Step 4. Flowerstick Trick - Throwing

The throw is one of the most spectacular flower stick tricks, in which you toss the stick into the air using the guide sticks and then catch it again. The goal is not only to throw the flowerstick high, but also to catch it in a stable and controlled manner. The flower stick throw improves balance, timing, and the sense of the stick’s weight, and when combined with many other tricks, it makes the game even more spectacular.

Beginner level

Beginner level

1. STARTING POSITION

2. Tossing/ throwing up

Take the handsticks in your hands and lay the two ends of the flowerstick on top of them.

Toss/ throw the flower stick up horizontally, then catch it. Bounce your hands and the handsticks in them while you do this. Follow the movement of the flowerstick with them.

3. Rotated tossing /throwing

4. Small throwing from Tic-Tac

Toss/ throw the flowerstick up, but this time swing harder with one of the handsticks so that the flower stick can make a circle in the air.

During tilting (Tic-Tac), at one stage toss/ throw the flowerstick upwards harder, then – after it has made a circle in the air – continue the Tic-Tac.

Advanced level

5. Big throwing from Tic-Tac

6. Throwing from helicopter

This time, toss/ throw it harder. The closer to the centre you swing/ hit the flower stick, the higher it will fly. If you swing/ hit closer to the end, it will make it spin faster.

While doing the helicopter, lift/ push a larger one on the CENTER of the flowerstick, then continue to do the helicopter.

Expert level

7. Throwing from one handed spin

8. Throwing with right & left hand

In a one-handed spin, toss/ throw the flower stick upwards when it is in horizontal position. When tossing/ throwing, aim for the centre of the flowerstick.

When you feel you’re out of challenges with your stronger hand, try throwing with the other hand too. It creates some great tricks 🙂

1. STARTING POSITION

Take the handsticks in your hands and lay the two ends of the flowerstick on top of them.

2. Throwing up

Toss/ throw the flower stick up horizontally, then catch it. Bounce your hands while you do this. Follow the movement of the flowerstick.

3. Rotated throwing

Toss/ throw the flowerstick up, but this time swing harder with one of the handsticks so that the flowerstick can make a circle in the air.

4. Small throwing from Tic-Tac

During tilting (Tic-Tac), at one stage toss/ throw the flowerstick upwards harder, then – after it has made a circle in the air – continue the Tic-Tac.

Advanced level

5. Big throwing from Tic-Tac

This time, toss/ throw it harder. The closer to the centre you swing (hit) the flowerstick, the higher it will fly. If you swing (hit) closer to the end, it will make it spin faster.

6. Throwing from helicopter

While doing the helicopter, lift/ push a larger one on the CENTER of the flowerstick, then continue to do the helicopter.

Expert level

7. Throwing from one handed spin

In a one-handed spin, toss/ throw the flowerstick upwards when it is in horizontal position. When tossing, aim for the centre of the flowerstick.

8. Throwing with right & left hand

When you feel you’re out of challenges with your stronger hand, try throwing with the other hand too. It creates some great tricks 🙂

#4 Tutorial video - Throwing

An attractive but easy trick: Tossing the flowerstick gives you new challanges!

About Throwing

There are also many important flowerstick movements in the throw. In short: Keep it, throw it, catch it! Try to get a better feel for the weight, grip and balance of the stick.

Common mistake:

Many people think they are great at throwing when they can throw the flower stick high. However, this is only half the battle at best. Because the important thing is that you can catch it afterwards. So it’s worth trying with smaller throws first, and then, when you’re also confident in catching, switching to higher throws.

IMPORTANT

If you want to make the throw really impressive, try to combine it with other tricks. For example, tossing up from a one-handed spin, and then continuing with another trick as continuously as possible after the catch.

Advices that work for every flowerstick trick

If you can (also) play with the flowerstick slowly, you will also be able to do it quickly. The other way around is not necessarily true.
The closer you play to the centre of the flowerstick, the slower you are able to play. The closer you play to the end of the flowerstick, the faster you play.
If you want to play slowly, you need to play with the flower stick closer to the centre of it (with the handsticks). At the same time, you also need to be more subtle with the handsticks. Flex your hands more. The handsticks should rather guide the flowerstick than hit it.
For most tricks, it can be said that the handsticks should not be facing the ground. Instead, they should be horizontal or even slightly pointing upwards.
Apart from a few extra advanced tricks, always hold the handsticks by their ends. This way, you’ll have more playing surface on them, and on the other hand, they won’t restrict your wrist movement. A loose (moving) wrist and hand position are very important parts of the game.
One or two tricks can be learnt relatively quickly with a few repetitions. However, to repeat it many times over and over again typically requires a lot more learning. But that’s not what’s important. Instead of repetitions, try to combine the current trick with other tricks. You will learn a lot from it.
If, despite lots of practice, you still can’t learn one or two movements or tricks, don’t be disappointed. Try something else for a few days and you’ll see that you’ll get better at what was difficult before.
This is most common in younger children (6-8 years old), but it can also happen at much older ages when they play only from the wrist or forearm. When this happens, their elbows do not move, and they simply cannot lift the flowerstick enough to turn it over. Or they may swing from the wrist so much that the stick flies away. The lesson is to get your whole body involved in the game, rather than just one or two parts of it.

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