Tstering Records

[Tstering]

Here is my records thread then.

250Hz

Speed - RH:14,881
LH:12,618
90s - BH:17,240
RH:16,429
LH:15,235
30S - RH: 6,626
LH:5,701

350Hz

Speed - RH:12,421
LH:10,931
90s - BH:14,136
RH: 13,882
LH: 11,876
30s - RH: 4,253

And my current LH progress

06/03/07 Speed: 12182 90s: 14728 30s: 5313
07/03/07 Speed: 12213 90s: 15128 30s: 5573
08/03/07 Speed: 12357 90s: 15235 30s: 5631
11/03/07 Speed: 12543 90s: 15171 30s: 5701 Metal: 10655
12/03/07 Speed: 12616 90s: n/a 30s: 5663 Metal: 10931

[petemayhew]

Hope that thumb repairs quickly you were progressing rather quick before hand, so lets hope you can get back right up there when you heal :)

[Alastair V]

I thought your record was 14888, not 14881?

[Tstering]

Yeah, you are right, i'll update it. I've never bothered submitting it to the official score board though.

[Tstering]

Atlast, managed to get my LH to improve. Been in a real cold mode where even getting 12K was difficult. Today though broke my record 3 times, and got loads more just under my old record. Optimistic I can now keep on improving in the next week or 2.

06/03/07 Speed: 12182 90s: 14728 30s: 5313
07/03/07 Speed: 12213 90s: 15128 30s: 5573
08/03/07 Speed: 12357 90s: 15235 30s: 5631
11/03/07 Speed: 12543 90s: 15171 30s: 5701 Metal: 10655
12/03/07 Speed: 12616 90s: n/a 30s: 5663 Metal: 10931
27/03/07 Speed: 12750 90s: n/a 30s: 5659 Metal: 10762

[LTLFTC]

Are those 90's and 30's just with you left hand?
Bloody impressive. When it gets a bit faster you'll be killing your 17240 record.

[Tstering]

Yes, they are all 100% LH scores. I can't wait to have a proper go at my BH 90s record again, but won't do that till in know my RH is perfect again.

[Jammy]

Are those 90's and 30's just with you left hand?
Bloody impressive. When it gets a bit faster you'll be killing your 17240 record.

I agree... very impressive work. With this progress on left and good rest for right hand, ou are gonna smash your old records to bits...:cool:

[petemayhew]

How long is it till your thumbs fully recovered Tstering? Are we talking Weeks or Months :o :)

[Tstering]

I would hope at 1 month. I go away to America for a 2 week holiday in 2 weeks from now and i won't take any powerballs, so will get 2 weeks complete recovery. Hopefully when i come back i'll be back in top form, but we shall see.

[Jammy]

Maybe these links can help to achieve a full and speedy recovery:

http://www.realage.com/home_care/sprains/top/content.asp?memberId=&cbr=&topic=9
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/sma/sma_skiersth_rex.htm

Cheers

[Tstering]

Well not actually picked up the powerball since my last record on the 27th due to being so busy.

I went to Matts ready for a big session but we only had 30-45 mins as Matt was off down the pub (so i joined him).

Normally I'd need an hour to 90mins to hit peak scores. Well these are the results.

06/03/07 Speed: 12182 90s: 14728 30s: 5313
07/03/07 Speed: 12213 90s: 15128 30s: 5573
08/03/07 Speed: 12357 90s: 15235 30s: 5631
11/03/07 Speed: 12543 90s: 15171 30s: 5701 Metal: 10655
12/03/07 Speed: 12616 90s: n/a 30s: 5663 Metal: 10931
27/03/07 Speed: 12750 90s: n/a 30s: 5659 Metal: 10762
03/04/07 Speed: 12965 90s: 15058 30s: 5557 Metal: N/a

So i smashed my speed record with my biggest jump in score yet.

I got Matt to do exactly what i did in terms of 30s, 90s, speed runs as i feel i have a good idea of how to improve.
When i first broke my record by a little bit Matt also broke his by a bit (well quite a lot).
Then when i got my second record Matt went and smashed his BIG time. I'll let him post his scores up though.
Was nice though as it showed the technique works for not just me but others. 30s and 90s sessions are essential is the bottom line.

Hopeing for 13K at the live event now.

[One-Eye]

Nice work James, is cool to see a big 13k score staring back at you from your non-dominant hand. I reckon you'll be experiencing that in the next couple of days.

;):D

[Tstering]

A marathon session with Matt produced some awesome results both LH and RH tonight.

Left Hand first

06/03/07 Speed: 12182 90s: 14728 30s: 5313
07/03/07 Speed: 12213 90s: 15128 30s: 5573
08/03/07 Speed: 12357 90s: 15235 30s: 5631
11/03/07 Speed: 12543 90s: 15171 30s: 5701 Metal: 10655
12/03/07 Speed: 12616 90s: n/a 30s: 5663 Metal: 10931
27/03/07 Speed: 12750 90s: n/a 30s: 5659 Metal: 10762
03/04/07 Speed: 12965 90s: 15058 30s: 5557 Metal: N/a
04/04/07 Speed: 12954 90s: n/a 30s: 5757 Metal: 11045

So i broke 11K on the metal, and i broke my 30s record and my speed was pretty close to my record.

Also did some work with my RH. Before tonight I hadn't got over 14K since i broke my thumb.

Tonight I got LOTS of runs over 14K, topping off at 14480, so getting back to some form now. Hopefully after my holiday (I go in a week for 2 weeks) I will be back to full fitness and pushing for 15K once more.

Thanks again Matt for an awesome night, they really help us with records.

[matt120182]

Nice work mate was great fun :) have to do it again soon!

[Tstering]

Well got my new balls today as you may know. I spun one of the 250hz pro for 500K revs to get it broken in. Below are my results after that. I'm sure this will be a long list and it is probably more for my own interest than others, but here it is anyway. Highlights are in bold

LH:12172
RH:13674
RH:14253
LH:12273
LH:12101
RH:14317
LH:12417
RH:14220
LH30s:5762 (new record by 5rpm)
RH30s: Ball broke, but i fixed, a bit of grit got in and lodge on the support band
LH:12578
RH:14043
RH:13983
LH:12689
RH:14383
LH:12590
BH90s: 17333 (new record by 93revs, sadly didn't record)
RH:13904
LH:13110 (new record by 145rpm, well chuffed now)
RH:14340
LH:13044
RH:14499
RH:14364
Dual: 12165+12697 = 24862 (2rpm short of record lol)
Dual: 12310+13316 = 25626 (new record by 762rpm!!!!)
RH:14493
RH:14383
LH:12990
90S:16993 (Grip came off and killed the run)
LH:12587 (feels like i'm loosing energy, so 5 min rest i think)
RH:14162 (ball slipped)
RH:14189

Phone then suddenly went and was on it for an hour, went to try again and I couldn't do much, so the session was cut short, but a fairly good session for me.

[Adrena1in]

Nice session there, looks like you're already back in shape and way ahead of me again in most categories.

You said something about your 90s score disappearing from the scoreboards? There's a 16k score there, but I can't find any 17k submissions. Send me the 17333 image, (if you took one), and I'll sort it. :)

[Tstering]

Being an idiot i didn't even take a picture. If you put my 17240 score up that will be fine for now. I know that i can break 17500 once i'm back from the US anyway so not too fussed about getting my 17333 score up there.

[Adrena1in]

Still need a picture though. And of the Dual-Hand score. The link you put in your submissions never works for me.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view

[Tstering]

I put pictures in for both i'm sure. I dont get why the upload doesn't seem to work for me. I'll try again tonight.

[Tstering]

Here are the 2 videos, just so you can see them. Photos are on my computer at home. I'll get them to you when i'm home.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_90s17240.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=90s17240.flv)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_Dual-25626.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=Dual-25626.flv)

[petemayhew]

Hey tstering

Thought I'd do a powerballyzer for you 90s

http://i19.tinypic.com/2ibhhdl.jpg

I put the average speed line in there (average 11481 constantly) It looks like your always going over so i thought the score should be more. :o

[Tstering]

Thanks for that Pete. Looking at that i would expect an average nearer 11,800. But we all know my counters suck by now. Hopefully with my new balls this won't be the case.

[Adrena1in]

Scores now updated.

[Tstering]

You're a start Tim, thanks.

[Jez]

Tstering

Quote;

Asuming nobody gets there in the next 2 weeks i intend to be the 10th person :D

I have no doubts, that you can get this 15K score you just have to really feel confident and then just relax, let the ball run smoothly, new balls do help:) but you for sure should be the next 15K spinner and it would be great if that was in the top 10. Look forward to seeing your name there come on do buddy!

Fingers crossed

[One-Eye]

Gwan James!!

DO IT!! DO IT NOW!!!!

I have no doubts you're gonna make top 10 mate, just a matter of time and I don't think it's gonna be a long wait.

;):)

[matt120182]

Come on James, you can do it!!! /me pokes James

Even if i have to poke you everyday till you do lol! :D

Hurry up and come back too, need to have a serious powerball session with you!

[Jammy]

Come on Tstering! We need that 10th 15k member...

[Tstering]

Well I'm really sad. After 14 hours travel I just got back home from New York. The first thing i did was pick up my powerball even though i was exhausted lol. Just thought i'd do 1 spin to see how I was.

I got 13986 totally from cold, after 2 weeks off and 14 hours travel.

Can't wait till tomorrow night now to have a proper session :D

[petemayhew]

Lol shouldn't really do that :o U must be totally knackered!

Good luck on tomorrow! Hope it all goes smoothly :)

[dcash10181]

Well I'm really sad. After 14 hours travel I just got back home from New York. The first thing i did was pick up my powerball even though i was exhausted lol. Just thought i'd do 1 spin to see how I was.

I got 13986 totally from cold, after 2 weeks off and 14 hours travel.

Can't wait till tomorrow night now to have a proper session :D


Here's your (Rx) prescription, James:


-Take 2 90s runs when you are rested and relaxed.

-Rest a few minutes

-Take 1 speed run to see how you are doing.

-Take 1 30s if your arm is not pumped up enough for speed. (Repeat if necessary).

-Rest a few minutes

-Go all out for speed for at least the next hour until you have the symptoms of being a 15k-er.

Side effects may be multiple 15k scores, the desire to keep breaking your new record, exhilaration, excitement, being drenched in sweat, and the incredible feeling of being No. #10 on the scoreboard and part of the 15k club! ;) :D

Now go, James! I know you can do this already. :)

Always Powerballing,
Duane Cash

[Jammy]

Here's your (Rx) prescription, James:...

Duane, you should seriously consider becoming the first official Powerball coach. I'd sign up right here right now...:)

[One-Eye]

Will be watching forums later to see how you do James.

The (Powerball) nation expects...

;):D

[Tstering]

Feel exhausted at work today, but will leave early, go home and have a little sleep then we shall see. If i hit 14.5K+ I will be satisfied and if I can get 14.7K+ i will be very chuffed as then i feel it will be only a few weeks till i can hit 15K.

[dcash10181]

Duane, you should seriously consider becoming the first official Powerball coach. I'd sign up right here right now...:)

If James hits 15k and I hit 16k+, then I will give it some serious consideration. ;) :D

Always Powerballing,
Duane Cash

[Jammy]

If James hits 15k and I hit 16k+, then I will give it some serious consideration. ;) :D

Always Powerballing,
Duane Cash

Excellent, hurry it up then. We're getting old over here...:p :D ;)

[Tstering]

Well was a fairly good session i guess. I certainly got the best scores yet since breaking my thumb, so guess I can't complain. Also still lacking energy from jetlag, but gave it about a 1 hour session anyway.

My best 90s was appaling, only 16,5**, I put that down to the lack of energy as I just couldn't sustain any great speed.

Similarly my 30s runs weren't great, but did get 6408 which was respectable.

Metal used once and just gave up with only 10,003 lol.

As for speed though, LH I got a best of exactly 13,000, only the 3rd time I've broken the 13K barrier LH, so fairly pleased.

As for the all important RH I got 14689, so just 199rpm short of my best, so not to bad i guess, physcologically (sp?) thought 14700 would have been nice.

I did though break one record, and by quite a long way. My Dual run jumped from 25626 upto 26384, a jump of 758rpm :D Picture below and video.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/Dual26384.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_Dual26384.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=Dual26384.flv)

[Adrena1in]

Well done mate, that pips me down a spot on the Dual-Hand league, but I'll be posting 28k soon, you wait! ;)

It was a shame you couldn't have a session immediately after your 13.9k cold. I had a cold spin today, just after work. 13.7k 250Hz and 12k Metal! Those are actually my best ever cold spins...and I didn't have a session afterwards either. (Silly me, I could've added 1000 to either when warmed up I reckon! :( )

[One-Eye]

Well done James, nice mini-sesh all things considered.

And a new record out of it, to boot. ;):D

I personally find cold spins can be a little misleading as to how I'm likely to perform once warmed up for a 'proper' sesh.

I've scored 13.8k's and 13.9k's cold before now and done little better in the following sesh.

Then conversely I have also done pretty poor cold spins, barely able to break 13k and sometimes not at all, and gone on to set records.

Cold spins, for me at least, can be just a bit too random to make any predictions for a subsequent sesh. :o

[Tstering]

Well just got back from Matts and had a good session.

I did some very avergae scores early on in the low 14Ks (14252 was best). Then i did a 30s run of 6409 and had a 5 minute rest, then BANG 14819!!! was amazed, and so early on in the session, i was worried/excitred i might break 15K with no way of recording it.
Sadly though I couldn't improve on it, I got lots of 14.6K+ scores though. Surprised i didn't improve as it was only 30 mins into the session and usually i'd have anohter step up, but amybe still havn't got enough energy back for that. This does give me real hope that 15K could come very soon, maybe in the next week or so, but who knows, I was just pleased to break 14.8K again.

[One-Eye]

Nice encouraging scores James.

15k is beckoning.....

;):D

[petemayhew]

Awesome Dude. Well Done :cool:

[Tstering]

Well a good session in some ways, but not in others.

I started off and it was looking good, I was scoring over 14.5K within 15 mins, so was very confident of scoring 14.8K+ . Did a few 30s runs of respectable levels (6400-6500).

Then i did a 90s run, and broke my best by 300rpm, plus it was a very controlled 90s.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/1767290s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_1767290s_NEW.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=1767290s_NEW.flv)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/1767290s-1.jpg

But after that run it seemed to have damaged my powerball in the same way all my balls seem to get damaged. I don't know exactly what happens, but they suddenly won't accelerate anymore, and i have no idea why.
I now have 4 250Hz balls that just won't accelerate properly. I can get them upto 13 maybe 13.5K if i really bust a gut but just won't get any quicker. There is no vibration or anything, just a feeling it is slipping or something. So I am yet again in a situation where I don't have a working 250Hz pro. It has taken me only 1 week basically to break 2 250Hz pros, and I have no idea why. I guess it is my technique, but i just can't work out what happens to them. GRRRRR

[Tstering]

Oh, and my metal ball is just them same, just won't accelerate :( Really upsetting because I have no idea what is wrong with them. TO post them all back to Irelnd to get fixed won't be cheap, plus i'm sure they won't be to keen to recieve my total of 7 broken balls :(

[lhnova]

Oh, and my metal ball is just them same, just won't accelerate :( Really upsetting because I have no idea what is wrong with them. TO post them all back to Irelnd to get fixed won't be cheap, plus i'm sure they won't be to keen to recieve my total of 7 broken balls :(

this sounds pretty weird. Have you checked them out properly inside? I've had to replace a few rotors because they wouldn't reach top speed anymore, but that was because they had developed cracks and started to vibrate at higher speeds, which you are saying isn't the case with any of yours. Apart from the Support band wearing out completely or the rotor developing vibrations I can't imagine what else could actually go wrong with a powerball. Instead of shipping them all back to Ireland for repairs ask if they could send you some replacement parts that you could swap out of the broken PBs. A new rotor, support band, washers etc. This may help you trouble shoot the problem.

Nice scores btw, 15k really is just around the corner, good luck with it :)

Linus

[Tstering]

Well i got 1 ball working again. The total session was close to 4 hours, but feel really good from it. Got LOADS of scores from 14.5K - 14.7K, nothing amazing but was actually quite nice to do it SOOO consistently.

Having now powerballed HARD for 3 days straight going to take a day or 2 off (may do some LH ONLY work though) and then really go for it. When is the next live event, as would be good to coincide with that.

[Installed]

Wow, that's an incredibly long session. Were you working hard the whole time, or just going at a slow pace? Nice 90s anyway, and some good speed too.

[Tstering]

I was working farily hard though it all. Had a 15-20 min break in the middle when i was trying to fix my powerballs, but other than that I didn't really stop. Worked up a hell of a sweat. SHould have weighed myself before and after as i reckon i lost 1/2 a pound lol.

[One-Eye]

Yeah I sweat up a good load during a sesh too.

Have to make sure I have something to drink handy to keep topping up.

Good work there James, get your PB's sorted and 15k will come I'm sure.

;):D

[WildThunder]

But after that run it seemed to have damaged my powerball in the same way all my balls seem to get damaged. I don't know exactly what happens, but they suddenly won't accelerate anymore, and i have no idea why.
HI Tstering,
I had the same experience with one of my 250 balls.
It went from being my record ball in one session to only manage around 13.5k with it the nest session.
I opened it several times before I noticed tiny cracks in a couple of the fins.
I had to use magnifying glass in very good light in order to discover them.

[Installed]

Had a 15-20 min break in the middle when i was trying to fix my powerballs...
Sounds typical of me. I'll be all worried that my ball isnt running right, and frantically take it apart, clean it, and pop it back together(all the while my arms are shaking vigorously). It's a wonder I still have all my small parts accounted for.

About your rotor. This has happened to me multiple times, where it feels "slippery" and is very hard to accelerate. Like Wildthunder said, it is likely just cracks in the fins.

[lhnova]

Sounds typical of me. I'll be all worried that my ball isnt running right, and frantically take it apart, clean it, and pop it back together(all the while my arms are shaking vigorously). It's a wonder I still have all my small parts accounted for.

About your rotor. This has happened to me multiple times, where it feels "slippery" and is very hard to accelerate. Like Wildthunder said, it is likely just cracks in the fins.

strange that you feel that as slippery, wherever I get cracked rotor fins the ball feels kinda slow and resistive at higher revs, buzzing away as if you were trying to spin it through jello or something like that. It is hard to accelerate but i'd never seen it as "slippery". Do you guys not experience any high frequency buzzing and vibration when you have this problem?

Linus

[Tstering]

Exactly what i expereince Ihnova with crakced rotors. This is a very different feelin in my opinion.

[lhnova]

Exactly what i expereince Ihnova with crakced rotors. This is a very different feelin in my opinion.

hmm, I have noticed something kinda similar when there was a large buildup of fine white dust on the tracks. This reduced the friction between the axels and the track I guess and made it harder to accelerate the ball. But something like that would be easy to see and fix. Did RPM say anything about what may have been wrong with the balls that you sent back for repairs?

Linus

[Installed]

Most of the time there is that vibration, but a couple of times it's felt like what I described on a broken rotor. It may have been a mixture of cracked fins and debris buildup inside however.

[LTLFTC]

I found my metal impossible to start after I cleaned it once constant slipping unable to acclerate at all. After I replaced the support ring it made a massive difference. The holes in the ring were nearly three times the size. Do your holes on the 250 get really large that may be why. I've never had a cracked rotor that slipped it always vibrated and coudn't accelerate

[Tstering]

Yeah, i think that is my problem. I increase the size of the holes on the support band quite quickly. Must be the technique i use.

[Tstering]

YYYYYEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

The top 10 15Kers is complete 15138!!!!!

Mid session still so will post videos etc. a bit later. Just wanted to post straight away.

[GILPI]

GET IN THERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing score, so sick, and MANY BIG CONGRATS

Was it a new counter or did it decide to be on your side this time ?

GILPI :)

[Tstering]

New ball and counter :D

[WildThunder]

Congrats Tstering :) :D :)
You really has deserved this for a long time now.

Looking forward to battle it out with you now over 15k :D

[skylerwd6]

Way to go Tstering major congratulations!!!

[GILPI]

that would explain the nice "bye" it gave you, just enough to get you over 15k well done

GILPI :)

[WildThunder]

New ball and counter :D

New ball was the trick for me as well :D

[GILPI]

Only just realised, but you have pipped Pako by 2 revs, helps you gain another rank in the top 10, they think its all over, it isnt yet :p ;)

give us a 15.5k :p :p

GILPI :)

[dcash10181]

YYYYYEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

The top 10 15Kers is complete 15138!!!!!

Mid session still so will post videos etc. a bit later. Just wanted to post straight away.


Great score James! Welcome to the 15k club! :D

Well, my job is done here! Who's next? hmmm. :rolleyes:

Keep spinning! You are in a hot mode!

Always Powerballing,
Duane Cash

[petemayhew]

HOLY C*AP

Woah, Huge Congrats.

Can't wait till the full explanations and videos! :eek:

Just a bit of mid session congrats :D

[Tstering]

Well full story.

I was only planning on a mild session after my 2 days of rest, wanting to get 14.5K then stop so i was in top form for the live event tomorrow.

Well I warmed up as normal. Did a speed run and got 14.2K, good, but not necessarily amazing. Also LH got 12.8K which was preety amazing.

After one speed run on each hand did a 90s (BH) and got 16,1** so really very very poor. Had a 3 min rest then went for a LH speed and broke my record with a score of 13163!!! Was amazed. SO i thought lets try my RH.

BANG 14.7K, usually that takes a LONG session to get to, so tried again and got 14.7K again. Now i was excited. (and totally forgot about my LH from that point onwards sadly). Did 2 more speed runs with camera on but only 14.3 and 14.4K runs.

Did a RH 30s run with a dodgy ball (30s runs often damage my balls, and didn't want to use my best powerball) and got 6104, so not great but as i said, a dodgy ball.

Took a small rest then it all went made. 15138!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was amazed, and like most the other 15Kers said, it really didn't seem that hard.

I posted here and was SOOO excited. Did a few more runs getting some high 14.9Ks but then used my brain and stopped. Today was a warm up day, so i left it as such. Was there more to come??? I think so, but today was a warm up. Tomorrow i should in theory do better, but who knows.

Anyway, enough rambling. Here is the photo/video & graph.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/15138.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_Speed15138.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=Speed15138.flv)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/15138-1.jpg

[petemayhew]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/15138-1.jpg

Woah Dude your so unlucky there. 15.5K seemed inevitable looking at the powerballyzer.

Looking at your run and graph more closely you seem to spin it to about what score you got (15100-15200) then you went up a gear to 15.5K and if you would have held that for a fraction longer I'm sure you would have had a 15.5K score for definite. You sure have a well recorded bad luck with these counters.

Total Congrats buddy, hopefully more scores to come. Now we have 2 15K UK powerballers. :D

Pete

[Tstering]

I really am convinced it isn't the counters but how my microphone records the sound now. Having tested with 5-6 different counters over several months all my graphs show a score higher than that on the counter. Ofcourse i could just keep getting unlucky, but it is now so consistent i think it is the recordings.

[WildThunder]

Hey, quite good to be a warm up session ;)
I'm really looking forward to the live comp tomorrow.
I think you can achieve great stuff when you go the session fully out :D

[dcash10181]

Whoa, James!

I was running the video through powerballalyzer too, and it looks like you touched the "magic gear" (15,500+) but yet again, your counter seemed to short you out of the higher score.

At the speed you were getting, I'm beginning to reconsider who might make it to 16k next. It might not be Jez, Bjorn, or me. :eek: ;)

What has amazed me the most about your record is that you prefer to sit down instead of standing. I wonder what would happen if you stood up. Have you ever try it that way?

Once again great score, James!

Always Powerballing,
Duane Cash

[Tstering]

I've tried doing it standing, but it just doesn't happen for me. ALways about 200rpm less.

Plus when i hit my top score i am actually off the chair, so technically i am standing :p

[dcash10181]

Plus when i hit my top score i am actually off the chair, so technically i am standing :p

That's interesting, James! It's kind of a combination, but technically standing. I'll have to try that sometime! :)

I wish you good luck for live competition. I have to work, and I still have the connection issues, so I haven't been able to participate. I'm not sure if Jez or Bjorn are going to be there, but I imagine you will do quite well, and you may come out on top of the list. I'll be watching the action nonetheless!

Always Powerballing,
Duane Cash

[Tstering]

It would be nice to win one of them. Best i've done is 2nd.

Also could you and Jez kindly not break any of your records this month, i'd quite like to win a free powerball for being top for the month lol :D

[dcash10181]

It would be nice to win one of them. Best i've done is 2nd.

Also could you and Jez kindly not break any of your records this month, i'd quite like to win a free powerball for being top for the month lol :D


Hi James, I've actually thought of this once I saw that you hit 15k. I did it for Jez, and I'll do it for you too. It would be unkind for me to post a higher score until next month since you have not won the prize yet with a 15k score.

If I get 16k before the end of the month, I will announce the miracle, but I may forget somehow to submit the video until June 1st. ;)

I can't be too sure what Jez, Bjorn, Pako, Hakan, Alex, Mark, and Jarkko are going to do, however. And, of course, Akis might come back into action too. You never know. ;)

Always Powerballing,
Duane Cash

[Jarkko]

I really am convinced it isn't the counters but how my microphone records the sound now. Having tested with 5-6 different counters over several months all my graphs show a score higher than that on the counter. Ofcourse i could just keep getting unlucky, but it is now so consistent i think it is the recordings.
I have doubt that too sometimes, when I've looking your graphs. If you have another microphone, you could test it just to record simultaneously with them and then compare the graphs.

Oh btw, nice score.

[lhnova]

I have doubt that too sometimes, when I've looking your graphs. If you have another microphone, you could test it just to record simultaneously with them and then compare the graphs.

Oh btw, nice score.

well whatever happened to you in the past concerning unlucky counter glitches and whatever. This was one hell of a run and having analysed it, it seems that if you have held onto that little burst of extra speed in the middle of the run for a little longer that the counter really should have registered closer to 15.5. But then again it could all be down to your microphone as you said and that burst of speed was "only" what brought you above 15k in the first place.

Get a new mic and see if anything changes.

But counter errror or not, congrats. Fantastic score :D

Linus

[LTLFTC]

Wow awesome work James must be really satisfying after waiting so long with the busted thumb and all huge congrats you really deserve it.
I really am convinced it isn't the counters but how my microphone records the sound now. Having tested with 5-6 different counters over several months all my graphs show a score higher than that on the counter. Ofcourse i could just keep getting unlucky, but it is now so consistent i think it is the recordings.


I have found this also my web cam records it almost exactly but my dodgy microphone seems way off.

[One-Eye]

Nice one James, you've had that 15k coming for a long time now.

Well deserved score mate.

Looking forward to seeing what comes from the 'live' event.

;):D

[Adrena1in]

Bloody heck mate, coming back so quickly from a broken thumb to smash through the 15k barrier is an awesome achievement...well done. (And there we were, a couple or three months back, thinking you might make it to 15k for the Championship! You might be at 16k by then!!!) :eek:

If you're going to make it to the chat tonight, have you got that TeamSpeak thingy? It would mean that others could listen to and analyse your scores there and then. (Though if you think it's your microphone skewing the sound then I guess it would do that for everyone.) Does seem weird that the Analyser always shows an extra 400 or 500 revs for you.

Anyway, great achievement. Time to Pako to come back, as you beat him by just a couple of revs! ;)


EDIT: By the way, I've realised why the link you put in your score submission never works. The admin form only allows a certain number of characters, and it always appears as http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view, missing the all important video name. I'll see if I can grab the video file itself and put it on the Scoreboard, or if you could send it to Scoreadmin that'd be cool.

"GET IN!!" ;)

P.S. Definitely 15.5k, but your short burst over that barrier was too short for the counter to register I think.

[Tstering]

If i send the video to G-mail (won't be able till tonight) will you be able to grab it from there?

[Jez]

James

A massive congratulations to you that is a cracking score (15138K) can't wait to see the video!! What is even more impressive is that you have acquired this score so soon after breaking your thumb!

The UK are really kicking butt now, must get Pete on the national scoreboard average;)

Top score again, now the fun begins and all those 15K score will come flooding in, oh don't forget your lefty though;)

Really please for you you deserve it.

[LTLFTC]

Hey I just noticed the improvment in your 90's score when did you sneak that one in. Getting up there

[Tstering]

HEHE, did the 90s a few days ago. Though really want to hit 18K

[matt120182]

Well done mate!!!! Knew you had it in you and you smashed 15k as well....16k is but a few steps away...now go....make me better...oh and hit 16k too :P

[Tstering]

If you want we can have a session tonight and post some scores up at the live event. Depends what you are upto.

[Adrena1in]

Though really want to hit 18K

It's easy...just do loads and loads of speed runs and aim to hit 12k, or just above. When you get that pitch of the whine well and truly into your head, do some runs where you keep it going at that speed for 10 seconds or so, doing it alternately with right, then left. You'll see just how easy it is (for someone of your ability) to keep it going at that speed for longer and longer periods.

Then just concentrate really hard on maintaining that speed over the 90s run, without being too tempted to push the speed up too much. I bet that by the end, after 2 or 3 changeovers, you'll not be that worn out and 18k will be on your counter. :)

[Tstering]

Thanks for the advice Tim. Always appreciated.

My problem is when i do 30s and 90s runs it for some reason seems to damage the support bands. So the balls some times suddenly slow down mid run, not by a lot, but by 500rpmish and that ruins my score.

As i currently only have 1 perfect running ball I don't want to damage it so am not doing 30s and 90s runs on it.

[Adrena1in]

As i currently only have 1 perfect running ball I don't want to damage it so am not doing 30s and 90s runs on it.

I can see the reasoning there...and anyway, you're on FIRE at the moment at speed. This isn't a Hot Mode, this is a WHITE Hot Mode. :cool:

[manudo]

Very good score !!!
You really derseve it !!

[Jammy]

James, please forgive me for being late on this, seems I'm away 1 day and all hell breaks loose...:D

Big congrats on that 15k score, you really deserve it. I wonder if the broken thumb was just the catalyst to get you over the barrier, forcing you to take a good and proper rest and coming back strong. I fully expect yo see you smashing through 15.5k any moment.

Well done man. Another true legend emerges. You have thus now oficcialy been promoted to Captain.:cool:

[Akis]

Great achievement James. It was a matter of time for you of course.

Now take advantage of your hot mode and push hard for higher levels!

Kind regards

Akis

[Tstering]

Thaznks for the kind words Akis.

Little video also :D

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=CAPTURE_NEW.flv

[Jarkko]

What, 13298 with metal :eek:. When you got that? You just got only 11234 in live comp.

[Adrena1in]

What, 13298 with metal :eek:.

Blimey! But not surprising really. 1900 revs less than your Plastic score is about right. Well done though...especially as you really haven't been putting out big Metal scores lately. ;)

Knocks me down to 10th though! :mad:

[Tstering]

HEHE, it's not real sadly. My metal still isn't working properly, so i decided to see if it was possible to fake it. After a bit of thinking i proved it can be done (which worried me slightly).

[One-Eye]

Heh, you cheeky monkey James. :eek:;):D

I was just watching the vid thinking "I'm gonna have to analyze that" as it didn't sound right.:rolleyes:

How'd you fake it then? 250hz rotor in your metal, or what? :confused::confused:

[Adrena1in]

I thought it sounded "different", but I didn't doubt it, because I see no reason why you couldn't really get that score, (when you have a working Metal I mean!) I'll be hitting 13.2k Metal before I get to 15k with the Plastic. ;)

[Jez]

I think what gave it away to me was there was no 'Get in there!!!!' from James, although like you Adrena1in l had no reason to query the score, mind you sitting down and getting that score would have been flippin impressive!!!

Nice hornswoggle though!

Keep spinning

[Adrena1in]

I think what gave it away to me was there was no 'Get in there!!!!' from James.Yes! That surprised me too actually. :p

Plus he hadn't submitted it to the scoreboards.

[Tstering]

I was bored at the end of last night so did it for fun.

Hopefully with a working metal i can smash my old record, but who knows, i still have problems with grip all the time.

[One-Eye]

But HOW did you do it? :confused:

[Tstering]

I won't say how i did this, because i don't want anyone to start submitting false results to the scoreboards just so they can get as high up as possible.

I obviously know you wouldn't and nor would most/all the people here. I can guarantee you though a lot of people read these forums who are not registered but submit scores.

[One-Eye]

Send me a PM then, James.

My curiosity is pricked, and I wanna know!! ;):D

BTW, we had a convo about cheating at metal in another thread.

Nett result was that nobody was gonna get away with doing it on decent scores because of needing video with sound to back up submission which can be analyzed to corroborate the score.

[skylerwd6]

You've also made me curious on how you did this PM this to me please if you could please and thank you!

[One-Eye]

http://www.powerballs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2414

This was the thread where there was discussion about the possibilities for cheating with metal Powerballs.

[Adrena1in]

A long time ago I tried something, (a modification to a Powerball), and at the time my record was 14214. With the mod I straight away hit 14400 exactly! Removed the mod and my next score was 13.9k. (No kidding, I could perhaps hit 15k with the mod now!)

I only told two people, (plus Rory and Enda), what I'd done, because I didn't want others trying it. So yes, don't say what you did James, but well done, it did fool me. I'll have to be extra careful when approving scores now! :o

[Tstering]

It's ok Tim, i won't tell anyone what i did, even via PM (sorry Skyler and One-eye). Not because i don't trust anybody here, but the safest way is to not tell ANYONE.

The thing with this cheat is i'm sure an analysis should back up the score (though not actually done a graph to check), so don't want to explain it as it may easily fool the admins.

[petemayhew]

Theres a thing on the counter where the score you last spun shows up again when you spin. I've got a new record then stopped it dead, span it again and it flashed. But you'd obviously have to get the score first to make this happen.

[Tstering]

Thats very true. I realised this could be done ina dual run to give a fake score,a dn evenm analysing would be difficult due to the 2 sounds.

This wouldn't work with metal though as you can hear the sound and analyse it properly.

[Installed]

Huge congratulations on 15k plastic... and 13k metal. :rolleyes: I've done something like that too, it was pretty fun to get upper 12k's on a metal. :D

[Adrena1in]

Theres a thing on the counter where the score you last spun shows up again when you spin.

This is why I like to see the counter before and after each spin, WHILE the rotor is already spinning.

There are lots of possibilities. I once saw someone do a spin, (about 12k, if that), then off-camera he must've switched to the first mode. He covered the icon as he showed 14.2k on the digits. Sneaky!

[WildThunder]

Hi Tstering,
Now you're ahead of me in every category AGAIN :(
But after another unwanted break - I'll be back PowerBalling in week or so and will try my best to get back in there and give you a good challenge ;) :D
And I haven't totally given up on that pint yet ;)

[Tstering]

I was expecting to do much today. Having played Rugby 7s yesterday i was in a lot of pain with a pulled muscle in my left shoulder, right calf and right abdomen (Rugby 7s really is a great game, but p[ushed you to the limit lol)

I thought i'd just do some gentle powerballing as i'd had 3 days off just to get my muscles loosten, and would then have a proper session tomorrow or Tuesday.

Well as it happened, my first speed run was 14,5**, which amazed me.
So i did a 90s and got an ok score (low 17K). Then i thought i'd try some Ed tech (I have always been rubbish at it, till now). First attempt got me 17898, breaking my olf 90s record easily.

Then i did speed and got lots of 149** scores, and the i hit 15122 (16rpm short of record), which is only the 2nd time i've broken 15K.

Then i went for another Ed tech 90s and got 18135, so pleased to beat 18K.

Sadly my speed didn't get any better, only a few more 14.9K runs and then dropped off from tiredness.

Below is video/photo/graph of my new 90s record.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/1813590sED.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_1813590sED.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=1813590sED.flv)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/18135ED.jpg

[dcash10181]

Great job, James!

