Indoor toss and catch by Spence Watson

Transcript

1. Today I'll be teaching you a toss and catch. I have two different catches and five or six different throws. I'm using a normal indoor Rev with five-foot lines, because I'm a little short on space. The only difference from yours may be the outdoor end caps; older Revs had different end caps, which I didn't like. I also have erasers on the bottoms for a little more traction. None of these changes should make any difference when performing these tricks.

   First, a standard catch, nice and simple: back away from the kite, grab the top lines and pull down.

   The next catch is a little more complicated. It's a flying catch: you catch the kite while it's still flying. Go around the circle and, while going around, pull the top line back: the kite goes into tabletop. Pull the bottom line and it comes out and comes to you. Let's do that one more time so you can see it. That one is still pretty simple.

   Now the throws. First, the javelin throw, which can be done outdoors as well and which most people know: one hand on the end of the kite, the other down the middle to stabilize it. Throw it like a javelin with a bit of a spin, catch it and fly away.

   The next throw is a little easier. Hold the kite with the bridle down and the Revolution logo on the bottom, spin it around while keeping air in the sail, let it go, let it flip over and fly away.

   Then a really simple one: hold it with the Revolution logo facing down and pointing away from you, angled down a little, throw it and go. The next throw is the same thing backwards: hold it by the V of the kite, logo down, angled down a little, throw it and fly away.

   One more: set the kite down logo down, making sure there is no twist in the lines. Grab it by the V and roll it over, so the lines come from there, roll back and then go to your handles. Throw just like the previous one, holding the V and keeping it angled down a little. Let it unroll and go.

   There are two more catches I can show you, but they require another trick, which I'll teach in a later video.