steps you hate...and why

having flashbacks of Strictly Ballroom!

:lol:

not sure if I'll ever look at chicken walks the same again, lol...

oops, note to self, don't share goofy mental images with dance partner

I hate that stupid hip lift in Bolero. Please just break... don't make me do that stupid hip lift... aw man....

i like that one... sexy and especially how when you come back down you change direction. love that feeling...

Are you doing a swiveling action, a step and point, or some other stylization? Maybe you can try a different interpretation of them?

And speaking of steps I hate... I don't hate it when it works but I fear the outside spin will just never ever be correct in my muscle memory. To get it to work well I have to think about it, every single time. :-/

I'm at a loss to help you as I'm trying to relate it to my feelings of doing a corta jaca. Can your pro just *not* put them into your routine? I like chicken walks better in jive (maybe because they're over quicker?), but it's still one of the moves that I am prone to blow the lead on if I don't know it's coming.

I have a same problem. But I do not even know what I need to think about. Do you care to share? It is one of those things we did not go over with our coach yet because there are other urgent things to take care of.

I hate flip-flop twinkles in American VW. They get out of control so easily.

Definitely Hover Cross, It just never looks good when I do it.

What I personally need to think about is closing my hips early enough and fast enough to get a proper foot closure at the right time. Plus staying in front of the man's right side instead of going too far past him before he turns.

If these don't work for you, something that helps a lot of people with this step is to stay left, left, and more left.

I find just about every step that is in wing position to be somewhat uncomfortable much of the time.

True, but this one is my personal worst.. I dont mind wing quite as much when I enter the position without a heel turn turn

Interesting, because this is probably the wing position step that is the most comfortable for me out of all of them. Probably because he's checking into that awkward space on the "wrong" side of the partnership instead of moving through it.

Ours is a continuous hover cross.. not a big fan of this step at all

Another thing I was told is not to commence my step too soon and to wait long enough for the man to clear my way. Do you think this is something I need to think about, too?

I can't seem to handle spinning to the left without a ton of leverage... my left side never really has been my friend... it's comical really

Ha, interesting but I actually really love the outside spin. A lot of why it works depends on the guy keeping you in front of him as he commences the turn in outside partner and placing you where you can comfortably close your feet. This allows you not to lose the connection and stay left and make the step very comfortable. When my coach did it with my partner initially, she was like "what do you want me to do here, I absolutely cannot tell because you are turning away from me". Then she told my partner how to do it without turning away and ever since then it's been a piece of cake for me.

Dancebug: I agree you have to wait for him to commence the turn but I wouldn't call that clearing your way because if he sin't in front of you with his right side, you cannot tell what he wants you to do or where he wants you to go. He needs to do a lot of twisting action in his back to keep contact, commence the turn and still convey to you where he wants you to go, all whilst keeping connection in outside parnter position...

Hate the whisk in Waltz. Ever since we stopped doing it, my life is so much better... Also, not in love with our exit from SFL (a sort of reverse pivoting action to close position)...