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Freestyle Chat / Plz Oli! Plz! Watch my video Oli! PLZ!

« on: Aug 02, 2011, 05:28: AM »

[Conor Reynolds]
hey man
im making a new video
its rendering now
would u like to see it whens its done?
[You]
no
[Conor Reynolds]
why?
[You]
you are not good enough to make a video that will spark enough interest in order for me to not do other things i could do with my time
[Conor Reynolds]
Hahahhahahahahahahahah
[You]
why does that make you laugh?
[Conor Reynolds]
ok then suit yourself.. You know video's aren't just about to motivate you. People who aren't as good as others can get advice from them, tips.. potive comments,etc.. I watch your video, 2 minutes of your time won't kill you.
[You]
i dont care if you never seen a single video of mine or if youve seen them all ten times
[Conor Reynolds]
your attitude is shit.
[You]
because i have shit i much rather do than watch you juggle a ball?
[Conor Reynolds]
urgghhh whatever


Moral of the story is I'm the best

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Freestyle Chat / Why I "Quit"

« on: Jul 19, 2011, 04:51: AM »

1) LAW SCHOOL - I had a legit shot at getting in to law school and I wanted to make the best out of it. And this was not just any law school, it was the best one in the entire country, a university that's on world top lists and also happens to be 20 minutes from where I live.
My level of freestyle required several hours a day to only maintain and the way I saw things was that seeing how I had this good chance of getting in to law school I should do everything I can do actually make it happen so for obvious reasons things that took up a lot of time had to be neglected for this period of time (10 weeks).

2) LACK OF RESPECT - I felt like I didn't get the respect that I deserved from the freestyle community both in terms of my actual skill as well as knowledge and other abilities. I could never understand why freestylers that had zero versatility were in these compilations over and over or why garbage freestylers were getting well paid over seas gigs or jobs judging competitions and so on.

3) STAYING TRUE - I stay true to myself and that means I don't do anything I don't want to do. Freestyling for several hours a day enduring sometimes terrible pain and neglegting many social situations was something I was starting to get tired of.

4) BODY BUILDING - Since some time back I have been interested in body building and I have always been trying to transform my own body into what I believe is a masterpiece. All though I am still not there yet this is what I'm trying to do right now and it's not compatible with freestyle.

5) BOREDOM - Lowers got boring. It used to be such a passion filled thing to me but just as written in 2) I felt like I didn't get the respect I deserved. So what if some dude could do 5 alatws or another dude can do 15 amatws, he wasn't touching me in any other aspect than that one and I would destroy him in uppers, sits as well as performing and people didn't recognize it at all. So the only thing that mattered was amount of amatws nt one can do? No thanks to that.

And another thing - I have a hard time doing things without committing fully. If I do things I want to do them well.

So those are the main reasons in no particular order except for 1) being the greatest one. My day during that period would be wake up around 05:00-07:00 and study for 4-6 hours. After that I would have my first meal and study for another 4-6 hours. Eat. Bed. Repeat. Some days I would hit the gym as well. I distanced myself from everything negative and watched many motivational videos/listened to speeches and things like that.

And in terms of today - I am actually enjoying freestyle again. I had some shows so I had to re-learn some stuff which wasn't that hard. In terms of doing LP's I'm just as good as I was when I stopped putting in all those hours every day. I was at the Amsterdam meet and had a ton of fun and I will be at Prague as well.

I got in to law school.

I am now pursuing my body building goals.

Thank you for reading and if you have any questions I will gladly answer them.

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Freestyle Chat / A word of advice

« on: Jun 17, 2011, 04:17: AM »

In terms of freestyle I consider myself a person of very high knowledge. I dare to say that there are not many out there who can touch a wide variety of topics in a manner that I can. There's really no need for me to go on further with my arrogance as most of you would put it. Rather I will go straight on to what this post is really for, me helping you.

I will here share the best tips that I have for a few random things that are crossing my mind this very moment. This is basically just a random and general post with me sharing what ever's on my mind while writing.

Focus on improving. This is key. Set goals. If you can do 10 atws today and you really want to improve your atws, decide that in 2 weeks or 2 months (whatever, depends on how much you train) you should be able to do 20.

Ask for help. Find someone who can help you, someone who knows much. Be nice to this person. Make sure he knows you appreciate whatever helps he gives you. Don't overload this person with dumb questions. You'd be surprised how many of the worlds best freestylers would help you out if you just didn't ask the dumbest questions ever and showed zero gratitude.

