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Nick the Greek

28-11-2011, 14:21

Hey everyone!

Its been a long time since i last logged in to the powerball forums(almost a year *sigh*) :(

First of all congratulations installing a new vbulletin version on the forums,it looks great (:
I also saw i tremendous change at the scoreboards.Great work everybody and special congrats to ben and hentie (: Good luck breaking 16k5 :rolleyes:

Since that year i have powerballed rarely(just 1 time in 4 or 5 months) just to get rid of the daily routine.Been very busy with homework,exams and personal aims that i hardly have any time.

I did some spins a week ago.Here are my scores:

30's 5607 2H
90's 16020 2H
~4300 30's metal

12k left hand speed
11k5 right hand
10410 metal speed

First speed after all these months was 10k5 and 90's 14k9 :o

So beware!Nick's back :) (or at least i will try to )

Mika Mäkinen

28-11-2011, 19:31

Welcome back! I was wondering just a while ago where are you.

leg51

28-11-2011, 20:44

hehe you a good return, I hope that you will beat all your old records.

tburke

28-11-2011, 21:26

Welcome back and go for 13k!

Nick the Greek

28-11-2011, 21:56

hey guys again! :)

quick session today

4662 metal 30's 2h gripper
10k speed
5449 30's gripper
15993 90's gripper
5575 30's burst

now i have 2 blisters and got to rest (:

Jaco Snyman

29-11-2011, 09:01

Welcome back Nick. Good luck and all the best for your return. Hope your blisters heal quick so that you can spin again.

leg51

29-11-2011, 11:18

hello to you

j hope you will continue to train yourself regularly, often and that was the most resultat.bonne luck to you;)

Hentie

29-11-2011, 11:39

Welcome Nick! Looking forward to some action from you! :)

Nick the Greek

30-11-2011, 20:43

couldnt resist the temptation: :D

16040 90's
5454 2h grip
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4604 metal 30's 2h grip
10001 metal speed
11881 plastic speed

Mika Mäkinen

30-11-2011, 21:25

Very good scores Nick! I'm sure you can beat your records soon. I found autostart to be better for my technique, as everyone else in this forum. I recommend it for you too ;)

Nick the Greek

04-12-2011, 16:18

gave a spin today:

12012 speed this morning.

Full session was done late today:
5577 30's
15012 left hand grip/ed
4k6 metal 30's 2h grip

In general im disappointed with today's scores.Lets see what the next days will look like.

bman

04-12-2011, 17:35

your scores are good all near your records so dont be disappointed.

good luck next session

Nick the Greek

09-12-2011, 21:40

Today was a marvelous day!
My small finger blisters didnt heal properly so i used my mummy's method of a hansaplast and some tape.

I decided to refrain from my normal session including warm up and spins and decided to follow tuomas' warm up as he mentioned in the hot mode thread.
I started with 5 mins of rehabilitation speeds with my faulty pb and then i did a UPC with my weak hand,the right.
I got :
5248
9158
then my forearm's muscles have tighten so much that i could barely move it and my shoulder started to pain so i was in trouble and decided not to continue with 90's and did a half UPC with my left as well(cause i was bored doing the whole :p).
5503
9707
then i moved to metal...thats where the miracle happened:

Left hand speed 10369 (with a couple of 10k1s afterwards and one 9k7)
Right hand speed....
WOOOOOOOT 10267 WITH THE RIGHT! ++600 RPM

so why am i pleased with that score?the best i could reach with my poor right hand was barely 9k6(which happened only once)...
Still,i cant count my 10k2 score as valid because that happened on current speed mode and not at best speed (i know i know...i just want to see the score blinking :p)So i tried again afterwards and after getting lots of 10k1 and 10ks i recorded a score of 10104.

Plastic speeds are still pretty low:
Left hand : 12082
Right hand : 11663
30's: 5769(so close for just 6 rpm!)Hey wait!Thats a new rec! :P

Then the hansaplast and tape i had in my small fingers flew while spinning(freakin awesome!) so i had to stop .

