Ditching things help

[thunx]

when you finished the tricks and your hand is dirty.

you have to ditch it into your pocket right.



but I have problem with ditching .they didn't go deep to my pocket and take a lots of time to ditch then people will see what I doing with my pocket.

Are my pants the problem for ditching ? to tight? any advice please

thanks

[Brown Rice]

Looser pants do help. But your main problem is probably misdirection. If you have ever seen the mercury aces dvd with David Kong, after the trick is finished and he cops the cards, he takes a long time and a lot of effort getting them into his pocket. But he pays so little attention to it and he has enough misdirection that no one notices. Another thing that you could do (but this depends on your routine) is to start another trick and ditch the item later. This will divert their mind from the last trick and give them a chance to forget that you could possibly have anything in your hand. Hope this helps.

- Brown rice

[traumatised-magic]

well i got the dvd for the reparation by john lovick (its a piece by piece TnR if anyone interested) and he basically says on it that u should never be to quick to ditch the piece, if u think of ur hand as bein natural and empty and act like it is then ur audience will percieved as such, even use it to hold stuff like the deck of cards ect or do like brown rice said and do a different trick that actually requires u to go to ur pocket and u can ditch it then, u really dont have to do it straight away

[Brown Rice]

Good point traum, I can't believe I forgot to mention that. When you have something that you need to ditch you basically have it palmed. And the most important rule in palming is to completely forget about what you have in your hand. If you believe there's nothing in your hand, your spectator will believe there's nothing in your hand.

- Brown Rice

[baseballfire]

yeah you just have your hand to your side, and wait untll their not even looking or their freaking out, you don't have to get rid of it right away

[magicguy147]

try your backpocket, talk while doing it and make eye contact

[magic123]

I ditch with back pocket.

[arsenal09]

i agree, backpocket is always the best and distract them while your doing it

[redspade200]

My favorite way to ditch things is too start a new trick, but go into my pocket and pull out the sharpie or something

[Brown Rice]

You don't have to keep your hands at your sides as long as you watch your angles and pay no attention as to what you have in your hand.

- Brown Rice