Is there an effective way of Tricking?

[Anima]

Hey! I've made pretty slow progress over the last 3 and something years of Tricking. I would like to really get some impressive Tricks going this year.

I'm going to start going to the gym from April, do stretching and obviously Trick often haha.

Only, what is the most effective way to learn Tricks? I really want to make the most out of my very short summer.

[jan]

Drill your tricks. Film them. See what you're doing wrong and drill them some more.

If you've got good tricksters there: Drill your tricks. Make them tell you what you're doing wrong. Fix it and drill some more.

[Ewasiuk]

Hey! I've made pretty slow progress over the last 3 and something years of Tricking. I would like to really get some impressive Tricks going this year.

I'm going to start going to the gym from April, do stretching and obviously Trick often haha.

Only, what is the most effective way to learn Tricks? I really want to make the most out of my very short summer.

Tricking: Drill basics, try new and more difficult tricks, once you land those, drill them, drill basic combos, try new and more difficult combos, once you perfect those, drill them again, rinse and repeat, and maybe mix some things around again.

Conditioning: Work on flexibility, strength training, power and explosive strength training

There's an endless amount of ways you can train yourself to be "efficient" at tricking.

[Torre]

Set goals all the time, short, medium and long term ones.

[MeatMachine]

Anima, I'm sure you have noticed I have been tricking for quite some time, probably about a year more than you? I still suck too, but this year I am intending to make a big leap in my rate of progression.
Basically JiayoJames and I were talking and I figured out something I should do to improve how fast I progress: Do more tricks each session, have sessions more frequently. In tricking sessions I tend to go at a rate at which my body is comfortable with. This is bad! Im getting myself into the habit of doing tricks as often as possible in sessions, TRULY drilling each move. I have made more progression in the past few months than I made in the first 3 years of tricking.

I am intelligent, but I realised I am bad at learning things. I tend to learn something to a moderate level of proficciency, and then not progress it much past that. I'm not sure if it's the same with you but I hope this post helps nonetheless.

[Surge!]

Just don't do what I do.

[David M.]

be optomistic :)

[ShApEsHiFt3r]

be optomistic :)

Woot, THIIS!

A mindset that goes "Aaa f*ck he's so much better than me, I'm never gonna get as good as him" won't help you at all. You have to look at the most incredible trickster you know in person and go "Pff, small fry, I'm so getting as good as and better than him in the next 5-6 months"
It may be unrealistic, it may be impossible, but it helps to have a huge goal in front of you. That way when you know that your goal is a double cork a flash gainer/btwist/jackknife/whatever trick easier than a dc will seem like child's play or at least much easier than before you took up that mindset

And of course
http://www.trickstutorials.com/index.php?page=content/efficiency

[AdamSwaluk]

Learn how certain moves come together to form bigger moves (ie: slant gainer flash + fulltwist = corkscrew). Learning and drilling prerequisites can mean the difference between progress and injury.