Forgot to mention that i am still using the 1,5 year old 250hz ball which vibrates quite badly(YES BEN!I WILL GET A NEW ONE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS!:D) so lets aim for 17k 6k and 13k in 2012 (!!)

Oh and a last message to ben..seems like ill forget those ed's not only because they are not "fair" but also cause they wear the ball since i found out gripping to be a better way to increase scores and of course grippers are cooler that edtechers :cool:

gemini 95

09-12-2011, 21:57

Great going there and I think you may be surprised with new ball... :) plus very nice improvement with metal rh

Mika Mäkinen

09-12-2011, 22:12

Very nice session Nick! I bet your scores will be higher with new ball. Did you buy 250hz or autostart?

Nick the Greek

09-12-2011, 22:14

Very nice session Nick! I bet your scores will be higher with new ball. Did you buy 250hz or autostart?
i didnt buy any ball,i will buy(im thinking of buying 2) around christmas definetely the regular one even though i would love to give autostart a try

bman

10-12-2011, 00:09

Today was a marvelous day!
Oh and a last message to ben..seems like ill forget those ed's not only because they are not "fair" but also cause they wear the ball since i found out gripping to be a better way to increase scores and of course grippers are cooler that edtechers :cool:
hahaha yes gripping is the one true way and great scores really well done keep it up and you will smash your speed on plastic with some new balls.

good luck

Hentie

12-12-2011, 05:54

This is realy some hot performance from you, Nick!:) Very good going!

Nick the Greek

12-12-2011, 18:47

thanks Hentie ! (:

Will try to give a spin tommorow and focus on my 90s also gonna order 2 pro's next week

Nick the Greek

13-12-2011, 21:18

had a tiring 1 and a half hour session today.

As usual i began with a UPC with both hands.I did lots of 30's and 90's as well as onother upc in the middle.Here are the best scores(all grip as usual)
30's 5691
90's 15531 (had to do 90's for such a long time,both hands where struggling to spin during the last 20 secs, still quite satisfied (: )

Metal 9545 LH - 9767 RH

However during all my 30's and 90's my vibrated powerball had that sharp noise of friction as usual because its been eroded,but every 15 secs for about 5 secs it felt as smooth as a brand new powerball and could barely keep it spinning at that rpm,then it went vibrating again.So my question is,is it completely D-E-A-D now?
Tried some metal in the end but god that chrome finish on it was so slippery.Should i use hair spray on it or something?Now im going to take a break and aspire for a session during christmas,cause two fingers are in pain.

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EDIT: In order to get back to 16k5 90's after almost a year i will aim only in 90's and UPC for a long time with my old vibrating ball.My idea is that if i can make good scores with a worn powerball then i will be able to reach higher scores with the new ones im going to order.Any thoughts on this?

Cheers (:

leg51

13-12-2011, 21:57

nice shoot ;)

Nick the Greek

13-12-2011, 21:58

nice shoot ;)
merci beaucoup thomas,any advice on the metal grip?

leg51

13-12-2011, 22:21

For me, nothing beats magnesia liquid) with super clean hands before application. Before a run speed does not hesitate to make endurance metal. For me this technique works well;) let me know

Hentie

14-12-2011, 12:21

Hi Nick, you shouldn't battle with vibrating balls-get replacements under gaurentee!
I never use anything for metal grip, just make sure the shell and rubber clear from sweat and greesynes and so your hands!
I rince my hands with cold water after every spin, it's just me. :)

Hentie

14-12-2011, 12:26

I forgot to mension, if the vibration comes and goes during a spin then it means the axle is loose, believe me I'm getting it often!

Nick the Greek

14-12-2011, 16:59

I forgot to mension, if the vibration comes and goes during a spin then it means the axle is loose, believe me I'm getting it often!

alright,so you believe that my idea is unfounded and that i should work on my upcoming new powerballs?

Hentie

15-12-2011, 06:48

You can stil train with it alright, but it's going to be very frustrating! The new balls will surely give you better scores, I hope I answer your question!:)

Nick the Greek

15-12-2011, 20:59

You can stil train with it alright, but it's going to be very frustrating! The new balls will surely give you better scores, I hope I answer your question!:)

they will give me better scores for sure,but i want to get my endurance back and get again to 16k5 so why erode a new ball till i get there?

