Any tips on improving my SPP technique?
I feel I have a very good understanding of what's going on inside locks when picking them, and I've seen a lot of tips and tricks (mainly in LSS+) for single pin picking. However, I still have trouble actually putting it into practise and I feel it has to do with my overall technique.
Here's a quick vid of me picking a rim cylinder for you to critique - things you should know about this lock are that it's pretty old, and the springs are a bit stiff. This helps me out a lot though, as I'm never sure when I'm actually on a pin when it comes to brand spanking new ones with really light springs. The only reason I know it has 5 spools is because the locksmith I got it from showed me after gutting it one day... so I need to work on figuring that stuff out as well. Anyway, on with the video. I've seen a few guys on youtube and their technique is really smooth with very little hand movement, so this may be painful for you to watch.
What I wanna know from you guys is, judging by the video, is there anything really wrong with how I'm doing things? I know it's all personal preference when it comes to holding the pick etc, but yeah. I wanna point out that I was on a time constraint as my camera only records for 90 seconds... I'm usually more careful than this.
What I'm doing is rolling the pin back over the pins from back to front and stopping when I'm right underneath each one, then pushing up. I find it easy enough with this one as the springs are a bit stiff, so any tips or exercises I should do to improve my technique with newer locks? Also, I skip over pins which feel like they're set but from time to time I push up on those as well, just incase they're falsely set.
Criticism is more than welcome... I definately need it, cos I'm used to people telling me I'm good at it and that's one of the things stopping me from really putting the effort in to refine my technique. Thanks in advance, everyone!