Muscle Pass?

[fridoliina]

Hello

I was wondering if you need big coins for the muscle pass? where i live we only have smaller coins.

 

[awimagic]

learning the muscle pass with a larger coin is definitely easier ... in india we too have small coins so i intially practiced with a large copper washer that i found.... once u learn the move u can do it with smaller coins ... but i don't think muscle passing coins smaller than american kennedy half dollars would be very easy....

 

[Chicken]

yOu have to have a good foundation in the classic palm to do the muscle pass.

 

[fridoliina]

learning the muscle pass with a larger coin is definitely easier ... in india we too have small coins so i intially practiced with a large copper washer that i found.... once u learn the move u can do it with smaller coins ... but i don't think muscle passing coins smaller than american kennedy half dollars would be very easy....

So coins about the same sice as kennedy half dollars is fine?

 

[TeeDee]

As with most sleight-of-hand, a lot depends on the shape and size of your own hands. I found that once I'd built up the muscle at the base of my thumb by classic palming and muscle passing large coins, I was able to work my way down to smaller coins, and can now get a bit of distance with a UK 5p. For my hands, half-dollars seem to be about the optimum size though.

 

[Jeff Fitzgerald]

You can always buy foreign coins. I beleive East African Dimes are the same size as U.S. half dollars and are relatively inexpensive. English Pennies are also the same size.

 

[Amirshaw]

with smaller coins it harder to do, but hurts less, with bigger coins, hurts more, easier to do, and try pokier chips, im still practicing it with poker chips, im getting there, im starting to get a couple of inches now wiht it.

 

[atomo]

i learnt the muscle pass with poker chips, they're large and chunky size makes it easier in the beggining, and you will find that it will jump up much higher than coins because it is lighter, and easier to grip. I think poker chips are a good place to start because the progress you make will encourage you to keep practicing, and give you a good understanding of how it work.

After i had mastered the poker chip, getting it to jump up about 2 feet, i moved back to coins and found that it works just as well with them.

my hot tip on the muscle pass is to move both hands upwards at the same time as you do the move. Having you hands slowly moving up will dramatically increase the hight of the muscle pass. This isn't the perfect way to perform it, but having both hands moving upwards hides the action, and will make that coin jump a lot higher. So if you want to be performing it sooner this may help.

I now do the move with a completely static hand, i trained for this by putting my arm through a gap in the back of chair, so that the top of the chair stopped my hand from moving upwards when the move is performed.
I thought i would never get the hang of this, but time is all it takes.

Cultural Exchange 1 has some great uses for the muscle pass, including Shoot's amazing Neo Purse Frame routine, and some cool vanishes. I find that Jay Noblezada's line about rewinding time works very well too.