Pivot - Find the ball of the foot

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So in this series, we're gonna go through some, uh, tips
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that will help you pivot more easily.
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I'll, I'll be doing the pivoting show. I'm leading. Yeah.
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And I'll be the follower. And first thing is,
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if you've got shoes that are sticky, like for example,
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here I've got these, uh, sneakers
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and you're on a sticky floor
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sock, like elastic material that's designed to be slippery
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that you can put on your, on your shoe.
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So you can just Google dance socks and things will come up.
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So that's the first thing. And
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They're not very expensive for
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how much good you get outta them.
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Um, second thing,
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and we've gone over this in a, in a different video,
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but it's worth repeating and we'll add some more detail.
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Reminder I'm leading, is that when you step,
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you wanna step to the ball of the foot.
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So I'm to pivot. So here I wanna make the comment,
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but that you're forward enough so that your heel rises, um,
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and it's remarkably, uh, hard.
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And so, uh, some things you can do to practice,
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uh, one thing at a time.
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And so then do, do, do and then then use hands to adjust.
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And you're like, okay, there's the ball of my foot
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here, which is fine,
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but when it comes time to pivot, you'll see that you need
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to shift forward a little bit over the ball of the foot.
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So for the follower, take your time
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and just say, oh, let me shift my, now if,
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if you feel your toes gripping, that's too far forward.
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Um, but on the other hand, if you let go
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and you fall backwards,
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then it's like, oh, I'm falling backwards.
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Actually, what you want to do is you wanna let go
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and not know which way you'll fall.
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That's balance. Or have a little moment before you fall.
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That helps too, right? You fall slowly.
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And, and for leaders, what you want to do is you wanna feel
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that very softly.
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She's going to bring, I'm on my left foot,
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she's gonna bring me forward very slowly.
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And you can feel when the heel raises right here,
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as she moves me, she'll feel my heel raise right there.
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Yeah. And she'll keep moving me.
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She'll feel a moment where there's pressure, no direction.
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That's ball, uh, balance, ball of the foot.
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Move me too far forward, slowly, slowly,
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Gladly, Slowly.
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Okay. I'm consistent.
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She'll feel I tighten. That's my toes gripping.
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And then she'll feel I'm leaning on her.
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And so for the leaders,
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move your follower very slowly forward
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until you can develop the sensitivity to feel the heel,
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raise the place of no pressure, and then too far.
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And you can just practice that.
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And that is remarkably similar to balancing a chair.
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So the, in terms of feeling pressure.
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So if you get a chair and you're balancing the chair on one
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leg like this, if the chair falls immediately,
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then it's way off balance.
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But if you can say, oh, right here,
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it's pushing this way, let me move it up.
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And then you try to find a, a, a place
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where there's no pressure in any direction.
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Let's see if I can, wow.
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You know, and, and it'll a balance a little while.
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And, and that's developing this sensitivity so
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that you can feel the, the pressure
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of the follower leaning forward or back, or left or right.
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So that's the first thing. Always find
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balance before pivoting.
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One really cool and important thing
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that people don't understand easily is you can take all the
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time you need for any of this stuff. And it's okay.
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Very good. Thank you.
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