It's always great to hit the 15k again for the second time. It indicates that you are reaching new levels. Now that you are getting past the mental, you find that you will have sessions where hit 15k numerous times. It usually depends on what type of hot-mode you push yourself towards. Too many 90s runs will definitely take the energy out of you, but you made a great 18K 90s score.

Makes me wonder if I should try some ed-tech too! ?:rolleyes: :confused:

Always Powerballing,
Duane Cash

[petemayhew]

Well Done Tstering, you should break your speed record next time as you was painfully close. :o Keep at it :cool:

[One-Eye]

Nice mini sesh there James, and you should be able to do even better when you're fully fit for Powerballing again.

Don't forget to work on that lefty of yours too, I'd like to see you do something special on a dual run soon.

;):D

[matt120182]

Stop it!!! I'm meant to be beating you by now :p

Now...come over and help me beat your record :p

[Adrena1in]

Makes me wonder if I should try some ed-tech too! ?:rolleyes: :confused: Well you are awesome at speed, with both left and right hands, so you could probably blast out around 20k. Bjorn's done 18.7k one-handed! :rolleyes:

[Tstering]

I would come and help you, but you are always playing bridge.

I'd come tonight but i bet you at bridge yes?

[Installed]

Dude, very nicely done! You had some whopping peaks near the beginning, but too bad you got down so low near the end. Maybe with some better consistency you can get quite a bit better score. Awesome job reaching 15k for the second time. When I made over 13k the second time (quite a ways back), it felt really good.

Makes me wonder if I should try some ed-tech too! ?:rolleyes: :confused:
Heck yes! ;)

[LTLFTC]

Then i did speed and got lots of 149** scores, and the i hit 15122 (16rpm short of record), which is only the 2nd time i've broken 15K.

Then i went for another Ed tech 90s and got 18135, so pleased to beat 18K.


I dread the day when your left catches up with your right your Ed tech 90's will be a sight to behold I don't think I'll ever catch your score when that happens:eek:

[Tstering]

I'm working very hard on my left hand, harder than my right now, my progress just seems sooo much slower. I can hit over 13K every session LH now, but really need that to be 14K. I'm sure it will get there though.

[Adrena1in]

I'm sure it will get there though.Of course it will. If I can do 14k left hand then you certainly can. I'm also working mine a bit harder at the moment. (Any idle spinning I do I do 90% with my left.) Problem is, as soon as it gets to a proper session I just want to produce good scores, so I do almost everything with my right. Got a free evening tonight so I might just have a left-only session.

[One-Eye]

James, I found what brought my left hand on was doing more dualies.

Try to keep your hands as synchronised as possible, don't worry about the score too much and try not to let your right hand 'lead', if you know what I mean.

Really helps bring on the coordination and speed.

During a 'sesh', I also try to alternate single hand speed runs between LH & RH rather than just concentrating on one hand or the other.

I'd really like to see what you can do on dualies when your lefty catches up ;):D

[Tstering]

Tonight should have been a good session. I was well rested and I had warmed up properly.

Alas, other than an 18K 90s, nothing good happened. I only got 1 14.7K score and 1 14.8K score and that was it, just a load of 14.5-14.6K scores. I guess tonight just wasn't meant to be a good session. Hopefully soon though. I really feel that 5th place is just round the corner.

[One-Eye]

It'll come James, just a little plateau on your upward curve.

;):D

[LTLFTC]

I've said it before and I'll say it again I can't wait until those speeds are a bad session for me:D

[Tstering]

Worst session i had in a long time :( Hi-lites are one 14.6K score.
ALso first spin was 13.1K!!!!!!!!!!!!! Usually i can hit 14K now, or bloody close. Took me 10 spins to get there tonight.

LH:12541 250hz Amber 1
RH:13159 250hz Amber 1
LH:11951 250hz Blue
RH:13666 250hz Blue
RH:13363 250hz Blue
LH:12303 Neon Red
RH:13618 Neon Red
LH:12434 Neon Green
RH:13472 Neon Green
LH:12122 Signature
RH:13489 Signature
LH:12312 250hz Amber 2
RH:13448 250hz Amber 2
LH:12493 Neon Blue
RH:13936 Neon Blue
LH:11656 Techno
RH:13455 Techno
LH:12264 250hz Amber 1
RH:14158 250hz Amber 1
LH:12463 250hz Blue
RH:14334 250hz Blue
LH:12982 250hz Blue
RH:14354 250hz Blue
LH:12655 250hz Blue
RH:14385 250hz Blue
90s(ED):17327 250hz Amber 1
LH:13009 250hz Blue
RH:14576 250hz Blue
LH:12808 250hz Blue
RH:14667 250hz Blue
LH:12150 250hz Blue
RH:14401 250hz Blue
LH30s:5416 250hz Amber 1
RH30s:6276 250hz Amber 1
LH:13117 250hz Blue
RH:14375 250hz Blue
LH:12629 250hz Blue
RH:14182 250hz Blue
RH:14139 250hz Amber 2
LH:11842 Signature
RH:13920 Neon Green
RH:14575 250hz Blue
LH:12704 250hz Blue

I think it is down to the diet i just started. I think my body is getting use to not having all the sugar/caffine it was use to so is lacking in energy. Hopefully once it has adjusted though the new healthier diet will actually help me get better scores (they certainly can't get much worse)

[Jammy]

It'll come James, just a little plateau on your upward curve.

;):D

I agree. It's all in the head now. You've hit 15k so stop thinking about it. Start aiming for 15.5k every time and you should get closer.

[Installed]

Oh man! Well a healthier diet will always do you good, and like you said, it'll help your scores in the long run.

[One-Eye]

Stuff the diet James!!

Neck a couple of deep fried Mars bars and give it some stick!!

;):D

J/K

Could be the diet, could just have been an off day.

Either way, you'll be on top form again another day so don't worry yourself about a not-so-good sesh. :)

[Pako]

I agree. There is nothing like chocolate just before the session, and some pieces of chocolate as reward on each increase in the score are nice t00 ;-)

When I break my records, I have also done my previous meal (4 or 5 hours before) eating lentils or beans. :D

regards,
Pako.

[Tstering]

Well the sessions just keep getting worse.

At the live event on Monday i again only got 1 14.6K.

Tonight though after some good rest I got only 2 14.4K scores and the rest 14.1K-14.3K. Left hand isn't much better. I got a 12.8K a 12.7K and rest sub 12.5K. I really seem to be losing something. It doesn't feel very natural at all any more, really does feel forced. I'm sure i will come through it, but soooo frustrating. Was hopeing to push on and close the gap to Duane and Jez.

I did get a new 90s LH record of 15,876, so that's something I guess.

[LTLFTC]

I feels yer pain I haven't touched my balls:D in 5 days my next session better be good or i'll be very sad:(

[lhnova]

I feels yer pain I haven't touched my balls:D in 5 days my next session better be good or i'll be very sad:(

unfortunately a long rest isn't always going to guarantee you a great session when you pick it up again. I rested for nearly 2 weeks and had a session yesterday where my scores where pretty poor. Highest I got was only 13.8k score and the rest were 13.6 and below :(.

Hopefully you will have more luck :D

Linus

[Tstering]

Well as i'm annoyed i thought lets try something new and do reverse spinning.

Now i've not done it before bar the odd spin which proved it felt totally unnatural.

My best RH was about 9K and LH 7K, but as i said rarely done it, maybe 6 times in 6 months.

So this is how the scores progressed (only showing when i beat previous record)

LH:7382, 7604, 7635, 7885, 8619, 9253 and a 30s 3340

RH:9158, 9474, 9741, 9805, 9912, 10410, 10547, 10797, 11113, 11257, 11563 and a 30s 4460.

So really quite poor speeds, but it is what i'm going to spend a month doing. It really works out different muscles in the arms aswell which is a nice feeling.
I'mnot giving up on my normal direction, rather just giving it a rest for a while. This new direction has given me new motivation that i was lacking.

[Installed]

Ouch, that reverse direction stuff sure is tough eh? Good that you found new inspiration in it. I have been there and done that so I know how you feel. By now perhaps I'm in need of another revival of reverse scores. :)

[One-Eye]

Stick with it James, you're just going through an off patch.

Do you think that maybe you ought to injure yourself again? J/K ;)

After your forced Powerballing holiday with your busted thumb, you came back like a force of nature.

Seemed like you really had something to prove. Not just to us, but to yourself. And, sure enough, you knocked out that 15k score you were so hungry for.

So much of this Powerballing stuff is in the head, try not to put too much pressure on yourself to get over 15k.

If you keep spinning you'll be scoring big again.

We've all had this situation at sometime, you push past a big milestone score (be it 12k, 13k, 14k or even 15k) and you think you have it cracked but it can be weeks before your technique fully settles in to that new scoring bracket.

I feel for you mate.

The reverse spinning thing should be good for you, help remove any pressure you're putting on yourself to perform.

I know you can do it again, just a matter of time.

;):D

[petemayhew]

We've all had this situation at sometime, you push past a big milestone score (be it 12k, 13k, 14k or even 15k) and you think you have it cracked but it can be weeks before your technique fully settles in to that new scoring bracket.

The day i broke 14K I was going good now I can;t get anywhere near it :o Cold modes do really suck and they are very frustrating :(

Keep at it James ... You'll come through :cool:

[Tstering]

Day 2 of reverse spinning went as such.

