It is amazing how awful a High-Five can look when done wrong. Too often I see over enthused drunks dishing out side-armed, miss-hit, badly-timed High-Fives that only bring shame upon its name. But they’re not the only ones to be blamed… females have a stinking reputation for grabbing at impact… this is a cardinal sin. I actually started hating a girl at University because she grabbed during a public High-Five, I’ve never blushed as much as I did that day.
There’s a few key elements that must be in place for the perfect high five to occur:
1. Know your fellow High-Fiver. High-Fiving any old person makes the chances of a good impact (judged on sound, bounce and finish) slim.
2. Both hands must meet with the same force. Too much or too little from one party will always leave the High-Five in a place of no recovery…
3. Make sure your hand is as upright as possible, any tilting can result in injury and poor form.
4. Aim to peel away after impact. Staying close can cause awkward after moments which if not dealt with smoothly can ruin even the most precise HF.
5. Never under any circumstance grab at or after impact. It is nothing short of revolting.
6. Don’t try add new elements… there’s no need for another High-Five, no need for hugging, no need for a noise during impact. If you ever hear a “yaaaaaaaayyyyyy” following a Five shoot the person in the head immediately. A perfect High-Five will be enough on its own to impress the most prudent observer.
I always encouraging reflecting later in the day on a good High-Five with your partner with whom it was shared. Discuss what you did right; the timing, the angles of the approach, the lighting, what you had eaten previously that day… repeating these steps in the future can bring you admiration and social prestige like nothing else…
High-Fives to critique…
Poor. Coming in from too high with unneeded facials
Hopeful...
This guy's cheating, cats are notoriously good High-Fivers
For those who prefer the High-Ten, check out The King of The High-Ten Curtly Ambrose dishing out one here… note the joy felt by all… its nothing to do with the cricket…
I watched the clip. He wasnt into the high 10 as much as giggling like a school kid with his mate Murray. I wish we could hear what was so funny. PS: how tall is that guy?!!
Hi Gemma, Curtly here. To answer your question there is no official height for me and historians have gone as far as to recommend that my height be simply recorded as Curtly, i believe that sits somewhere between the Sears Tower and the Heavens. And to be honest i can’t tell you what we were laughing about but it had something to do with me mate Goochy.
More than any other high-5, I value the “walk-past-high-5-with-no-look-back”
You have to be one cool individual to pull that one off Tim… luckily you fall into that category with ease…
The key to a high five is to watch the elbow of your partner. This means you can observe their wind up and improve your timing. Try it! It works so long as your not a gammy and miss the persons hand altogether!
Also dont have a robot stiff hand or a fag floppy hand, there is a happy medium that gives the mean slap sound straight off the bat!
Dont do a repeat effort if you stuff up in public, that is just wrong!
hahaha the don’t look back high five! you would have to be one cool customer. The receiver would have to anticipate that’s what you were going for – especially if you were walking brusquely towards them.
PS: i hate weak high fives almost as much as i hate weak limp handshakes. YUCK. give me gripage!
PPS: i have spent my entire life thinking curtly’s name was Curt Lee Ambrose. until now. goes to show my limited cricket knowledge. BUT! is Gooch’s first name….Graeme?! BANG.
Because I care about you I deleted the last part of your message Gemma.
Dont you dare try add that kinda filth to this website EVER AGAIN!!!!!! (clue: dont use lol)
I am happy to report i may have possibly experienced the greatest high five of my life Wednesday..
Sadly i will have to admit it was your classic “high-five-and-walk-away” Tim, but possibly one that was done to absolute perfection.
I will set the scene. I had just left a lecture in lecture theatre castle 2, one that like many you arrive (/used to arrive) to hot and sweating from the rushed walk – which will ultimately lead to you finding a place at the back of the class where it is hotter and stuffier still, and thus make you fall asleep for the next draining 50 minutes of jargon they try to pass off as a core commerce paper..
Upon a leaving i ran into a rugby team mate – (i will leave out the club name to avoid macho and uneducated arguements as experienced when discussing the matter of schools and rugby clubs with a hmm.. lets say humble man i met in sydney from dunedin). Anyway, we approached inbetween the sliding doors mid-exit of the entrance to the castle lecture theatres (leaving a great stage and opportunity for a huge echo). With barely enough time to say “hey, lol” we saw each other and simultaneously raised an upright hand* (see rule 3) and connected perfectly. The shere timing and absolute casualness of the act was amplified by the devastating echo which was heard by the dense end-of-lecture crowd.
Nevertheless he carried on with his business, and i carried on with myn fulfilling every lecture of my 7-hour week (yes that rights, 7) without taking a split second to glance over the shoulder – knowing we had just accomplished something that is, and SHOULD be, so eagerly strived for.
Relief.
Absolutely sublime comment Harry. You’ve set new standards for us all. You’re a storyteller of the highest order!!
Much agreed a wonderful and gay (the happy gay but if the other then good for you both) story of comradeship, much enjoyed. However is “myn” a totally new cool thing that i’ve not heard of? Or something Dunedinesque which i missed out on?
Maybe NZQA’s Bali Haque should have listened to Bill English when he said text language is not the language of the real world – as it stands students can get full marks from using text language in some 5th, 6th, and 7th form exams so long as it can be understood (i find this so repulsing it may even warrant an entire article from someone who has the skill to write it).
Back to the question “myn” is certainly not Dunedinesque or a totally new cool thing you have not heard of, it is simply another dagger in the back of the english language, a shortened version of the word “mine”. Allowing text language in exams will have no effect on students outside the examination room? Well Sir, i beg to diffa.