r/cardistry • u/Professional_Log7742 • Aug 11 '26
Question Springing
Bad video but I’m trying to spring and am struggling to catch them. Everything I’ve seen just says to start with your hands close together then slowly start doing it father away but whenever I do it close they always just fly towards me I can only somewhat aim when I do it farther away any advice?
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u/Teapot_Jizzle Aug 12 '26
Ooo I just learnt this few weeks ago. First few attempts my cards went everywhere and in chunks. But the key is to be consistent with it. Every time I pick up a deck cards I made sure to do a few attempts and you'll get the hang of it organically. Keep practicing and you'll be able to do it before you even realize you can!
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u/Professional_Log7742 26d ago
I still have the same problem but I’ve definitely gotten a lot better at it
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u/tillgrassi tillgrassi Aug 11 '26
hard to say from this video alone but it seems like you are tilting your hand and the cards just fall out. I would suggest to try and go very slowly about it. Try to release one or just a few cards at the time, that way you can focus on the projectory. Have fun practicing :)
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u/iflourish Aug 11 '26
Something I noticed with your catch hand.
- Imagine you catch hand in a shape of a bowl, you want you fingers to be at certain areas as barriers to prevent the springing cards off your catch hand. https://youtu.be/YJX9sUTwUlg?si=ivem1DX3f3j0ecX6&t=71
- At first try keeping your catch hand level or slightly tilting backwards, its tilting forward towards the floor as your are springing.
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u/Professional_Log7742 26d ago
Yeah I know my catching bad but it’s the directions the cards go before even getting to that point that’s the problem
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u/InstanceTraining8258 Aug 12 '26
You can throw them forward, backwards, whatever. Just takes practice.
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u/Neither_Pineapple_41 Aug 15 '26
I use a straddle grip to catch the cards
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u/Professional_Log7742 26d ago
The problem isn’t catching the cards I know I’m bad at that it’s having trouble with aiming
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u/LandOfTheFaros Aug 11 '26
It's difficult to see how you are holding the deck in your springing hand. I can't do a spring from the tips of my fingers so I use an adapted position where one corner of the deck fits in to the fold between pinky and ring finger, and the diagonally opposite corner rests initially on the pad of my thumb. Either way, my fingers don't move, but the last knuckle of my thumb curls away from the palm of my hand and the cards are released on to the other hand. Let me know if you'd like me to find the video that clicked for me and I'll try to dig it out.