Speed RH:12,717 (up 1,154 revs) LH:11,691 (up 2,438 revs)

30S:RH 5,258 (up 798 revs) LH:4,180 (up 820 revs)

So some nice big jumps. Still feels really unatural, but better than before. I wish i could always increase my speeds like that :D Hopefully i can start to push my reverse scores to similar levels as my normal, and maybe, like Tim, past my old scores.

[petemayhew]

WO WO WO!

I would swear but i won't. How do you make such big jumps!! :eek:

I tried Revvy and it took me a week to get 12K :o

[Tstering]

No idea how i made such a big jump. I broke my record by alittle bit, then did the 30s and then BANG both the LH and RH went mad. I actually think this new direction might be better for my LH, but doubt it will be for my right, but who knows.

[Installed]

Impressive work. In my experience, spinning different directions on each hand really screws you up in dual run. :p

[Adrena1in]

I made fairly quick improvements when I switched to Reverse direction spinning. Your brain already knows what needs to be done, so it's quite quick for your muscles to re-learn the motions. I was a few months from 10k to 13k, (would've been a lot quicker if I did 100% in Reverse), and then in three sessions, in about the space of a month, I went from 13069 to 14076. :)

[One-Eye]

I do some reverse spinning most sessions and most other times when I'm just idly spinning.

Good to exercise different muscles a bit.

[Tstering]

Well I not powerballed now (reverse or normal) for about 2 weeks. Partly due to being frustrated and then partly due to the fact i was in hospital last week with burns (long story).

Going to give it a go again tonight. No idea how well I will do but should be interesting. If i can get 14.5K I'll be mildly pleased, and anything 14.7K+ and i'll be well chuffed. Not convinced I'll break 14K though if i'm honest.

[LTLFTC]

Best of luck . I'm in the middle of a two week sabbatical myself so I will be interested to see how it works out. Hope you kill it (score not ball)

[Tstering]

Well what a disaster. 13.8K was my best :(

I know people have cold phases but this is cold phase is colder than liquid nirtrogen. Really hope it improves as this isn't much fun :(

[LTLFTC]

I guess if you 273.15 revs below your best you could be at absolute zero. But seriously chin up. You'll come out of it and all the hard work your putting in will be worth it in the end:o It does flippin suck though

[Jez]

Well what a disaster. 13.8K was my best :(

I know people have cold phases but this is cold phase is colder than liquid nirtrogen. Really hope it improves as this isn't much fun :(

Hi buddy

Seriously put the ball away and chill out things will get back to normal and you will wonder what all the fuzz was all about. I know from my point of view that l have had times when l think the ball is busted but reality is l am just having a sub zero session. I think my longest was about 10 days and then you wonder whether you can get back to where you left off. I know it is frustrating but it will pass the worse thing to do is get stressed over it. If it helps just play around with the balls and have some experimentation just don't let it get to your mind, cos you will get in a rut, trust me this 16K is really getting to me.

Chin up!;) that is priceless coming from a dentist, quite funny:D

Keep spinning but have some fun

[Tstering]

Thanks for the kind words Jez.

I actually pick up my monthly winner ball tomorrow, so I going to have fun with that. Hopefully i'll be back to 15Ks some time soon. Just very frustrating at the moment.

[Tstering]

Well i got a record.

Just done a 90s RH only and got 17959 (Ed).

Amazed. Now interested to see if my speed is coming back. Very excited.

Watch this space.

[petemayhew]

Awesome :D

Where that come from?!

Looks like you should climb back to form from here.

G'Luck mate :)

[Tstering]

WOOOOHOOOOO. I'm soo pleased. After my month long cold spell, that just kept getting worse I think i'm starting to get it back.

Just hit a 14,689. So although a long way short of my record it is atleast respectable. Maybe now i can start to push to 15K once more.

[Tstering]

Make that 14855!!!!!

[WildThunder]

Way to go :D
Let's hope I also can snap out of it soon enough :D

[Tstering]

Yeah, hope you can be back upto 15K soon. We've usually ben fairly similar so hopefully you'll start climbing back up to.

[One-Eye]

Glad things seem to be coming together for you again James.

Looking forward to seeing you consolidate your place in the 15k club soon.

;):D

[LTLFTC]

Seems to me they didn't do a very good job on those burns of yours cause somebody is still summmokin' . Well done

[Tstering]

LOL. Maybe the burns have helped lol.

[LTLFTC]

Nice work on 15k again in the live comp

[One-Eye]

Nice work on 15k again in the live comp

w00t!! :eek:

Well done James, give us the run down.

;):D

[Tstering]

Thanks for the grats. I'll give you a little run down on why i been so quiet etc and how i got back to the 15K+ speeds.

2 months ago not long after getting my record i decided to generally get a lot fitter and faster for my rugby as my team has now been promoted, and our 7s team won a few tournaments last year and has now been invited to overseas tournaments so we all going to have to be realy fit and quick.

After going onto my diet I seemed to loose all ability at the powerball. First only getting 14.7K, then 14.5K till even 14K was a real struggle. After lots of frustration i decided just to stop for a month (though i admit i used occasionally, and for live events).

2 weeks ago i'd managed to get a lot fitter and lost a stone in weight and so changed my diet to more energy based foods. So idecided to pick the powerball back up. First session and i was hitting 14.5K+ again, so I knew I was on the way back up.

Over the next 2 weeks I was improving nearly every session till on Monday night i hit 14.9K.

Knowing we had the live competion on Tuesday I got a massage about 3 hours before it (I get them once a fortnight anyway, I just changed the day to coincide with the competition) as i know they help lossen my muscles.

At the competetion I only had 1 hour as i had to leave at 7pm GMT to go sprint training. As such I concentrated totally on speed, only doing the odd 90s/30s run to help with speed. I hit 13.5K from cold, then hit 14K after 1 90s run. From there hit 14.3k i think. Then I did a hard 30s and then hit 14.6K. Built up to about 14.7K then did another 90s. After that I hit 14.8K, then several 14.9Ks then finally popped over 15K literally 5 mins before i Had to leave. I don't know if I could have gone faster, i think not, but was a good session.
Also I got 12999 LH, very frustrating as been a while sonce 13K LH.

I going to start training hard on my powerball again as I really want to firstly get into the world top 5, and then secondly try to close the massive 500rpm gap there seems to be to get into the world top 4.

I'll keep you up dated on my scores from now on.

James

[Adrena1in]

I sometimes wish I had something to push me into getting fitter overall. Don't belong to any sports clubs anymore, so the only reason would be personal gain, and that's not enough incentive sometimes! :rolleyes:

Good luck with your progression, and also good luck with your Rugby. Just watch those thumbs!! :eek:

[Tstering]

HEHE, i'll do my best to look after my thumbs.
I agree having something to get fit for helps a lot, I would also struggle to motivate myself to stay fit if i didn't have a specific reason for it.

[Installed]

Thanks for the report, that's awesome! You're on your way to bigger and better things. :cool:

[Tstering]

Well anohter ok night for me. Got 14852 speed which was fairly pleasing.

Also got my first record for quite some time with a LH 30s of 5898.
Also got close to my dual record.

Hopeing for another session tomorrow and think there could be some good scores :D

[Installed]

Nice sesh James. Every once in awhile I do better the second day of powerballing; hopefully we'll see some good results. :cool:

[LTLFTC]

Are you still working on lefty there. With 18.k on 90's as is, if lefty gets it going there should be some improvement there

[Tstering]

My LH speed isn't really improving. Just had a sesh and got 13028 LH which is the first time in ages i have got over 13K LH.

I did though get 2 more records.

LH and RH 90s Gripper records. See my signature for the scores.

[Installed]

Holy crap, nice 90s on both hands.

[LTLFTC]

Holy crap, nice 90s on both hands.
Absolutely that right is Vnice push on to 17k

[Tstering]

WOW! Where did that come from!!!!!!!???

After 6 months i've gone and broken my metal record. Not by a lot, but still in shock.

Got 12463. Technically moves me up 1 place but i have no video as i wasn't expecting it atall.

Still very pleased though.

[Adrena1in]

WOW! Where did that come from!!!!!!!???

... i've gone and broken my metal record...12463...no video as i wasn't expecting it atall.

:D Exactly the same thing has happened to me in the past, surprising myself like that, often when I've not had the video on. (One time I was doing a Plastic-only session, but decided to hit the Metal near the end as I reckoned I could just about win the Gyrotek Comp...Jarkko was winning on 12.3k and my record was 12.6k. I banged out 12869 first go!!! :eek: At least I've now finally beaten that, last night, on video this time!)

Well done on your score, but I'm expecting over 12900 from you. ;)

[Tstering]

Well tonight i intend to push for 12.5K+ and also hopeing to bang out some big plastic scores on my new balls.

Did a cold run before work today and hit 14,240!!!!! Maybe today will be a good day for powerballing.

[petemayhew]

Did a cold run before work today and hit 14,240!!!!! Maybe today will be a good day for powerballing.

Wow. Nice cold run, If you could improve that by 1000rpm in hot mode then you've got yourself a new record. :D

..Remember those one-handed 30s runs if your struggling :p

[Tstering]

I normally do improve by about 1000 rpm from cold so who knows?!?!

