How To: Model uniform geometry in Maya
Make uniform geometry in maya that is easy to sculpt in Zbrush using a method I call "stick and ball". This is a very easy way to learn forms on creatures.
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How To: Develop two rail position plays
These drills help develop your cue ball control and two rail position plays.
How To: Perform a cut shot exercise
This drill helps improve your cut shot, which is important when an object ball is close to the rail.
How To: Improve draw technique in pool
These two drills will help you improve your draw technique. Learn how to perform them in order to practice how low you hit the cue ball and the speed at which you hit it.
How To: Perform a drill to practice forcing bank shots in pool
A drill that helps you develop the ability to force your opponent to make a low percentage shot when just the money ball is left on the table.
How To: Use the tangent line in pool
Learn what the tangent line is and how to use it to improve your pool game by sending the object ball where you need it to go.
How To: Draw with sidespin in pool
A discussion of draw in combination with sidespin. This technique will allow you to place the cue ball where you need it to be for the next shot.
How To: Follow with sidespin when playing pool
A discussion of using follow in combination with sidespin. This helps you place the cue ball for your next shot.
How To: Break clusters in pool
Learn how to perform several different methods of breaking clusters in pool. A cluster is a group of balls that forms an obstacle on the table.
How To: Master basketball dribbling
This video will teach you everything you need to know about dribbling the ball. From between the legs dribbling to behind the back dribbling to spin dribbling, these skills will dramatically improve your game.
How To: Practice the brainwashing drill in pool
A drill that teaches stun control, draw control and simple pattern recognition. The object is to pocket every ball without touching a rail.
How To: Practice your pool stroke
Watch to learn some exercises to help you perfect your pool stroke technique. Some of them don't even require a pool table or billiard balls.
How To: Origami a squishy ball
Learn how to fold a trampoline origami design. This squishy paper object is somewhat advanced, but makes a great ornament or desk accessory!
How To: Origami a classical kusudama
This model is a modular origami 6 unit ball. Diagrams on Yurii and Katrin Shumakov's website: http://library.thinkquest.org/27152/towns/oriville/oriver/practice/05.htm
How To: Origami a kusudama
This video provides instrucion on how to make an origami kusudama - or a modular origami ball. This model requires 30 units.
How To: Make a 3D mathematical kusudama
Make a Japanese kusudama, or as it is more commonly known a 3D paper medicine ball. It resembles origami but much more fun. This modular origami model requires 20 units.
How To: Juggle a 3 ball shower
Learn how to do one of the most famous juggling tricks and juggle a 3 bal shower.
How To: Find the hidden soccer ball on Halo 2
This episode of Halo 2 tricks explains how to uncover the secret soccer/futbol in the Metropolis level in the Halo 2 campaign.
How To: Brighten a lightbulb
Hit the lightbulb with a rubber ball and it will magically become brighter. Anybody know how this works?
How To: Practice shuffle dribble basketball drills
Learn to better control and handle the ball on the basketball court with the help of this shuffle dribble drill.
How To: Practice target passing for soccer
The object is to pass to ball between the cones in as few shots as possible, watch and learn how to do this target passing soccer drill.
How To: Practice juggling drills for soccer
Learn how to juggle the soccer ball in order to increase control and be able to easily move down the field. This video starts with a series of drills to slowly build your juggling abilities.
How To: Perform the Behind The Leg move in soccer
Learn how to perform the Behind The Leg move in order to increase ball control when playing soccer.
How To: Perform toe stop soccer moves
Learn how to perform toe stop moves in order to increase ball control when playing soccer.
How To: Practice Wall Pass shooting soccer drills
Perform this Wall Pass shooting drill with a friend in order to improve soccer ball strike skills.
How To: Do pelvic tilts on a swiss ball
Pelvic Tilts are designed to warm up your lower back and enhance mobility and coordination in your lumbar spine.
How To: Do The Russian Twist on a swiss ball
The Spinal Twist or Russian Twist is a great way to loosen up your back and gently work your obliques.
How To: Do knee tucks on a swiss ball
The Knee Tuck or Jackknife is a challenging exercise that works your body from head to toe. The exercise is somewhat similar to Rollouts, requiring your lower abdominals to contract isometrically, stabilizing your spine.
How To: Do the Roll Out on a swiss ball
Roll Outs are similar to the plank posture in yoga where you isometrically engage your abdominals and core to stabilize and control anterior pelvic tilt thus preventing hyper-extending your lower back.
How To: Practice pitch technique in football
Learn the correct positions and techniques for a quarterback when pitching the ball to the running back.
How To: Practice the fire off drill as a football team
Learn how to practice a drill to help the linemen to time their movements with the snap of the ball. This version of the fire off drill is practiced with the whole football team.
How To: Use the Spin Move during football
Learn how to spin off your defender when running with the ball in football.
How To: Practice the Fire Off Drill for football
Learn how to use the fire off drill - a drill that develops conditioning and quickness of the ball, even in the football off-season.
How To: Do isolations with poi balls
This tutorial goes over how to isolation poi spins. It results from both your hand and the poi orbiting around each other, instead of just your hand moving.
How To: Use an egg yarn dispenser to tie flys
Using an egg yarn dispenser provides more consistent results, is quicker, and results in less material waste than tying egg patterns without a dispenser. You can use a drinking straw, the empty shaft of a ball-point pen.
How To: Tackle using advanced techniques
Former football player Steven Boyd discusses advanced tackling techniques. Among these are body position, tackling in the open field, taking on an offensive blocker, and stripping the ball. Tips appear throughout the video in the form of pop-ups.
How To: Learn the most important move in a golf swing
What's the most important move in your golf swing? It's a hard one to nail down, but the answer is usually the golf club's approach to the golf ball. The path the golf club takes ultimately determines the shape of your shot and the connection you make. Improve your downswing and you'll be laughing. Check this out.
How To: Hit a fade golf shot
The fade is the most reliable golf shot shape to use under pressure - Colin Montgomerie swears by it. He reckons if you set up to shape the golf ball left-to-right in the air you'll have a far greater chance of hitting the fairway than if you simply aim straight.
How To: Simpify a fairway bunker shot
The main reason we mess up our fairway bunker shots is because we allow the hands to interfere and cast the golf club down too early into the sand. Learn to strike the golf ball cleanly off the surface of the sand and you'll have the distance to land it on the green, no problem.
How To: Make soap from soap flakes
Many craft projects for children center around kids making soap. Recipes often call for Soap Flakes and people wonder how that would work. Especially note how only a little water is needed to bind the Soap Flakes together into a dough-like ball.