How to do Magic Tricks
If you’ve ever wondered how to do magic tricks, there are several ways to learn. Most magicians won’t tell you how to do magic tricks because they would be giving away the “tricks of the trade”. At least they won’t tell you in person, but many magicians have written books and put up web sites on how to do magic tricks that you can learn from. There is even a cable television show about how to do magic tricks in which a masked magician shows the audience how to do magic tricks without revealing his identity.
You can find web sites and books on how to do magic tricks with cards and coins, parlor tricks and street tricks, even disappearing tricks and levitation tricks. The internet is a wonderful resource because many of the web sites offer videos that show how to do magic tricks, but you aren’t really sure who is behind the web sites. If you want to learn how to do magic tricks from a professional magician, you may want to hit the local book store or find books online that you can purchase.
Books are a great way to learn how to do magic tricks because you always have them in front of you to refer to while practicing. It is difficult to practice in front of your PC because often you need plenty of room or props and there is usually not enough room in your office or at your desk. You know who wrote the books, too. There will never be any question about whether or not you are learning how to do magic tricks from a professional magician or from somebody who decided to put up a web site with a few tricks that they have tried here and there. Books are a more reliable source of information in most cases.
Television is probably not the best way to learn how to do magic tricks because when the show is over, if you didn’t catch every word and have a photographic memory, your source is gone. You can, however, record the show and watch it over and over, but this can be a pain, too, because you have to worry about pausing and rewinding the show until you can get the trick right.
Of all of the sources of information about how to do magic tricks, books are the second best. The first is, of course, learning from a professional magician who gives classes or agrees to mentor you as you learn how to do magic tricks on a more professional level.