Define ~ Wibble

I can't believe thtis hasn't been put in here yet- To start things of here are some bits of another thread concerning this most brilliant area of (not actually) spinning Sphism/gigglesmiley

I wrote:

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A wibble is a more dynamic version of the throw 'tap-back'. So you release a poi and as its being caught you instantly throw it back the way it just came. Wibbling is a progression of this where the poi are potentially continuously tapped back and forth, the contact being a spot just below the handle (which needs to have some reasonable weight BTW or there is nothing to counter the weight of the head of the poi and it'll just fly off in all directions Smile)

Matt added:

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Wibble = 1 spin
Dibble = 2 spins
Tribble = 3 spins
Polibble = 4 or more spins Wink
Fibble = Foot Wibble

Bring it on Sphism/gigglesmiley

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Well i thought i should stick this in here from that other thread:

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Learn to throw underarm, ie throw from an outwards butterfly (1 poi) so that when you catch you reverse direction.

Then instead of catching it you tap the handle back so you effectly do an overarm throw. You can practice the overarm throw separately.

So you've got underarm throw >>> tapback

Now do underarm throw >>> tapback >>> tapback >>> tapback >>> tapback >>> tapback>>> tapback>>> tapback >>> tapback>>> tapback >>> tapback >>> tapback>>> tapback >>> tapback>>> tapback>>> tapback

And you're wibbling Sphism/smilesmiley

To get them really clean, the outwards throw should be tapped back with the palm side of your hand or arm, the inwards throw should be tapped back with the back side of your hand or arm.

The most important part of the wibble is hitting the 'sweet spot' which is an inch or 2 below the handle. The handle must be weighted. You can use same weight as the head but i prefer somewhere between 1/3 and 1/5 the weight of the head.

If you hit the wibble about 4 inches from the handle you do 1 propellor before the wibble, looks tight.

You can also tap the head of the poi so you get a kind of half beat wibble.

Wibble = 1 spin
Dibble = 2 spins
Tribble = 3 spins
Polibble = 4 or more spins Sphism/smilesmiley
Fibble = Foot Wibble

Then of course there are countless variations of 1 poi wibbling and 2 poi wibbling patterns.

Enjoy,

m

I'd say the official wiki term should be something like....

Wibble: A style of poi involving continuous 'tapbacks', the aim of which is to have as little contact with the poi as possible. Also know as 'Soft Club Juggling'.

see also:
sweet spot
Dibble
Tribble
etc

I made up the term soft club juggling, i love it, i think it's gonna go down a storm with the nazi club jugglers who dispise poi Sphism/gigglesmiley

Oooh you are are controversial Sphism/gigglesmiley