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- Yo, what's up, guys, and welcome back.
Pretty excited.
Today, I'm finally going to be teaching you
the Anaconda Dribble.
Now, I hit up Bone Ho, Bone Ho who is the originator
of this dribble, what, 10 years ago?
He first, I don't even know.
A long time ago, there was a video, Bone Ho put this out.
Obviously, Darren, who's part of the Virts,
he's been known to do it, like, crazy extension,
like, six foot Anaconda, and I've seen this live,
it's pretty crazy.
My Anaconda's not too shabby.
It's been one of my go-to things that I'm actually good at
in cardistry, so I'm really really excited
to teach you guys about this.
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Now let's get into learning the Anaconda Dribble.
Alright, guys, so first of all, the first thing you want
to concentrate on is the grip of the dribble.
Now, most dribbles, a lot of people,
they dribble from the corners here.
They even dribble from here,
with the sort of knuckle bent in, like this.
For the Anaconda, the most important thing, and the thing
that you're gonna work on the most, is this index
pushing down, and as the Anaconda dribbles, watch the index.
See how it moves closer to my thumb?
Now that's something you're really gonna want to practice,
and that's something that's gonna come with time.
But what happens is all of the cards are dropping from
the thumb, so take a look at the grip here.
Okay?
And index starts here, you've got your middle finger on top,
you got your thumb down the corner here.
And then the end position is kinda like this, alright?
This is what it looks like in the small scale.
Now, even on a small scale, it will do the same thing
as if you do it on a big scale.
So, small scale.
What you want to end up doing is applying lots and lots
of pressure, that's the first thing, because the more
pressure you apply, the more the cards will straighten out.
So just watch, if I don't apply any pressure,
notice how it's a dribble.
Little bit more pressure.
And then a lot of pressure, watch how the cards jump out.
And now, obviously, too much pressure,
what's gonna happen is that bend.
When you see the Anaconda, you see this line, right?
You see this, like, bow,
that's what gives it, like, the snake look.
When you can push it just to the edge, just where
it's about to break, but it doesn't.
And so, you see this belly, like, the belly of the snake?
And just before, see, if you don't do it enough?
It's kind of like that, but if you do it too much?
It kind of bursts out, and you don't want that,
so you want to keep it right in line,
between those two things.
Your catching hand is gonna be a lot like the spring,
you're gonna catch, you're gonna keep your pinky down here,
and all the cards are going to fall in that
sort of claw position, okay?
So you're here.
Like this, and your hand comes down to catch the rest,
in case they want to fly away.
Now, the thing with the Anaconda is,
you don't just lift your hand.
Your hand, at the same time it's lifting,
this hand is dropping and then you're coming back together,
so let's get a little bit of a wider shot here.
Now, if you watch my hands, watch them as they move apart
and then closer together.
A lot of people, when they do the Anaconda,
the cards'll start to fall sideways, and all that is
is a mistake, it's a mistake, it's not something that's
supposed to happen with the Anaconda, the Anaconda's
supposed to be, the cards are supposed to be completely
lined up vertically and form flat on the side,
so from the side, you can barely see it,
because it's like a line, and that's what it's supposed to
look like, but a lot of people, that'll happen,
it'll start to, and all that is is an adjustment here.
So a lot of people will start here.
What you want to do is you want to make sure your thumb
is right at the edge, and you want to also make sure
that the pressure that you apply is equal throughout.
You're not applying a different amount of pressure,
and then it does that.
You want your pressure to be equal throughout,
so you get a nice clean dribble,
and the cards don't rotate while they're in midair,
that's very very important.
After a while, you can just start doing this Anaconda
in your hands, even this big.
If you can get it to look like this, then that is
the first step, then you will be well on your way
to making it a lot bigger.
But my Anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon.
Pick up my cards, give me a second.
This is something you guys are gonna do as well,
is pick up cards, lots of cards will be dropped.
Goosh.
So the muscle memory in your hand,
I will give you an example of what yours will look like,
and I always like doing this.
I will use my left hand, which I've never done an Anaconda
with in my life, and I will see where you guys are at, okay?
Try to mimic.
Okay, so that's what yours is gonna look like right there.
Again.
Okay, that's what you're doing right now,
so don't feel so bad, you're as good as my left hand.
Yup, okay, one more.
See, don't feel so bad if that's what your Anaconda
looks like, all you want to do...
That's all you want to do right now,
is just practice that.
Make sure the cards are nice and squared up, by the way,
before you start this.
