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Guy at the magic shop said my faro shuffle looked like I was wrestling the deck
He told me to stop squeezing so tight and let the cards breathe. Took me about 20 tries but now my faros actually interlace clean without bending every corner. Anyone else get torn apart by old heads at their local shop?
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colemartinez1mo ago
lol "let the cards breathe" is exactly the kind of thing an old head says, but it's true. This applies to so much more than just card tricks though. I've noticed that whenever I'm learning something physical, like a guitar chord or a new golf swing, I grip way too hard and tense up everything. It's like my brain thinks more force equals more control, but it just makes everything clunky. The same people who tell you to relax your hands are usually the ones who've been doing it so long they make it look effortless. Sometimes the trick is just getting out of your own way.
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