idea I think when we are performing and we see a difficult spector we should pick them out right away call them up perform something amazing. Don't be afriad or cower away be sure of your self and chances are the heckler will be happily silenced and he will be able to sit back and enjoy the show himself. And therefore you will be happy too.
3. Okay another thing that is improtant is if heckler does catch you doing a move don't react! Act as if it was supposed to happen then perform a trick you know you can do flawlessly usually a person who can recover from a mistake will gain the respect of the audience whether on stage or on the street.
4. Remember a satisfied happy heckler is a happy satisfied audience which means a happy satisfying tip for you.
I hope this was helpful I would really like to hear your thoughts on the things I mentioned do you agree? How do you handle hecklers? What is the worst experience you have ever had with a heckler? How will would you have handled the situation differently now?
Thanks all for the help, and remember a heckler is just another specator waiting to be amazed,
Christian
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