The Coachmen's Whip Crack
This whip crack is one that is easier to do with a bullwhip
or a stock whip as the handle makes it easy to leverage the force of
the whip.
Basically you are trying to get the whip to crack right next to your
ear. You'll know when you've got it right when your ear starts
ringing. Start off with the whip laid out behind you. Then forcefully
swing the whip up on a vertical plane. You want to use a lot of force
because you are trying to get the whip to coil very tightly at the
top of the stroke. You can hear in the video the whip blazing through
the air because if the energy in it. Unlike the forward crack you don't
want to keep your arm straight as you go
up.
You want
to
let
it bend
at
the
elbow
at the top of the stroke letting your hand follow the whip down behind
you. Then you want to wait. At first the wait will seem like an eternity.
This is where most beginners tend to lose it, they don't wait long
enough. You want to wait until the fall of the whip is pointing straight
up in the air. The reason for this is because you are trying to build
lots of energy on the whip then when you see the fall of the whip point
towards the sky straighten you arm up in the air with your hand pointing
towards the sky. This video does not show that part completely mostly
because this crack came
very easy to me and I have gotten lazy about it. I don't have to exaggerate
my motions anymore to make the crack happen next to my ear. But believe
me when I was done filming this my ear was ringing like mad. When
you are learning I suggest you exaggerate your motions until you
get the hang of it. This is one of the few cracks that can be done
behind the back.
Now lets learn how to do volley
whip cracks.
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