Grabbing 3s (help)

Mr.Lumpyjumbles

Mr.Lumpyjumbles

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So I've been able to 3 for like 8 years now and I'm really comfortable with them, but I've never been able to get any nice grabs with them. This year I want that to change and I've been trying them more, but I still can't seem to get any clean grabs, and when I do get a grab it can look pretty stupid sometimes. After trying a few kinds, lead tail and safety seem the easiest to start out with, but I want to clean those up and also get some other grabs like a mute or trailing blunt.

Here's a 3 with a lead tail grab that just ends up looking kind of sloppy:

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/956156/VID-20200202-103306-3-mp4[/video]

Here's a carved 3 with a leading safety that also isn't that great.

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/956157/IMG-1594-2-mp4[/video]

Does anyone have some tips as to how I can make those grabs better or advice on other grabs I should try / tips on doing those?
 
The grab looks bad because IMO you dont seem comfortable with changing the position of your body which is why you keep one leg stuck down which you use as your axis. After doing 3s for 8 years the same way doing pencils is probably muscle memory, which you need to break.

**This post was edited on Feb 25th 2020 at 7:03:23pm

**This post was edited on Feb 25th 2020 at 7:04:28pm
 
couple things:

1 don't think about the spin. focus on the grab. the spin will come around.

2 even better for you, instead of just grabbing, try a tucked up cross. then add mute or tail after you get that down.

keep filming yourself to watch and improve.
 
I would recommend trailing safety instead of leading. I was able to add a trailing safety to my 3s very soon after I learned them because I was already tucked in my rotation and I just had reach down a bit more. Also, the higher you grab the trailing safety, the more you can begin cork your rotation incrementally.

Thats my 2 cents, don't know any other grabs with my 3.
 
1. Breathe out is my biggest bit of advice, natural human reflex is to breathe in before something like a jump meaning you have two huge inflated airbags in your chest limiting your movement, breathe out and relax and you'll find it way easier to bring your legs up to the grab.

2. Set the spin from the obliques (side abs) and hips rather than the shoulders, if your shoulders are setting the spin you'll have way less control when you start trying to do other stuff with your arms like grabs... obviously let your shoulders follow the rotation once set

3. Set the spin, then go for the grab, you clearly have the spin down so don't worry about that side of things, once it's set it'll come round just fine

4. Bring your skis up to your hands not the other way round, otherwise you'll find yourself getting off axis pretty quickly.

5. Future Spin - Get Paid!
 
at least for me, when i set and pop and go off the lip of the jump, i start to sorta open my legs up to slow the spin down around in between your 180 and 270 and thats when i bring my legs up to also grab.
 
I had the same problem for a long time and still do somewhat. I would suggest really focusing on bending your knees and bring them up towards your body, especially for grabs like safety and mute. It'll throw off your balance in the air while rotating at first and you'll have to kinda relearn how you set up the take off and rotation, but once your comfortable really compacting your body together, those grabs will come a lot easier and looks dope. Eventually once your feel really comfortable with the grab, the rotation will feel even better than before without the grab.
 
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