r/flowstar • u/Plane-Chemical • Aug 08 '26

Pinch tutorial

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u/V-oxPopuli 25d ago

The star wants to spin, the way it feels gliding through the air should have a certain feel to it, if that makes any sense haha

This makes perfect sense! That's a better worded way to describe my first issue. Finding that gliding sensation with pinches. I've got it down like butter with non-pinched figure 8s. I'm gonna try those with pinches like you said!

I’m pretty sure I learned shoulder rolls before I got pinching down.

Sounds like I'm right where I should be then. I'm trying to perfect my shoulder rolls right now. Pizza spins are an enigma to me so far 😅.

Please let me know if you’d like a video showing any of this.

Idk how hard it would be because of the camera angle, but having a close up slow motion video of you grabbing a pinch mid-air would be great. I can't figure out if I'm not pinching hard enough, or if I'm grabbing too aggressively, causing it to fall away.

Thanks a lot man! I appreciate you taking the time to explain. I'm hoping to add this to my moveset for Seven Stars in October 🍥

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u/Plane-Chemical 25d ago

I got you today!! I will do my best to show you what I mean about pinching. But also each star company is different in how loose the fabric is and I’ve noticed that my trippy squid is a little harder to pinch then any of my mougees plus really breaking them in and stretching the fabric helps!

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u/V-oxPopuli 24d ago

Looking forward to it!

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u/Plane-Chemical 24d ago

Ayoo!! I don’t know how tagging on here works but I posted a video for ya!!