View Full Version : 14 year old trying to get 13k (Please help)
Juandan12
04-03-2006, 23:21
At the moment my record is 12,734. I'm really desperate to get 13k because my freind at school who doesnt own a powerball and only uses mine in the morning at school has managed it. (13'700) and i dont know how he does it.
Can anyone give me any tips on how they get 13k. Techniques they use or training they do with the powerball.
Thanks
WOW 14 years old and already chasing 13k!! Fair play mate.
I'm 25 and have only just managed my current high score of 12177.
I guess using the powerball for like 30 mins to 1 hr at around 70%-80% of your power (alternating hands obviously), and then resting for 10 mins and then really going for it might help.
Who knows, I guess different techniques work differently for each person so there's really no one method/technique that's a guarantee for everyone.
Good luck though mate!
Juandan12
08-03-2006, 19:58
cheers mate !
BENNOTTS
20-03-2006, 13:35
Someone wrote something about attempting to break a record after having a hot shower. The theory is you are more warmed up and all muscles are looser... I was stuck at 12800 ish for weeks, I couldn't touch it... then one day as I was gettin out the shower, thought I might give it a go, 13123 is my new record. Also just having clean (non greasy) hands helps hugely... Therefore any good warm up and stretching might be just as effective if u wash your hands too.
Juandan12
22-03-2006, 19:35
thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi im 14 as well i was wandering how the hell did you get 13k:eek: what is your technique i can only just reack 12k when im really going for it:(
The Force
21-05-2006, 16:05
12k is not bad at all (with a metal ;) :D ;) :D )
Regards,
The Force
lol i suck, im 21 and im chasing 10k. :-)
endurance. yea.... that my excuse...
actually. my highest is with my left arm too. which is crazy as its by far my weaker.
look you force tw@ im only 14 so leave it out:mad:
btw, did you know you say that your 14 on almost every post ? :)
:D :) thts cos im proud of it:) :D
DrummerBoy2000
22-07-2006, 05:45
yea, say it loud and proud. They should make a league for young teens, so we can show these men a thing or two, heh ;) I'm only 16 and managed 12268, just now though, I was in my basement hanging up some clothes. But really, a teen league would be cool, except that would mean more prizes and I'm sure the powerball company can't be THAT generous. lol except maybe enda he's cool.
still battling holding onto the damn thing tbh, at about 11250 it starts shifting every time.
i play alot of acoustic guitar so im not too worried about not having a "break granite" grip, as i'd prefer the speed of finger movement, but its annoying when you cant hold onto the damn thing and your arms arnt really at the max :-)
i might try that liquid magnesium stuff. best of both worlds i hope.
stephenk
22-07-2006, 22:15
Sirex have you tried gripping the powerball with rotor to hand? I get a much better grip that way but its sore on the fingers.
Stephen
Adrena1in
24-07-2006, 09:41
still battling holding onto the damn thing tbh, at about 11250 it starts shifting every time.Yes, try liquid magnesium, or just make sure the ball and your hands are really clean. (I find that if I wash my hands with really hot water, they get very clean, but also seem to be more "sticky" then if I use cold water. That REALLY helps with the grip.)
donkapone
24-07-2006, 10:17
you can, by the way, wash the rubber band with cold water and soap too :) that really helps for me
Installed
28-07-2006, 17:19
I just turned 15 and can get 11.8k. 12k for a 14 year old is really good! (btw I am powerballing as I type lol...)
The Force
29-07-2006, 16:14
look you force tw@ im only 14 so leave it out:mad:
Look at all the smilies in my previous post dude ;) ;) ;)
The Force
Millenwagon
17-08-2006, 16:14
i'll let u know never play powerball after eating a bag of crisps, whoops there it goes flying through the window! i think all powerballs should be used in bare skin with no gloves, i just kinda think its slightly cheating?:confused:
Installed
18-08-2006, 19:46
Officially, its not cheating to use gloves, but gloves actually absorb some of your energy so you may not be able to get it as fast as you think.
Millenwagon
19-08-2006, 15:45
I see what you mean, but i can imagine it gives u better grip and that little extra control, the grip is what gets me, it gets to a certain point and its just slipping outta my hand. May be a good idea to see what score i can get with soem rubber gloves on! I might look like a surgeon or a pot-washer but hey, who cares? :D
I am 14, to be honest I dont really care what I get :p. Im not proud of my age either :(
everyone has 2 be 14 at some point :D
lol i suck, im 21 and im chasing 10k. :-)
endurance. yea.... that my excuse...
actually. my highest is with my left arm too. which is crazy as its by far my weaker.
I'm getting a lot faster on my left hand too(which is also my weakest)...
i got my PB 3 days ago, with two days of Pballin i hit the 10k ( first time it was 10088 with the right hand, two hours later i hit 10781 with my left hand surprisingly, then before bed i thought i'd give it a go, got 10981, left hand also)
Today i didn't pick the PB for the whole day(my wrists were killing me), but an hour ago i managed to pass the 11k with 11344 with my right hand...
I'm guessing that, at this pace, i should get the 12k maybe a week from today( i hope)
is this any good?any advice?
Adrena1in
07-09-2006, 08:22
I'm guessing that, at this pace, i should get the 12k maybe a week from today( i hope) is this any good?any advice?Quite possibly, and that's not bad. Everyone progresses and starts at different speeds really. I used mine quite a bit when I first got it, because at another forum I used to go to there was a bit of a tournament. (It was a kiting website, and we gave birth to the Mini-Leagues.)
My first scores were around 10k, and I very soon got over 11k, and then was over 12k after another week or so. Week or so later I hit 12.8k. That was October 2004. During the following year I progressed only another 700 revs. :o The year after that I made no progress whatsoever. :(
maybe if you take a year off... when you come back the progress could be bigger.. or not..
but am not leaving powerballing for a year NEVER *.*
Adrena1in
08-09-2006, 11:57
Jaco took about a year off, and came back and beat his record very quickly...from 14870 to 15026.
But no, I couldn't take a break for that long.
See the problem is, if the original poster of this thread decided to take a year off, then the thread would be rendered moot as he'd not longer be a 14 year old!
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