Endurance, not speed

[Alastair V]

After a few disappointing sessions of powerballing, only reaching 13.6-13.7k, i thought i might have a go at endurance, see what i could do. I had already tried endurance previously, but just as a warm up or a muck about, so i decided to take a proper go at it.

First off i tried out out the 30s - and got 6366 first time round, then 6347 a few minutes after.

Then i tried the 90s, i only did one of these, and i got 17379.

Maybe i'm more suited to endurance, what do you guys think?

[One-Eye]

Do some of each, they can complement each other.

But it does seem like you have a good deal of natural ability at endurance

[Adrena1in]

Perhaps you're like me, better at endurance, but for me it depends on the day. Sometimes my speed scores will be about or over 100% and my endurance scores will be low. Other times it's the opposite.

Great scores though, I hope you video'd your 90s run and are going to submit it.

[petemayhew]

I think I'm a little better at endurance but i can't tell really Like Tim said you can have good and bad days

[Installed]

I seem to do the best at endurance too... its definitely the easiest mode for me.

[Jammy]

I seem to make better progress on endureance, but I am too new at this to know where my talents are better suited. One thing to keep in mind though, when sprinting athletes hit a wall at a certain time, they often get away from sprinting all together and focus on longer distances in training, for a while at least. It gives the short muscle fibres a chance to really recover properly over a longer period. Then they nail the prints again and often see an improvement in their sprint times. Should work the same here.

[petemayhew]

I seem to make better progress on endureance, but I am too new at this to know where my talents are better suited. One thing to keep in mind though, when sprinting athletes hit a wall at a certain time, they often get away from sprinting all together and focus on longer distances in training, for a while at least. It gives the short muscle fibres a chance to really recover properly over a longer period. Then they nail the prints again and often see an improvement in their sprint times. Should work the same here.

So to put in context, if you hit a wall you should move on to endurance runs more and then when you feel your ready for the speed run it should come out much faster then the previous

[Alastair V]

Perhaps you're like me, better at endurance, but for me it depends on the day. Sometimes my speed scores will be about or over 100% and my endurance scores will be low. Other times it's the opposite.

Great scores though, I hope you video'd your 90s run and are going to submit it.

As per usual, i didnt video it - i dont have a video camera.

Would webcams work for taking videos? Because im getting a bit frustrated getting scores that will position me nicely and not being able to submit them!

I need a video of my speed run, the 90s AND the dual run - which i am already in (score is poor though) - and i have improved since then (see sig)

[One-Eye]

Webcam should work for taking videos.

Did you get any software with it?

If not, what make/model webcam is it? You might be able to download updated drivers and spftware for it from the manufacturer's website.

[Jammy]

I started a thread a little while ago with that exact question - how to video. Hope the info helps:

http://www.powerballs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2138