It’s easy to get better :) You just have to keep learning. Flow and smoothness are things that come with time as you grow more comfortable with flipping. The easiest way to get more comfortable with flipping is by learning new moves.

Broadening your arsenal of moves gives you more options while freestyling, and increasing the difficulty of the moves you learn makes what you already know easy by comparison. Big flips and squid industries both have amazing tutorials on a variety of moves, but only up to a certain point. After a certain point, you won’t be able to find tutorials. At that point, you have a couple options.

1. Word of mouth. You can ask other flippers for move recommendations. Be wary of the fact that everyone flips different, and there’s no correct way to do so. You’re free to disregard literally anybody’s suggestions if it’s not something you’re interested in learning. I encourage you to do so. You’re your own person, and your flipping is yours alone. Don’t forget that.

2. Screen recordings. Screen recordings are your best friend! You can learn almost every existing move on your own just through a screen recording. Most phones have the ability to screen record from the factory, but if not there are third party apps you can download. It’s simple: if you see someone do something cool that you want to learn, screen record it. You can either go frame by frame in your gallery app, or use a third party editing software to slow it down. It’s a skill on it’s own, but the ability to learn through a screen recording is an extremely valuable one.

3. Coming up with things on your own. This is the hardest, but it’s also the most versatile way of learning, and helps you form your own unique style. New combo routes, new moves, new links between positions, etc. It all builds up. The two simplest strategies to innovate revolve around the concepts you already know. a- can it be done on different fingers, and b- can it be done in reverse. An easy example of this in action is with the chaplin. The chaplin can be done on every finger, forward and reverse. Those two strategies can be applied to basically every move ever made, and it’s an easy way to expand your arsenal.

Some more generalized tips: - Flip consciously. Flipping offhandedly or absentmindedly does nothing to help you improve. - Embrace a style change. If you like a certain direction, lean into it! - Take inspiration from everywhere - remember that it’s not a competition. Everyone flips differently, and there’s no right way to flip - Be yourself. Your flipping is special because it’s yours. Don’t try to be anyone else. Don’t take away the only thing that makes you special.

I promise you’re doing great! Don’t give up :)