[Tstering]

Well nothing amazing in the speed stakes. Infact an overall very average eveing. Speed was at best 14.7K+ and metal the odd 12K+.

I did get a very pleasing score on the ultimate score though.

[Tstering]

Hmm, well an odd night for me.

Started on metal and got 12063 on 2nd run. Then did 90s metal and after that i couldnt beat 11.5K metal. No idea why i stuggle with metal.

Then picked up plastid, first run 14.5K then 14682 2nd run. I assume 14.8K would be easy tonight after those 2 run. Alas no. I did an ultimate run whcih was ok, but after that best speed i could do was 14.2K!!!!

On Bjorns advice i did a 30s run, and i hit 6735!!!! over 100 over my record. I couldnt believe it.

Then back to speed and did 1 run of 14K then all the rest under 14K.

So not really sure what was going on. Was really happy with the 30s and really unhappy with speed. Bit of an odd one really. But atlest some improvement.

[petemayhew]

On Bjorns advice i did a 30s run, and i hit 6735!!!! over 100 over my record. I couldnt believe it.

Wow very nice score. :cool:

I find now that 30s is very important to a session. :)

[Adrena1in]

Grrr, you beat my 30s score last night by 20 rpm! :mad: :mad: ;)

Next time you have a session with the Metal try this.

1) Don't do a Metal strength run first. I've done 90s runs in the past and then not been able to do a good speed run afterwards because the rotor's been slipping a lot, much like what you had yesterday. Don't know why it does this though.

2) Do several Plastic 30s runs of around 6500...13k rpm.

3) Do about a dozen 13k speed runs with the Plastic.

(2 and 3 will get your arm into 13k speed mode.)

4) After a little rest go with the Metal, BUT, don't try to accelerate it too quickly. The extra weight makes it resistant to bursts of speed I think, and if you try and wind it up too fast it'll resist and slip.

If I can do 13k Metal then you DEFinitely can too.

[Tstering]

Ok Tim. I will try to do exactly that tonight.

I think my problem is my technique is very agressive and i force the ball to accelerate very rapidly. This is fine with the plastic, but as you've said, the metal does seem to 'slip'.

I will see what happens.

[Installed]

Nice work on the 30s score, thats pretty darned good stuff! :eek:


1) Don't do a Metal strength run first. I've done 90s runs in the past and then not been able to do a good speed run afterwards because the rotor's been slipping a lot, much like what you had yesterday. Don't know why it does this though.
Happens to be all the time. I'm guessing it has something to do with heat buildup/expanding.

Thats a pretty good sounding warmup there Tim, I wonder if it would work for me... except more on the 11.5-12k level. :p

[Tstering]

Atlast some jot on the metal. Still not what i feel i should be getting, but certainly a nice step up.

Beat my old record by opver 200rpm

New record of 12640.

Sadly i have no video or even camera at the moment so can't submit anything, but nice none the less.

[Adrena1in]

Still not what i feel i should be getting...Beat my old record by opver 200rpm

Agreed...add another two lots of 200rpm and you'll be starting to get nearer your potential.

Oh, and I see you did 14738 at the Gyrotek Chat the other night...my record. You're definitely way more on form than me at the moment, and set to be £5000 richer in a few months hopefully!! ;)

[Tstering]

TYhanks Tim. I was please last night, didn't realise it was your record :D. Tonight on plastic got another 14,7** score. NOt sure exact score but was happy. Hopeing to slowly push back to 15K by December. I am certainly very motivated now.

[xaverr]

Do you win something in the gyrotek tournament?:confused: :p

[Adrena1in]

Do you win something in the gyrotek tournament?:confused: :p

No, but everyone likes to be first. ;)

[xaverr]

Oh, thanks Adrenalin ;)

[Tstering]

My plastic scores are veyr bad at the moment. FOr some reason though metal has all come together at last.

At last night live competition i broke 13K!!!! With a score of 13042. Seriously happy.

[Adrena1in]

At last night live competition i broke 13K!!!! With a score of 13042. Seriously happy.

Was a monumentous occasion, but I knew you could do it. If I could, you could, but I'm still expecting more from you. (My 13k was perhaps a bit of a fluke...you'll fluke 13.2k soon if you persist.)

Was definite mixed emotions when you said, "YEEHHAAAWWWW" and I knew you'd done 13k, but I didn't want you to have beaten 13053, yet I also wanted to see 13.1k or 13.2k from you. Either way, great score. (Shall we see if we can push towards 13.5k before the Championship? Try to catch Jez!?!) ;)

[Tstering]

Sounds good to me Tim. Definately time to push on.

Was odd though that I coulnd't get any good speed on the plastic. After getting 13K on the metal i used the plastic and only got 13.8K, was insane there was so little different. I'm resting now though until next Tuesday as my wrist is really very sore.

[Adrena1in]

There are definitely times where your muscles are stronger and not so fast...I've had sessions where I'm not getting much more than 1000rpm more with the Plastic - you were probably just in that mode. (I bet if you'd tried you could've got seriously high 30s and 90s score too.)

[Armitage]

congrats on 13 k :D

what about the 134** score? was it a counter error? Did you check it out with powerballyzer?:D

[Tstering]

I havn't actually checked itout, but i know with 99% certainty it wasn't real though.

[LTLFTC]

Nice work on the 13k. I wasn't as exited about it as when Tim got it as I have been thinking your due (nothing like the pressure of expcetation;)). Still it's a dam impressive feat, well done you must be relived and happy.

[Tstering]

Well tonight has been fairly nice for me. Broke one record which was LH 30S getting a score of 5978, which is 100rpm more than before.

Also had some ok plastic scores in the 147** range so fairly pleased.

Also actually got some metal runs on video my best being 12839. Submitting this score to the leader board as don't really want to submit a score that has no video. I'm confident i'll be getting another 13K+ score soon on it so not to worried.

Also was 9 rpm off my 90s record.

Generally speaking things were fairly pleasing. Really feel i could get back to 15K+ form in time for the UK championship final.

[ESL]

Pretty good session Tstering:D ,just 400rpm off your ecord means your in the right way :)
Now pass that 15k barrier again and this time with a new record;) :D

[Tstering]

Certainly hopeing too. I have to admit though several times i've got back to 147** form and then suddenly dropped back to 145** level. hopeing to push on through this time. If i can hit 148** in the next couple of sessions i'll be very happy.

[Tstering]

Video of my latest Metal run

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_Metal12839.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=Metal12839.flv)

[Armitage]

Nice! I wish you good luck with getting yourself to 15+ again :)
asking again did you check 13.4+ video? :D

[xaverr]

Hey, congrats for your record Tstering!!, nice Metal video..., I hope to catch 1k less than you this year:D

Regards!

[Tstering]

My 13.4K scores was around or just below 13K, damn counter.

[LTLFTC]

Well tonight has been fairly nice for me. Broke one record which was LH 30S getting a score of 5978, which is 100rpm more than before.

Also had some ok plastic scores in the 147** range so fairly pleased.

Also actually got some metal runs on video my best being 12839. Submitting this score to the leader board as don't really want to submit a score that has no video. I'm confident i'll be getting another 13K+ score soon on it so not to worried.

Also was 9 rpm off my 90s record.

Generally speaking things were fairly pleasing. Really feel i could get back to 15K+ form in time for the UK championship final.
Dam and I thought i was having a nice night cracking 14k 4 times. Getting back into some nice form well done

[Tstering]

Thanks LTLFTC

[Tstering]

Mid session still. More details later, but NEW 250hz record!!!!!!

[Tstering]

Well, I had no plans ona proper session tonight what so ever. Had a bad cold last few days so was going to have an early night.
I was playing poker online and doing the odd spin. Realised I was hitting over 14K with ease so thought i'd just do some speed runs.
Well from there onwards it all went a bit mad. I did nothing except RH speed and this is how my session went

14482, 14289, 14378 ,14530, 14617, 14689, 14686, 15048, 14649, 14907, 14460, 14579, 14400, 14638, 14528, 15172, 14482, 14331, 14655, 15090, 14832, 14065, 14968, 90 18345, 14984, 14568

Considering in total before tonight I'd only broken 15K 3 times (i think) and never more than once in a night this was an incredible session. Also I havn't hit over 14.8K in ages, so this was an insane jump. Really couldn't quite believe it.

Once i was done i decided to just do one 90s Ed tech with my RH to see how i could do, and this smashed my 90s record aswell. It was rubbish technique due to me only using my RH tonight so the few spins I gave my LH were rubbish. Still another record none the less.

Videos for both my records below.

Speed Run
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_15172.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=15172.flv)

90s Run
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_1834590s.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=1834590s.flv)

[petemayhew]

James thats awesome!!

Hitting 15K more then once in a session is a quality held by the very few! It's weird how these unplanned sessions bring the big records!

Anyway onwards and upwards from here and I'm sure you'll break it numerous times before the Maplin UK Championship! :cool:

[Tstering]

Thanks Pete. I really hope i can push on up from this point and try and close the gap on Jez. Before i worry about closing that gap though i want to try and first become a concistent 15Ker. I've always suddenly fallen back about 400rpm each time i've reached 15k. Hopefully not this time though.

