I do a great french drop. I don't know much other magic, but I can really vanish a quarter or other similarly sized object. My kids love it, so I still practice

I do a great french drop. I don't know much other magic, but I can really vanish a quarter or other similarly sized object. My kids love it, so I still practice a fair amount. The drop itself is a very unnatural way to transfer a coin from one hand to the other, so the first step for me to doing it well was to practice actually transferring the coin without the vanish. Something about this process really blew my mind and changed the way I thought about learning new skills. It's a lot of work and effort to make something look casual and easy like that, and until you get to that level of comfort, it's honestly not even worth showing anybody.