Throughout most of 2008 I’ve added 10 rings to my regular practice, instead of once a week when I “feel up to it” or when I’m just feeling brave. This last week I’m now seeing the fruits of that labor. Yesterday I had 12 catches with 10 several times in a row in an async pattern. Since I’m not taping up my hands I’m only good for 5 to 10 (on the high side) attempts before I have to stop. Hopefully that will change, since I used to be good for 3 trys several months ago.
This is how 9 rings felt a couple years ago, with 11 catches being what I could count on every time and an occational run. Now yesterday I had between 25 and 30 catches with 9 and that feels like the norm now.
It would be really sweet if 30 catches with 10 became the norm someday. That would be video-worthy.