What better way to express your excitement than pitting your palms at the same pace as your friends? The sound of loud clapping that appeared was not only an overflow of joy, but also a stern warning to potential rivals who heard it. Start reading from Step 1 below to learn to high five in true champion style.
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Method 1 of 2: Doing a Regular High
Step 1. Choose a friend:
You can't high five alone. Clapping without friends is called clapping, not high fives. To do a proper high five, you need a friend who will have fun with you. Ideally, you need a person who has good upper body strength and good forearm strength. At the very least, you need someone who has hands.
To get the best high fives, you need a big reason to celebrate. It can be hard to emulate the energy that really comes from the joy celebrated in otherwise mundane situations, so find opportunities to beat your opponent or show off some cool skateboarding tricks wherever you go
Step 2. Make sure that you have good posture
In order for your high five to have maximum power, you need to have a solid posture. Place your feet firmly on the ground or floor, spread out at shoulder distance. Keep your back straight, and pull your shoulders back while puffing out your chest. This solid position will allow you to generate a push off the floor and transfer energy from your entire body to your wrists for a thunderous clapping sound.
Poor posture will not only result in a weak high five, it will also make you look weak. If you slouch and your stomach hangs limply while you're high-fived, your friends will notice that you're not really excited for the high-five and cancel the high-five instead
Step 3. Smile
Above all, the high five is an act of celebration, but also the reason for the celebration itself. There's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't smile when you're high-fived. Being able to do it yourself is an honor, therefore, don't waste that honor by smiling half-heartedly.
The only exception to this rule is a few seconds after your hand makes contact with your friend's hand, when you can wince in pain
Step 4. Swing
Start moving towards your friend. As you take the first few steps, move your dominant hand back as if preparing to throw the ball. Your hands should be in this ready position with your palms open at a point roughly behind your ears.
You can twist your waist slightly and/or lean back, for added power
Step 5. Swing forward
Once you are only 1-2 meters away from your friend, release a clap as hard as you can. Clap your hands forward at maximum speed, while leaning forward and turning slightly. If you hear a loud “crack” sound before your hand makes contact with your friend's hand, don't worry, as it is the sound of your hand breaking the sound field. Your goal should be right in the middle of your friend's palm, and vice versa.
If you're having trouble clapping your friend's hand, try focusing on their elbows as you swing. This is serious advice. Just try it, you will experience a miracle
Step 6. Make contact
If you're lucky, your palms and your friend's palms will touch each other vertically. The sound it produces is a quick, sharp “plaque” sound, which may echo for -1-2 seconds (depending on the acoustic system in the room you are in). Enjoy the satisfaction of this well done high five.
You'll know this is a great high five if other people around you turn and stare at you with annoyed expressions on their faces. Just ignore these people. They are usually called “haters” and they act as if they are bothered to cover up their inner insecurities
Step 7. Celebrate this high five with your friends, shouting out loud
Safe! You just managed to give your best friend a high five. To further enhance the satisfaction of this high five, shout “Yeah!”, “Yey!”, or “Wuhu!” with your friends. Everything is up to you!
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Some other screaming options:
- "Oh yeah!"
- “Aseek!”
- "Cool!"
- "Sharp!"
- "Great!"
- "OK!"
Method 2 of 2: Studying the Different Variations of Tos
Step 1. Learn the “classic high five” style
Begin by raising your hands with your palms facing outward, toward your friend. Rotate your hands in front of you while saying “High fives!” Continue by doing a regular high five as in the steps above.
Keep your eyes on the line! Focus on your friend's hand or elbow to ensure accuracy and prevent someone's face from being accidentally slapped
Step 2. Learn the “high fives” style
This time don't raise your hand and give it to your friend with your palms facing out, but place your hands down, near your hips, then turn your palms open facing up. Show that you're ready by saying, “High fives!” Then, your friend claps your hand by swinging his arm down.
- If you feel like playing pranks, pull your hand at the last second. You can also add to the fun of it by saying, "Nothing!"
- If you like this style and want to improve the movement, do it with an additional style that is similar to it, which is called, "high high".
Step 3. Learn “long distance high fives”
“Long-distance high-five” (also known as “Wi-five”) in English is a high-five that is done remotely and only requires viewing distance. You just need to do the steps "classic high five" without any contact between the palms of the hands. This means swinging your arms with your palms facing outward toward your friend, while he or she does the same. Try to make your palms “meet” remotely, at the same time. For best results, complement it with a high-fived sound effect, such as “Whoosh!” or “Boom!” when the remote contact occurs.
This high five is perfect for this digital age, as it can be performed by two people via video despite the physical distance of thousands of kilometers
Step 4. Learn the “sticky high five” style
Do the "classic high five" as usual, but after palm contact, allow your palms to touch each other for a few seconds before releasing. For best results, you need to make eye contact with your friend. Try to catch the pent-up feelings that your friend exudes or convey the opposite to him, behind your calm appearance!
For even more fun, slide your fingers slowly between your high five's fingers, until your palms are cupping each other. This can be done to high five with your lover
Step 5. Learn the “boxing high” and its variations
This technique isn't technically the same as a high five, but it's a closely related and similar enough move to be included in this guide as well. In a "fist high five," each person (usually the man) clenched one hand into a fist, lightly thumped each other's fists, made clenched contact, then closed the movement with a growl or scream. This technique has several variations of its own, and the following are some of them:
- "Rocket Fist". After the fist impact, the first person twists his fist and raises his thumb up, while the second person creates a burst of fire from the back of the rocket by positioning his hand under the first person's fist while moving his fingers like flames and slowly lowering his hand. towards the floor surface. The two men did this while imitating the powerful, thundering sound of a rocket.
- "Boxing Gears". During the clash of fists, the second person gripped the first person's fist with the surface of his palm while shouting, "Fist in gear!". The second person then continued by imitating the movement of the gear lever on a car with a manual transmission type, using the first person's fist as the lever head and while imitating the sound of a car engine.
- “Fist Exploding.” As the fists clashed, the two people slowly clenched their fists apart, as if there had been an explosion in the middle. Do it while making noises vibrate and explode, like an atomic bomb explodes in the distance.