If you have a performance make sure you actually put a routine together and do tricks that the crowd like that may seem stupid to you (in example carousel or hat slip). Might sound stupid about the whole routine part but I actually completely ignored that many times and just went on stage "freestyling" doing whatever came to mind. This is no professional approach. Do not do that. Make up a routine, pratice it. Stick to it.

Crowd connection. You gotta do something do show that you are aware of the crowd. Something as easy as a shoulder stall while waving and smiling can boost your performance tremendously and if you're busking best believe this will help you earn more.

Every training should have a goal. Decide what you're training. Is it tatw amatw nt? If so, then don't do a failed tatw and go on to do some stupid combo. If you're trying to do tatw amatw nt and you do a bad tatw just grab the ball with your hands and start over. Don't exhaust yourself by doing stupid combos, unless you're actually focusing on doing tatw combos, in that case that's exactly what you'd want to do.

If you get a gig, be professional. Talk with who evers boss and let he/she know you are up for helping with other stuff as well. Leaving a good impression is essential. This summer I have a lot of gigs booked and all are thanks to the way I have handeled many situations with employers, making sure I am doing everything I possibly could to have them satisfied (no wild sexual ideas here please lol).

Don't undercharge. Your services are worth a lot of money. Charging 50 euro for a show is a joke unless it's nearby for a very small football club where you are allowed to leave straight after the show or some scenario like that. If you're doing something for a large company and you're actually a good freestyler make sure you charge accordingly and make sure you actually feel like you're worth that money.

All right that's about it for this time. Hopefully you guys enjoyed that and if you did make sure you let me know and I might stop by another time to give you some more. For now that will be all! Take care!

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General Chat / Hello

« on: Nov 27, 2010, 08:45: PM »

Just thought I'd drop by and say hi! 

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Freestyle Chat / Prague Grand Prix 2009 - comments, etc!

« on: Sep 15, 2009, 06:17: AM »

First and foremost, big thanks to all organizers! Dexter, Lucaso.. Etc! Big thanks to Jan aswell for helping all of us at the hostel, thanks to Shaolin/Jeff aswell who contributed a lot with his knowledge of Prague  :cheers:

And lets not forget.. Thanks to everyone who came, without all of you it wouldn't have been what it was.

For me it was the best thing I have ever experienced in football freestyle, I doubt there will be anything in a long while that comes close to this. Undescribable feelings.. I never thought I would be up 05:00 waiting for a flight laughing non stop because of things like an old woman having the exact same shoe model as me or because Gustav had an extremely weird style of drinking coca cola.

PWG, Gustav, Kjelldoff, TACK! <3

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Freestyle Videos / Sean in Warsaw

« on: Sep 05, 2009, 06:36: AM »

Damn! It was suppose to be my LP oh well

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Freestyle Chat / Please take your time to answer some questions

« on: Sep 05, 2009, 03:46: AM »

1. If you were to purchase a freestyle DVD, how much (in euros) would you say is a fair price?

2. How many minutes do you think it should be?

3. What would you like the DVD to include besides freestyle?

4. Have you ever bought a freestyle DVD before?

5. If your answer to question 4 is yes then please tell me, which one was it and what did you think of it? Why was it bad or why was it good?

Please private message your answers to me!
Thank's a lot!

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General Chat / DVD Cover Design

« on: Sep 04, 2009, 08:39: PM »

Anyone experienced with this or does anyone know someone who might be able to help me?

 :cheers:

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General Chat / MOVED: Freestyle dreams..

« on: Aug 30, 2009, 02:14: AM »

This topic has been moved to Freestyle Chat & Help.

http://www.beyondfootball.com/forum/index.php?topic=11302.0

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Old Competitions & Meetings / Copenhagen Meeting 29th

« on: Aug 27, 2009, 06:59: AM »

Where; Copenhagen, Stroget at first then Israels plads
When; 29th of August, exact time is still not set
Attending; Oli, Marcys

Everyone is welcome. The more the marrier!

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Freestyle Videos / For Skoras birthday

« on: Aug 14, 2009, 08:27: PM »

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Freestyle Chat / Follow me and my freestyle life..

« on: Aug 10, 2009, 11:15: PM »

I thought I'd be a good idea to create a blog dedicated to me and my freestyle.
The link is here http://olifs.blogg.se/

I'll try to update as often as I can. My current plan with it is to make daily updates from when Macca is staying here at my house for about a week.

I will also try to include some tips, just random tips that some might already know of and some dont, just to help you with your freestyle.

I wil gladly write about anything on the blog as long as its freestyle related so if you have a topic of discussion you can suggest it here in the topic and I'll see what I can do.

Good idea to start the blog? Bad idea? Why is it a good or bad idea?
Thanks!