Here you go.
If somebody's tuning in right now, to the middle of this
tutorial, and watching me do this, by the way,
you're probably thinking, like, this guy's terrible.
But then, with the proper hand, see the difference there?
Holy.
So don't feel so bad, work on the muscle memory.
Take the cards, y'know, watch some TV with 'em
or something, and just...
There you go.
Slowly start to dribble it off.
Even now, my muscle memory's starting to kick in,
it's starting to look like something that I can practice.
But eventually, it'll just come second nature,
as with the spring, as with the LePaul Spread,
or any other cardistry moves or slights.
It just becomes a matter of developing that muscle,
and I've actually forgot how to dribble.
I used to dribble like this, from the corners,
and it used to be so nice, but now I've done the Anaconda
so much that I just forgot.
I'd much rather do this, anyways.
Again, I'm gonna let you guys get a quick peek at my hand
as it does the Anaconda, alright?
Notice the hand movements there.
Just focus on this hand.
Middle of the deck.
All the way up to the top.
One card by one card, and that's very very important.
A tip is that you're dropping, you're not dropping packets,
you're dropping one card by one card,
so you need enough pressure.
That's too much, but you need enough pressure...
to be able to drop every single card, alright?
And then these fingers here, they actually start opening up,
because you don't want them to catch.
See, if I keep 'em curled in, they're gonna catch here.
Watch, as they're curled in, watch.
See what I mean, it creates this clamp.
So watch these fingers, these ones here, watch what happens.
They kind of lift out of the way so that they don't
catch the top of those cards.
One last tip on how to make the Anaconda giant,
'cause I know, a lot of you, that's the end goal,
is to be able to raise these cards over your head.
The last tip I could give, other than dropping down
your hand at the same time that this one lifts,
is keep this hand straight, so you're going straight up.
So if I was here, I'm going...
Straight up, and then back down.
I'm following, this hand here is falling down
with the last card, you don't want to...
Keep this hand open, 'cause that's gonna happen, obviously.
You want it to...
Fall down with the last card.
And you'll be able to do it, probably, a foot, two feet,
and eventually, three feet, and if the card gods permit
and your cards feel just right, you might be able
to pull it off, like, a good four feet before you
bring it in, but do expect these cards to go flying
every now and then, that's just something
that's gonna happen, so keep practicing.
And that is basically it for the Anaconda.
There are no other secrets to it, it's all about the grip
and it's all about the pressure.
Grip and pressure are very very important here.
If you get the grip right and you start to get the dribble,
it's just a matter of doing it over and over and over again,
thousands of times, and eventually, it'll start to,
you'll start to feel that bow come in,
and it'll start to feel like actual butter in your hands,
like, it won't feel clumpy.
So it's just a matter of doing it
over and over and over again.
The grip is the most important thing, and the pressure here,
with your index, against the back of the deck
as your thumb lifts up, and it all comes down
from the thumb, just like that.
That is the Anaconda, those are my tips on the Anaconda.
Thank you to Bone Ho for allowing me to teach this,
and thank you to you guys for sticking around.
If this is something that you are getting proficient at,
tweet at me, ChrisRamsay52, I'd love to see it,
and I'll retweet it if, y'know what,
I'll just retweet it anyway, even if it's garbage.
But hey, keep practicing.
Stay fit and have fun.
Alright, guys, so that was the Anaconda Dribble,
hope you guys enjoyed.
Now, as I mentioned, do take your time with this,
this is not something you're gonna be able to get overnight,
this is more difficult than the spring, so if you've been
practicing the spring and had troubles with it,
this will give you twice as much trouble.
I've worked on this for, obviously, for years,
but I mean, to get it down to a point where I was
comfortable doing it, probably months and months
of practice, so do it over a couch, if you're practicing,
or over your bed or something like that,
and don't get discouraged.
You will have to develop, just like the spring,
those muscles, that muscle memory in your hands,
to be able to release just enough pressure
for it to fall flat in the air, and obviously,
catching it's gonna be a whole other thing.
And as I mentioned, again, if you're looking for
playing cards that are easier or that allow the Anaconda
to happen smoother, I always suggest, like, a newer deck.
And I know that some of you don't have a newer deck,
but if you want to practice this, you do need a newer deck,
because the older ones will clump up
and they'll fall midway through the Anaconda.
So guys, hope you enjoyed that, leave a like,
drop a comment below it, and we'll see you
on the next video.
Peace, rock!