[petemayhew]

I've always suddenly fallen back about 400rpm each time i've reached 15k. Hopefully not this time though.

I've found this as well, I reached 14K and then there was a dip in scores. I had to work at it to get back on track and to 14260. So hopefully you'll maintain this and as I know your well capable of being a consistent 15Ker! :)

[LTLFTC]

Awesome work mate, well done.

[xaverr]

Congrats T!!, that are magnifics score..., I hope to catch 15k some day :D

[ronasor]

congrats bro :D its seems that it was worth it... as in getting the result sooner than later (cant remember that expression fix me if im wrong!)
well, it seems that you shouldnt give your 120% at a session, ive found it out today when Ive got into shower... I gave about 60% before I went to the shower room for about 1 hour... I like powerballing for no target, so then without even noticing Ive got into the shower and my speed ran up pretty fast from 10600 to 11300ish, I got pretty sweaty so I took my shirt off and used towel to clean up any oily or sweaty locations from my hands and ball, and then Ive been steaming and popped 11k's without any effort at all, but my hands got raped off, so try somtime warming up, then before you go to shower give all you got with cleaning the ball every run for max grip and ease and aim high... you wont regret it :D

Regards,

Ron

[ESL]

Many congratulations Tstering:D :D :D It seems you've mastered the technique of 15k and i won't be surprised if you soon get a score of 15.5k;)

[Tstering]

Also just noticed i broke my old record exactly 6 months to the day after my old record.

[Installed]

Congratulations Tstering! I'm very intrigued by the secret training methods you've been implimenting. :confused:

[Armitage]

Congrats !!! you are in great form for the maplins final :D:cool:

[Tstering]

Anotehr good session tonight. I was a little tired, so made it a short session. But I did manage to break 15K again during it, so becoming a bit more consistent. Also broke my dual record. SO I've broken, all 4 major records (250hz Speed, 90s, Dual and Metal) in the last 2 weeks.

[Armitage]

way to go!!! hitting 15 k every session would be really nice right? :D

[ESL]

Wow :eek: You are in a super hot mode these days:D

[petemayhew]

Your going to be on fire at Telford! :D

[Installed]

Nice big improvement on dual run, you're in good form.

[Tstering]

Another night and more success.

15278

I'll upload and give more explanation in a bit.

[Armitage]

Heeyy! Congrats!!! Did you wash your hands? :D

[Tstering]

Yes i washed my hands, atleast 10 seperate times during the 75 minute session.

Ok here is the run down. I was meant to be rugby training tonight, but just before i left i picked up my 2nd best powerballs and had 1 run and got 14325 cold, i thought that was quite good so picked up by no1 PB and then scored 14752. I was amazed, so i binned off rugby training to powerball.
I had to make it a short session as i still had to get to rugby for the end of the session to open the bar up (i run the bar there). So i only had 75 minutes to powerball.

During the session i used 3 different balls. 1 is by best the other 2 are much newer and need working in still, hence why my scores look like they jump up and down quite a bit. But i want to have 3 balls that are capable of 15K+ scores.

As you will see my last run of the session was actually my best, and i feel if i hadnt had to run off and had maybe an hour or 2 more i could have increased it further. Alas it will have to wait untill Thursday now to see if I can do any better.

Here are my RH speed results for the session (i did do 90s/30s runs inbetween)

14325, 14752, 14458, 14652, 14342, 14507, 14620, 15031, 14738, 14601, 14854, 13818??, 14671, 14000, 15090, 14859, 14795, 14541, 14318, 15139, 14655, 14491(screamer), 15278

Video of record is here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/th_15278.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v256/Tstering/?action=view&current=15278.flv)

[Armitage]

wow, you were almost 3 seconds in 15 000+ speed in that last run! Good luck on your next session on thursday and if you enter yours superb hotmode i think you can do at least 15.5 :D:D

[Pako]

Awesome Tstering!

I played a bit with my neon today, and did only 13.9k :( I will rest from powerball until next week.. I hope I can resist :p

regards,
Pako.

[Tstering]

I'm going to have a day off tomorrow then have a real full on session (2-4hours) on Thursday. I've always wanted to be in the top 5, and i've never quite done it. THis is the closest i've ever got though, so hope I can do it.

[Akis]

You are really getting on a hot mode trajectory in view of the competition Tstering. Well done!

(It seems you've adopted Jez style :-)

Cheers

Akis

[barrybpl]

Very nice session there James, I can only only dream of scores like that at the moment. My session today was hopeless, even by my standards.

Barry.

[leg51]

Well done Tstering , verry impressive score !!


i think you go 15k5 soon ....

good luck !!


leg51 ;) ;)

[Tstering]

Thanks for all the kind words guys



(It seems you've adopted Jez style :-)

Akis

Yeah i noticed that aswell. I decided quite a while ago (when i was doing badly) to change from sitting down to standing up, as a soon realised standing up would probbly give me the most speed. It has taken me a long time to master the technique but it is all coming together now.
Also my new training methods are working really well. I really feel I could push on to atleast 15.5K now in the next couple of weeks.

[LTLFTC]

I keep meaning to congratulate you but every time I log on you've got a new record. So I'll just get in early and say well done on 15.5k. Awesome work:rolleyes:

[Adrena1in]

...well done on 15.5k. Awesome work:rolleyes:

That was the first message I read in here, and I was thinking, "What, what, WHAT!?!?!", but then realised LTLFTC was being pre-emptive.

Still, 15278 is awesome James, well done mate...you're really wanting to challenge Jez aren't you, and at this rate I think many people, including Jez himself, are thinking it's not going to be a foregone conclusion on December the 15th after all.

Way to go!!

[Tstering]

Thanks Tim.

I'd still put money on Jez winning on December 15th, but I just want to make those odds a little bit smaller if i can. If i can get to 15.5K by December then it will atleast put some pressure on him.

[Pako]

well done, Tstering.

but.. how do you handle Neons? Do you feel much difference?

I guess your score at Maplin was done with a bad powerball... 13.6k is very low for u :p

Pako.

[Tstering]

Yeah the ball i used at maplins was broken but they were out of stock so had no choice but to use the broken ball.

I'll do some neon runs tonight and see how i get on.

[Adrena1in]

Just watched the video by the way...very solid technique there. You can really see how you start by thrashing your arm up and down quite quick, but then how the movements get smaller as you pin that Powerball down and drive more revs out of it.

I predict 15.6k within 10 days. ;)

[Tstering]

I'm also quite pleased with my technique. It is all about accelerating it very quickly and then trying to almost get the hand to not move but drive the rest of my body. It really is quite satisfying at the moment to be able to break 15K several times in a session.

15.6K in 10 days. Hmmm, i doubt it somehow, but then again your predictions have a way of coming true. Hope this one does.

[petemayhew]

Nice one AGAIN Tstering!

Man it's gonna be good watching you and Jez go at it at Telford, if you really stay focused this month I really think you could give Jez a good run for his money, literally!

Like you I changed from sitting down to standing up and I stuck at it as well, which I'm now pleased at doing like you will be. Anyway the only way is up, go UK! :D

[ESL]

:eek: Wow :eek: Very well done Tstering:D I'm 100% sure soon we'll see a video of you getting 15.5k;) :D

[The Force]

Nice work....but too bad Akis takes away the monthly price this time :D :D ;) ;) .

Regards,

The Force

[Armitage]

Akis is unstopable :D

Looking forward to see hear from you about your next session (and your secret practise technique :D) i know i know after the finals :o

[Tstering]

SMall increase if 4rpm from yesterday to 15282 so far tonight. 2 hours intom the session. DOn't think i'll get any better, but in light of Akis doing 8 hour sessions i'm going to stick with it for a while longer yet.

[petemayhew]

Go Tstering! I love new records. :D

[Tstering]

Well a nice long session. This time 2 1/2 hours. Wanted to go longer like Akis does but my hand became to sore. My muscle were happy enough ton continue, but need to hardened my hands up more for long session.

47 speed runs in total with 13 over 15K. Also set a new record of 15282 but won't botehr uploading the video as it is such a little improvement. I'm sure i'll break it by more in the next week or so. Still, my best session to date, never had so many 15K+ runs.

Hand hurts like hell though now. Hopeign to do another exhausting session tomorrow and then have 3 days off and see what happens on Monday.

13957, 13991, 13840, 14225, 13716, 14536, 14523, 11954???, 14556, 10922???, 14453, 14762, 14508, 14879, 15186, 12002??, 14363, 14738, 14211, 14477, 14711, 15165, 15244, 14073, 15109, 14676, 13901, 14590, 15208, 14681, 14724, 15046, 15018, 14889, 15130, 14984, 15073, 15282, 14799, 14704, 15183, 14867, 14642, 15166, 15192, 14839, 14716.

Also almost got 2 other balls almost up to 15K+ standard now. One is on 14879 and the other on 14867 despite me dropping in 4ft onto a solid kitchen floor. Amazed i didnt damage it.

[Tstering]

After 3 days straight powerballing a 4th day was just to much. I just had ne speed atall. I hit 15K just once, and after only 45 mins my scores had dropped to 14.5K.
Time to have some rest i think.