How to DRIBBLE Playing Cards - Tutorial 

First time trying it = 52 card pickup

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This is the best tutorial on the dribble I have seen. I've been doing magic/card sleights for 10 months now- practice every day after work-- but have bad tendinitis/arthritis in a couple fingers including my index-- But this method gives me the smoothest dribble-- still going to work on it!!! Always love to see you with a deck of cards in your masterful hands CR !!!

Thanks dude, I really struggled with the dribble but this tutorial helped me nail it the first time. Then it got clunky again but I feel like I‘m on the right way

Your tutorial is so good unlike other tutorials. It took me about 5 tries to get it almost perfectly!

THANK YOU for returning to Tutorials!

Hey man great video. Been watching some of your tutorials lately and I have to say from a beginners stand point you do make things easy to learn. Keep up the amazing performance.

I love ellusionist videos, great tutorials, and credits everyone for their work. The only thing i found missing in this tutorial was that for a move like the dribble, it's all about comfort. Everyone i know does it slightly differently, and kinda makes the move unique to them

Y'all are lucky to have Chris. He's good and a good teacher.

One of the best tutorials on the dribble.

Thanks Chris. I was practicing the dribble for the last few day the way you learned it. After this video i switched to what you showed us and it instant works so much better. Thanks :D

As someone who started dribbling from the corners and have made that method a habit trying to learn this method is fresh and fun

Hi. Thanks for the tutorial. I have wanted to learn this for so long. But never found the right video. So thanks !

Is it weird that I’m right handed but do everything with cards like a left handed person?

You made this so easy to understand! Thank you!

Chris Ramsay is awesome to the max!!! Keep doing your thing!!!

A quick tip for folks doing the dribble the second way cause I had issues with this. Don't hold the deck with a deep grip. Use a shallow grip on the deck where the deck is just on your fingertips. This will prevent the cards from getting caught on your fingers as you try to release them during the dribble!

Thanks Chris, I have to practice this one, you are right about the clunking

Just by the intro, I know it's Chris Ramsay

You're awesome! You KNOW how to give a good tutorial! Thanks!

thanks for teaching this technique... It really produces very nice effect!

Thanks for the tutorial! Great content as usual. 🤙🏻

It look so clean. Your good at this bruh. This is hard

Like your tutorials,the way of presentation etc

Chris Ramsay if that was an actual pass at the end, hot damn! Smooth as butter!

Great tips, really helpful. Thanks!

Nice tutorial. Will add this to my flourishes!

Love from India Chris. Thank you . Because of u I have started casdistry and magic

I pledged my soul when this deck was first announced and I cannot wait till the challenges begin

Thank you! Now i can do it perfectly!

"I'll do this with my left hand, that's probably what it looks like." *_*sound of 50 cards dropping on the floor*_*

Awesome tutorial Chris!

I learnt quite a lot from this video and with more practice I think I could be as good as anyone

really nice that youre doing stuff for beginners...thanks :)

Really needed that Tutorial Thank you

Turns out I've been doing it wrong the whole time. Welp.

you guys are badass. think I just found a new interest. love the teaching steez. thanks guys.

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

Using the claw grip that u showed, i figured out how to spring cards kinda fast.

Fantastic!

Good thoughtful teaching. Thank you.

Dude, how many freaking channels do you have? Lol You're an animal man and consistently put out great content. Keep beating life's ass!

What a great magic training facility!

almost didn't watch it but glad I did have been doing the dribble for like a year now and it's always something left to be desired can do it smothish never could get that real smooth slow dribble with distance though maybe it's cuz I'm still using my pointer finger bent pushing against it and I had to totally straining my hand to do it the other way gonna start practicing other way thanks Ramsey

your classic pasd is completely sick bro.. 10/10

it looks so nice when you do a card spring and then you do the book dribble ;)

How loose or tight do you hold the cards? Thanks for showing us!

Yay Chris teaches us!

You are great Chris.. i appreciate the work.. keep it going ;)

Annnnd we relearn the dribble. Great video. Thanks guys.

