I am so happy to publish the next part of acrodicted. The Poses and Transitions section was published some weeks ago and I received a lot of positive and encouraging feedback from you! In the Blog section you will find news about acrodicted, acrobatics and about me and my travel experiences.
In this post I want to share some more information about acrodicted.
Why did I create acrodicted?
Surprisingly, the origin of acrodicted isn’t acro-related. It was related to a skill that became one of my new passions over the last half year: coding!
Initially I just wanted to improve my (not existing) programming skills and thought the easiest way to learn a new skill is to connect it to an already existing passion! It wasn’t hard for me to find a topic to combine coding with. As I have personally noticed how difficult it is to memorize acrobatic input. On workshops and conventions I am learning so many new things but writing them down on paper (and losing this paper or at least not finding it in the right moment) has been an issue for me for a while.
Thus, I started to code a website with a database for acrobatics. Whenever you learned something new or found out a key point for a pose or a transition you can send it into this database. It is searchable, so you know how to find the information, you have access to it as long as you have an internet connection and you can also help others to improve because they can read your notes and comments!
What does the word acrodicted mean (to me)?
Acrodicted is a blend of the two words acrobatics and addicted. Over the last years I feel I have become really passionate or even addicted to acrobatics. Whenever I train together with a friend, I forget the time and I sometimes even forget that I am already exhausted. Again and again, it’s a powerful experience for me when I succeed with a trick that was hard for me before or when I see the bright eyes of my partner after a trick. This cocktail of adrenaline and endorphin makes me feel happy and alive. Don’t you feel the same? You need more and more of this sweet drug. You are acrodicted!
Acrodicted is a new source of knowledge for you!
Acrodicted is a new source of knowledge for you. And you can help to make it grow! The content of the website is meant to develop interactively with your contributions. In the Poses and Transition section you can enter comments to every pose or you can send me a email if you find that there is missing something. I am also looking for contributers who want be a part of acrodicted by writing descriptions and blog posts about acrobatics. If you are interested you drop me an email!