Nick the Greek

16-12-2011, 13:50

Decided to give a spin without proper rest(3 days after my last spin),blisters still recovering but they are now worse.
Looks like today's spin was F-A-B-U-L-O-US! :D:D:p
I decided to listen to my powerball instinct and give a spin.

As usual i started with 5 mins or rehabilitation spinning so that i warm up my hands(i hate cold spins cause my arms hurt afterwards)
Did 2 UPC's but without rest; 30's with right hand then reseting the counter and getting to the left.Then 1 min rest and same thing.

Even though Hentie recommended me not to spin with the loose powerball, i did spin as it proved to be worth it...

RH : 5283/9367
LH: 5459/9451/14954(with 5 sec help from right because my blisters were burning-Ben will call me cheater :P )

Result:
At that moment i thought that finally i was getting back to my old endurance mode.
The Weird thing that appeared to me was that i was not even struggling to keep spinning at high speeds even at the near end of the sessions and my hands were not in pain because of getting tired or of getting tied to much,in comparison to my 16k5 in which as far as i remembered i was spinning with my new ball and was very exhausted in the end:eek:

So of course i couldnt hesitate to do 90's (Only one to be accurate, looks like blisters shouted to some time to heal)

Score was 15965!!!! FULL GRIP AS ALWAYS
It may be 500rpm lower than my record,but :

-As stated in my signature,that run was gripper with eduard tech (Sorry Ben! :P )
-If Tim and Ben can recall,that was the time when i was getting 12k2 with my new powerball(I keep record of my scores)
-The best speeds that i got in this session were 11450 left and 11024 Right
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So i did the devision 15965/1.5 and it showed that my average speed was 10643 (the run was about 25 right,15 left,15 right,20 left,5 right and ended all the way with my left)

I will keep spinning with my faulty ball and use my others just for speed until i can get to 16k5 with the faulty and make lots of practice with my 90's so that we can hope for 17k with 12k4 speed. :)

Mika Mäkinen

16-12-2011, 21:26

Nice session Nick! next time 16300 90s!

leg51

16-12-2011, 21:56

whaou , very nice, very good, i'm happy for you

Nick the Greek

16-12-2011, 22:08

Thank you both,mika i think that with some more upc and grip i can do 16k3 with the vibrating one (:

Nick the Greek

17-12-2011, 21:27

just ordered two pro's,lets see when they are going to arrive (:

Hentie

19-12-2011, 05:35

Good go Nick! :)

Jaco Snyman

19-12-2011, 06:56

Very Nice Session Nick. I think you will love the new balls once they arrive

Nick the Greek

20-12-2011, 20:07

Decided to give a spin today,with my 2 old balls.

5442 LH 30's / 5161 RH 30's (Vibrating and loose axle)
5536 2H 30's
5602 2H 30's (my first powerball which makes a cracking noise while spinning)
15438 2H 90's (vibrating ball)
15711 2H 90's (other pb)

very tired and with a huge and painful blister at the right hand,managed 5370 lh 30's eduard at the end of the session.

Hentie

21-12-2011, 07:34

Very good training that is! I had a very same session yesterday with old slow ball and done a metal session on top of it which I shouldn't have... now I'm in pain too!;)

Nick the Greek

23-12-2011, 12:43

Thanks Hentie (: ill rest until the new balls arrive,any suggestions on how to wear them in so that i can get the 100% out of them?

I was thinking about my metal....
I have problem during endurances and specifically gripping.Should i use my karting gloves ( http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/karting/gloves/sparco-new-for-2012-hurricane-k3-kart-gloves ) or do you guys recommend some hair spray ?

Nick the Greek

23-12-2011, 20:29

just finished a plastic session.Was also informed that my powerballs are at the post office,have to go and take them (: Planning to wear them in in the next days and give a spin during the first days of 2012.

