bryanchurch06
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I've spent the majority of my adult life in search of smooth, not the Carlos Santana song btw although its a great video. what i mean is to be able to perform an act or movement as effortlessly or efficient as possible. its a very hard thing to accomplish at 1st but with time you will become smooth and people will notice. I hate to ride passenger with my wife or almost anyone in a car because they're not smooth, they accelerate and brake harshly and to soon or to late and seem to be unable to break the habit. I tell her time and again to anticipate the stop and slow down and gradually apply the brake and as long as i'm saying the procedure she can mostly do it but left to her normal state of awareness she will knock out your teeth on the dash. it's not just in cars smooth becomes a desired outcome, in almost any sport or activity the ability to be smooth is the key to being good, watch any master of martial arts perform a movement see how they flow effortlessly into the next move. Want a faster draw with your weapon? stop trying to be faster, try to be smoother and it will translate to speed. The thing in my life where i try to be smooth the most is riding a motorcycle, that's where you'll notice it the most. Last year Sneakydingo and i rode together in CO and even though my bike seemed to have more horsepower he always passed me going uphill, when i brought it up he responded he was smoother on gear changes than i was and that was the difference, and he was right just by timing his changes better he was getting more performance from his bike. And it's not just in acceleration that matters, in braking smooth makes all the difference, i grew up like most of you without ABS and if you survived riding a bike then its because you learned to be smooth on that brake pedal. I wish i could tell you i was smooth, I'm always conscientiously trying to be, in my head i can hear Jeremy Clarkson saying smooth and slow is fast, watch the road and anticipate the curve, slow down and hit the apex than accelerate smoothly out. but to be honest most of the time I'm Captain Slow in a world POWER, SPEED YESSSSSS. But when I'm slow sometimes its smooth, and that's alright with me.