Easy to follow, thanks for the help

nice subtleties! helpful

I believe there is a critical portion of the tutorial missing. Correct me if you think I am wrong. The deck is stabilized against the base of the thumb that is controlling the dribble. If the deck is just out in the air at the ends of your fingers, you can't control the deck. So the the tips of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers are at the end of the deck that is pointing away from you. The first finger at the second joint is on the top of the cards, at the middle of the outside edge. The thumb is on the outside corner on the edge of the end of the deck that is facing in. The inside corner is pressed against the base of the thumb, more on the top of the deck on that corner. To find the sweet spot, try holding the deck with fingers 2,3 and 4 and the thumb with the 1st finger sticking out straight and not touching anything. You are holding the deck as if you were going to place it in a spectator's hand. Now lower the first finger to touch the deck as Chris shows and pull up with the thumb to get pressure on the deck between the thumb and the 1st finger. The inside corner of the deck will naturally press up against the base of the thumb. As soon as I figured this out, I could do the dribble almost perfectly every time. As you get near the end of the deck, you won't need the balance of the base of the thumb just like you don't need the 3rd (ring) finger. As you hand opens, the last few cards just dribble off the tips of your fingers.

Doooope, I appreciate it past Ramsay👌🏽

So useful, thank you! All the other methods I tried hurt my fingers too much.

By far the best explanation I have run across for this technique. Question: Does the fleshy part of your thumb also contact the other corner of the deck?

Thanks for the lesson 👍

Thank you for sharing and teaching

Can i know what is the name of the background music? It's so smooth, i wanna play it whileni was doing homework

Cool dribble I love it and liked it✌👍

absolutely! !! it's unlike anything else on here !!! And those Hellions! !! you gotta let us have them !!!! PLEASE E

Great tutorial!!! Chris rocks!!! Crap..... this $#!+ is hard... can't get my hand to work.... I didn't realize doing a "dribble" could be so hard... cards flying everywhere.....

awesome. learning on red bicycle rider backs. got some Tally Ho and Bee coming. Cant wait to try the diff decks. I got the Faro down pretty good, thats all so far. Also, its awesome to simply go to Walmart and spend $2 per pack for plain Bicycle rider backs. So cheap and such good quality.

Great explanations for a begginner!! thanks a lot

Do you also release from the others fingers one card by one? like sometimes my card is not falling and then i tried to release and more and one card fall at once.

Cool. Still a bit clunky. Hey I’ve only been dribbling for a day! Fun stuff. Great tutorial.

left my friend's place just to get wifi to watch this! thanks!

Damn those hellions look sick

This helped alot ,thanks

Nice, I have the hellions deck too!👍🏻

this helped a lot I thought that I was doing it wrong

Loved the double backer. Loved the pass even more. I didn't expect it, and quickly paused and watched again. Well done! :)

+Ellusionist Is there any possible way of buying this cuties ?? I havent them found on website neither on link Chris put into description..

Thanks for the Tutorial

love it!

thanks for this!

nicely done

Great video!! :D

the one thing I would add to this tutorial is that you may have to use less pressure than you think is necessary!!!

Hi Buddy, great video and good clear instructions. Many thanks..Boom! :-)

Am I just using really small cards or something? Because I put the deck in that grip and my index finger is nowhere near close enough to put any pressure on it

When I saw thumbnail: oh it's chris! when i saw who uploaded: oh it's ellusionist when i saw video: i knew it was chris....

Useful Thanks

What to do with the 3 fingers? They hold the deck without letting the cards drop.

Can someone plz tell me what the second song is called

I am having an issue with the cards that I let go from my thumb get stuck to my middle finger and pile up before they explode, but to little pressure with my middle fing cause them to go inconsistent directions, how do I remedy this?

Thank you!

Now that you've taught the dribble, how about the 360 riffle fan? Despite watching other tutorials, I still haven't gotten the hang of it. You guys know how to make a good tutorial.

Am i the only one who likes the video automaticly before watching it ?

The magician fan, card dribble and basic flourishes were almost impossible on my old stock cards (turns out they were tapered), and since getting my Ellusionist Black Arcanes yesterday, I've been able to conquer them all.

I have started the pledge but had no challenges as yet

im new to cardistry, and your tips have helped thanx! when i curl my index finger, i don't get as much "force" as when i extend it as you suggest. this is improved my technique immensely! the problem though is i end up slightly bending the top card more often than when i curl my finger. any suggestions to help mitigate this? also what should i do once the card gets a little folded? so far ive just sort of been shuffling it into the deck and trying to dovetail it out. greetz! 🖤🃏

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For me, it a succes whenever I don't need to pick up cards off of the ground. Never had it down once tho, always cards flying everywhere.

I've been waiting for a good dribble tutorial, but didn't want to ask and sound inexperienced. so thanks for the lesson.

Ellusionist you should put his youtube link in tje description

Does bad low quality cards affect the results

Does it matter what type of cards you use? I'm using some standard bicycle cards.

I enjoyed the content, don't u dare stop!

Great video as always. Still can't get it 🤔 do you need a relatively fresh deck of cards?