Feather Feet

Photo Credit: Ben Cowley

This weekend I attended league practice, only to find me and one other person in attendance. This is not the norm, but due to travel team try-out earlier that morning. Anyways Peacewar was the trainer and basically asked us what we wanted to work on, so both of us being jammer types, decided on jammer stuff. We focused a lot on edging and being able to maneuver in small spaces. We started out with exagerated backwards crossover then Peacewar said something that would change how I thought about things, "Be more lightfooted!"

Upon watching my 7 year old son play DDR, he basically stomps the pad with the force of king kong. This slows him down. I've advised him to be like feather feet and he is then able to move a bit faster. When I stepped up to play, I applied the same principles to my playing and found that I am able to move faster, but the muscle memory to move my feet to match the flashing arrows on the screen is simply not there, which just means I need more practice.

Thinkinig back to the footage that I've seen, the most successful jammers seem to just skimmer (is that even a word?) across the track and through packs. On my team Alias, and Durty are both very lightfooted. So, the next few weeks I'll be working on lots of cone drills in the garage.

Go agility, and feather feet!