A New Strategy for Revolution Mastery: The Bullseye by Revolution Kites
A way to progress: pick a precise goal and practise until you do it perfectly, rather than flying at random.
From the series Progression and mastery. Transcript by QuadKites.org.
Key takeaways from this video
- Aiming for the bullseye means picking a precise goal, then practising until you do it perfectly.
- Start simple, then build on it.
- Flying at random makes you good at flying at random; focusing on the details gets you to the bullseye.
Transcript
From wish to first attempts
0:00Hi, I'm Joe Hadzicki, inventor of the Revolution. When you first get your Revolution, you'd like to be able to do something like this, but at first you can only do something like this.
Focusing on the bullseye
0:38A great strategy is what I call focusing on the bullseye. What I mean by that is to pick a target, a goal, and then practice for perfection. Start simple and then build on that foundation. Here are a few examples of focusing on a bullseye.
Details over randomness
4:17If all you do is fly around randomly, you'll get good at flying around randomly, but if you focus on the details, you'll hit your target, the bullseye. Let's take your skills to the next level, and we'll see you on the field.
Keep going
In the series Progression and mastery — Revolution Kites tutorials
- Test Your Rev Knowledge: Watch My Hands, Guess the Skill
- Improve Your Rev Skills: Comparing Two Strategies
- Slow-Motion Technique for Mastering the Rev
- A New Strategy for Revolution Mastery: The Bullseye — you are here
- Vernon Learns a Light-Wind Skill (No. 31): Bottom Turn to Float
- Extreme Revolution Control with Two Basic Skills
- Basic Introduction to Team Flying
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