how do you practice you tricks?

[John B.]

so i have a trusted friend when i practice to tell me if i flash or what. so what do you do?

[kensei777]

Same thing though I'm usually on the judging side. That's if I'm with my friends. If I'm alone, I usually just do repetition and if I feel like it, in front of a mirror.

[Don Boyer]

Same thing though I'm usually on the judging side. That's if I'm with my friends. If I'm alone, I usually just do repetition and if I feel like it, in front of a mirror.

Either a mirror or a willing subject.  Usually a willing subject.

[MrLukeCarroll]

Teach a trusting friend a few simple tricks and get him to see if you flash, always better to perform for a real person rather then a mirror if you can

[Jin Jian]

i normally practice my magic and i need a table so i cant practice to the mirror so i will ignore my brother till he agree to see my card trick and he will tell me i am flash .. and sometime i will show him card trick on youtube and when i am watching deck review even though the person reviewing it cant even do a fan or whatever he will still say i am worst than the guy even though i am better .. maybe he want me to train harder , really glad to have such a brother

[John B.]

ok i was wondering cause i have heard of people using different ways and wanted to see if i was the norm or not.

[Aaron]

Most of the time I practice on my brother, he doesn`t mind and doesn`t tell people how they are done

[NathanCanadas]

I usually try them on my mom because she a tough kinda spectator who always wants to inspect the cards and stuff, and she likes when I do magic tricks, and also even if she isn't sure if I flashed or not, she will tell me there is a possibility I did, so I know what I need to practice.

[CDXX]

Record yourself from a spectators POV and then watch it.

[digipunk]

i normally practice my magic and i need a table so i cant practice to the mirror...

When doing table work, I use a webcam. It is so important to know what a spectator sees from his position...

[NathanCanadas]

i normally practice my magic and i need a table so i cant practice to the mirror...

When doing table work, I use a webcam. It is so important to know what a spectator sees from his position...

I usually do the same thing and then post it on my youtube channel.

[Lara Krystle "Lane"]

Over and over again.
When ever I do have the will to practice some effects I will religiously practice it until i get it. There is no room for error

MIND FREAK

[xZEROx]

^perfectionist...

I haven't started in doing tricks with cards yet but when I practice for my other hobbies, I either do it in front of a mirror or record myself. It's really helpful cause that way you could go back and see what you've done wrong and where to improve. I'm guessing it's all the same for practicing anything.  :-*

[joshzachmatt]

I practice on my mom and my older brother who used to be a magician, so he's good to practice on.

[Don Boyer]

Whether you practice with a mirror or a video camera of some kind, sooner or later you NEED to practice in front of a live audience.  You can become overly dependent on seeing your performance and you need to look at your spectator and not your cards for effective misdirection.  If you look at them, most people think it would be rude of them to not look at you while you're talking to them and will look you in the eyes.  Once they do that, you can walk an elephant past them and they're likely to miss it.

After you think you have any line-of-sight issues dealt with, practice by staring into your own eyes as if you were that spectator you're trying to fool.  If you're using video, use the playback to see how the performance went - don't even look at a monitor while recording, just look into the lens as much as possible; put a pair of silly-looking eyeglasses with joke lenses or something above the camera lens as a reminder to look into the spectator's eyes and not at your hands.  In some of the creepy-coolest performances I've seen, the magician rarely take his eyes off you, even when revealing your card.

[phantom1412]

I practice alone, no mirrors, no camera, nothing.
When I feel like I wanna perform, I perform.
I don't choose tricks with palming, or pass anyway.
So nothing much to be flashed.

Practicing with mirror or camera is different form real human point of view.
The best way is to practice with magician friends.
But yes, they can't be with you all the time, and I believe that mostly you won't spend time with friends practicing magic.
Performing is better, in other words, every of your performances are practicing.