Basic Whip Cracking Curriculum

“An amateur practices until he can do a thing right, a professional until he can't do it wrong.” - Percy C. Buck

There's no recognized curriculum for whip cracking. Part of the reason may simply be that everyone's goals can be so varied from one another that a specific curriculum that works for one person wouldn't work for the next. Much like how a person's whip cracking interests will dictate the best whip for them, those same interests will affect the best possible progression of techniques to archive their goals .

Another issue is that, for the most part, people learn and practice on their own, usually with little or no advice or support from an instructor.

For these reasons, Whipipedia won't provide a specific curriculum but we will provide some suggestions for creating your own.

Make a copy of this spread sheet. Use columns C and D to rate your own competence with each of the cracks using the following methodology.

1. Perform the crack or pattern 10 times
2. For each solid crack give yourself 1 point
   1. For combinations, each of the cracks of the pattern must be solid to get your point
   2. If you hit yourself then you don't get the point
3. After completing the ten cracks or patterns, deduct one point for each knot in your fall or cracker

While acknowledging that one side of your body will almost always perform better than the other, the goal should still be to become proficient with both hands.