Youtube and the Like

I think my biggest inspiration for new cracks and routines comes from youtube. It always amazes me the untapped talent that is on there.

That being said, there are also numerous cases where people just do not know what they are doing.  For example, this little number: 

While I still maintain that I am NOT an expert, there is still so much wrong with this.  

To start, her "overhead" is really more of a "Diagonal". This really doesn't matter too much...unless you are working with a partner.  If you are supposed to do a crack over someone's body, for example, and you do a diagonal crack, rather than an overhead, you could hurt yourself and your partner. 

Aside from that, I have this pet peeve:  don't call a crack something it's not. It sort of goes a long the same lines of  if you're going to brag you can do something, make sure you can actually do it. ( at least in my brain it does)

The second problem I have with this video is how much she is muscling the whip. Slow down girl! Let the whip do the work, not your whole body! I know it's a long whip and therefore heavy but that really doesn't matter too much. The whip will go where you tell it to. You don't need to move your whole body in order for the whip to make noise. Bottom line here:  she's putting too much energy into her crack which will destroy it over time.  

Maybe I am being a little hard on her? She is clearly a beginner. I guess the thing that "irks" me is that fact that the subtitle says "Desiree aka Whip Girl aka Catwoman in City park Showing off her skills with her 8ft long Bull Whip"   . Clearly this woman has no idea what she is doing, so how can she claim to be "Whip Girl" or "Cat Woman"  when she can't even do a proper overhead? 

I guess the whole basis of this is that fact that there is claim that this woman is good and she is not. My whole attitude would change if she didn't think she was such a bad ass for cracking a whip. People don't appreciate the amount of work and effort that goes into being a good whip cracker, and that frustrates me to no end. 

So there's my rant. People, I beg you, if you're going to crack a whip, at least attempt to do it properly. And if you don't know how, ask for help, don't try to fool yourself into believing you're incredible when there are severe flaws in your basic technique. That's when you get hurt.  

If you'll notice, on the majority of my videos I almost always state "I am working on this" or "This is something new". I know my stuff isn't perfect and I need to practice... but that's why I am!

Alright, that's it for now.

Until Next Time,

Signed,

Your Scarlett SnapDragon