30's 5590 2H grip
90's 16108 2H grip (first time i pass 16k with pure grip)
LH 12064
RH 11720 ( old record 11663)

I dont care much about 12k4 but i will try to give a correct balance between LH and RH and beat 16k5 with grip only.

leg51

24-12-2011, 11:28

nice score , new record is good ;) go to 12k and 15k5 ;) gogogogo

Nick the Greek

24-12-2011, 20:08

thanks,i think you mean 16k5 but anyways ;p gonna take my pb's from the post office at Tuesday, ill rest until then and give a full workout (:

leg51

25-12-2011, 21:06

yes 16k5 ;) sorry

Nick the Greek

27-12-2011, 15:10

onother quick spin today, 5644 30's 15k7 90's (i cant understand why the hell my 90s are so low maybe i need to rest more?? :confused: )

Nick the Greek

28-12-2011, 14:07

just recieved my pro and my regular,i turned my regular into a pro using my old counter.Impressed with the new counter's look ;)
Ill be using my old one for UPC.Too bad i have to wear them in though ;p ill give a week of rest and then do a hard session with my new balls.

Cheers to powerball team for the fast and great quality delivery service! ;)

Nick the Greek

28-12-2011, 18:55

I tried to warm up one powerball today (12k speed 15k9 90's) EDIT:I also made a 1h session yesterday so was a little tired got to say :P

I want to get an answer to that question:

When i start my powerball it doesnt make noise until i spin it up to 2 or 3k and its still quiet when i spin it around 12k.So does it still have more spinning to be 100% ready for use?

Nick the Greek

31-12-2011, 18:08

Just finished the last session of 2011 :)

Speeds: LH 11828 / RH 11795(old 11720)
30's: 5689 2H grip
90's: 16035 2H grip
90's: 16113 2H ED

metal speed was 10287
couldnt try right because i was constantly reseting the counter :(

leg51

31-12-2011, 18:44

nice last 2011 session ;) go to break record at 2012 ;)

Nick the Greek

03-01-2012, 20:18

had a very tiring session today,hands full of blisters :)

Speeds:

LH: 12268
RH: 12096 (old 11795)
30's: 5788 2H grip (old 5769)
90's: 16044 2h grip

metal speed was 10249
i also tried 30's left hand ed which was 4k7

it looks like today's session was more speed than endurance(which was complete rubbish)

Hentie

04-01-2012, 06:05

Good training man! :)

Nick the Greek

04-01-2012, 12:20

thanks,i will have to focus a little more on my left to break 12k5 (:
in the middle of the session my powerball made a small noise like "tik tik tik" even though its brand new so whats wrong?its my tech to spin wearing out all my balls? :P

Mika Mäkinen

04-01-2012, 19:35

Just clean it up and then it will be like new again.

Galvinee

05-01-2012, 23:54

Welcome back buddy, good to see you again.

Nick the Greek

06-01-2012, 13:20

just finished onother session today,dunno why but i was feeling in a good shape even though only 2 days have passed after my last session.

Speeds:
LH: 12555 (old 12413) finally over 12k5!!!! :D
RH: 12068(so close to record 12096)

30s: 2H Grip 5895 (old 5788) aim 6k
90s: 2H Grip 16442 (old 16108) aim to break ed score with grip | enter 90s premier with 12k5 speed
90s: 2H Ed 1 16329 (yes it was slower!)

Metal: LH 10218 RH 9k7

Time to update signature!!weeeeeeeeeee

EDIT:Im thinking of recording my next session does anybody know how can i do that with my web camera on ubuntu natty narwhal?

RoLlnWanTeD

06-01-2012, 16:43

Great! 12K5! good job! :)

leg51

06-01-2012, 16:46

yeah , the next etape is 13k now ;) gogogo

Mika Mäkinen

07-01-2012, 06:44

Nice one Nick, go for 13k!

Nick the Greek

10-01-2012, 13:18

thanks everyone.
ive overdone it and now i have tendonitis on my left hand,powerball didnt seem to help me with that.

Rest!

