You don't find "nose-to-nose" makes some uncomfortable? On Jun 25, 2015 10:48 AM, "Aahz Maruch via Callers" < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote: > > > > My main concern is how to acquire that tension/counterweight in a swing, > if > > you do not lean back. > > Let momentum do the work. The way I teach swinging, I tell people to > stand nose-to-nose. Then I tell each of them to take a small half-step > to the left. If they twist, I tell them to go back to the nose-to-nose > and explain that it is critical that they stay facing the same direction > when they move left. Then I have them go into ballroom hold and start > walking forward, telling them to notice how the pressure of holding each > other just naturally forces them into a circle. > > Particularly when I do this with people who've been twisting their > bodies, they go, "Wow, it's a lot easier this way." > > When they start swinging a bit faster, that's when I talk about the > giving weight aspect of swinging. It's a matter of holding the swing > together, and you just don't need the tension until they're moving fast. > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 > http://rule6.info/ > <*> <*> <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >
