TOPCAT: Ace side count on feet(Ken Uston) - dumb question

[TOPCAT]

Hi, i have a really important but dumb question.
From ken uston's book i forgot the foot position for 1 ace. here is what i remember, i just started practicing again. i ordered another book but not arrived yet.

I may have mixed up position of 1 &3 aces. can someone help me out please.....

Aces - foot position
0 - foot flat on ground
1 - ???
2 - right side of foot flat on ground
3 - foot flat and toes pointing up (???)
4 - left side of foot flat on ground
5 - toes up and pointing to the left
6 - toes up and pointing to the right
7 - heel up and pointing to the left
8 - heel up and pointing to the right

[Don Schlesinger]

> Hi, i have a really important but dumb
> question.
> From ken uston's book i forgot the foot
> position for 1 ace. here is what i remember,
> i just started practicing again. i ordered
> another book but not arrived yet.

You can do this any way you please, but I do it as follows:

Starting with left foot: 0, flat. 1, heel raised (on toes). 2, left side of foot. 3, toes raised (on heel). 4, right side of foot. Repeat on right foot for 5-8.

Don

[Dancer]

> You can do this any way you please, but I do
> it as follows:

> Starting with left foot: 0, flat. 1, heel
> raised (on toes). 2, left side of foot. 3,
> toes raised (on heel). 4, right side of
> foot. Repeat on right foot for 5-8.

> Don

I tried for quite some time to master counting aces on my feet and just never felt comfortable. Fingers proved to be even more problematic since I tend to talk with my hands, and I kept waving them around with awkward finger positions.

Finally, I gave up and began using numbers and letters in my count -- "A" = 1 ace, "B" = 2 aces, etc. I won't say it was easy to learn, but it leaves no physical clues, and it (eventually) becomes second nature.

If only BJA had been published 20 years ago...

[Don Schlesinger]

> Finally, I gave up and began using numbers
> and letters in my count -- "A" = 1
> ace, "B" = 2 aces, etc. I won't
> say it was easy to learn, but it leaves no
> physical clues, and it (eventually) becomes
> second nature.

Clever. I use the side count only in DD, and only for the insurance wager.

> If only BJA had been published 20 years
> ago...

Better late than never!

Don

[TOPCAT]

thanx.....heel up was what i was looking for...