RoLlnWanTeD

10-01-2012, 14:01

arg... Yep, rest is the best think to do now...
hopping you'll be better soon ;)

bman

12-01-2012, 15:16

hey Nick great scores and sorry I didn't reply to the pm, I cut my buttons down on one counter so that its a lot harder to reset with my palm.

good luck and you will see 13k flashing very soon

Nick the Greek

17-01-2012, 14:12

Thanks everyone i have fully recovered from my left hand tendonitis and gave a spin :)

Started with 12251 and ended with 12439.

30's 2H GRIP : 5976 (aimed for 6k got the following list 5956,5921,5971) - old record 5895
90's 2H GRIP: 16646(made only 2 runs because i was tired-shame im out of 90's premier for only 40 rpm :( :( :( )

Best speeds: LH 12439 RH 12069 very content right hand is still over 12k

Question: for overr 6k 30's do i have to record the entire run on video?

Jaco Snyman

17-01-2012, 14:58

Hi Nick. Great to hear that you recoverd fully from your injury. Great endurance runs. Following is a list of all the scores that will require a video of the entire run:

Top100 League - Scores over 14k require video evidence showing a run at least 98% of the score submitted. Scores over 15k require video evdence of the actual score submitted
Metal League - Video evidence required for all submissions
90s Strength - Scores over 17k require video evidence showing the entire run
30s Strength - Scores over 6,500rpm require video evidence showing the entire run
Ladies League - Scores over 11,500 or which are eligible for the monthly prize require video evidence showing the entire run.
Ladies Strength Index - Video evidence required for all submissions showing the complete run from start to finish
Ladies Metal League - Video evidence required for all submissions showing the complete run from start to finish
Dual Run - Video evidence required for all submissions showing both Powerballs clearly with reset scores at the beginning and featured throughout the entire run

Hope this answers your question.

Nick the Greek

17-01-2012, 15:01

Thanks for your answer! :)

leg51

17-01-2012, 18:37

yeah n
, nice session and nice record, soon 6k 30s incoming :p

Nick the Greek

18-01-2012, 18:10

decided to give onother spin today(left shoulder was in massive pain so i will rest now). i aimed only for 30's,which means that i only did 30's runs.

as usual i made 30's one handed with my old rubbish ball, best scores were 5k3 left and 5k right.
Then i did around 10 30's i was hitting 5k8 (I scores 2 times 5836) and then i did 6024 .Looks like the 6k barrier is finally broken :)
I will spin maybe around next week and aim on my 90's because they do need some more work - 17k shouldnt be that hard(im sure i can easily do that with ed tech but nevermatter)

Speeds were 12390 left, 12003 right.
PS:Ball's making a knock knock noise when i slow it down,what the hell?I cleaned it 2 sessions ago :(

leg51

18-01-2012, 18:28

yeah , new objectif 6k2 now ;) well done

Jaco Snyman

19-01-2012, 09:46

congrats on breaking the 6k mark. good luck with your 90s endurance runs next session.

Nick the Greek

19-01-2012, 11:52

congrats on breaking the 6k mark. good luck with your 90s endurance runs next session.

thanks man,good luck with your sessions too :)

Nick the Greek

25-01-2012, 17:05

just finished onother session now i have to rest because my lil's finger blister is tranforming into a serious one.

First speed tries were 12575 left-new record by 20 rpm and right 11k8

30's : started with 5k8 and ended with 6047(old 6024)
90's: 16752(old 16646) 2H Grip
also tried an ed tech got 16975(wont count that)

Ended with speeds of 12k3 left and 12397 Right(old 12096)

Hentie

26-01-2012, 07:28

Nick the Greek

26-01-2012, 11:21

Hi Nick! Nice left-hand record! Are you normally a left-hand spinner or has it just exceeded your right because of technique?
Wekcome to the land of blisters, my blisters on the little finger had develloped into tough bumps! :)

thanks, i am born left handed so i get the highest scores with my left as well :) the booming record was with my right which is 300 rpm more that my previous one and its good to see it aproaching my left hand score :)
The technique i use to spin my left is hold a firm grip with my middle 3 fingers and just touch the powerball with my little and big finger and the classic 5 fingers grip when i spin with my right hand