Creating long beautiful line leaves a favorable impression with the judges. Here Donna Culp shows a how to create long beautiful lines through your shoulders and head.
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teaching dance head position
February 22nd, 2010 | dance
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Cannot think of anything worse than teaching your gymnasts this technique – artistic? Maybe…
Functional, absolutely not. Head is the heaviest part of the body and should always be placed right on top of the shoulders as a continuation of the natural curve of the spine – that means chin slightly tucked in and down, with a sensation of a long neck from the back of the head.
Using this tilt back technique; the weight of the gymnast is pulled backwards and her balance is compromised. I think I’ve heard time and time again, “Straight is great.” This curvature of the upper spine is anything but that.
I watched this video the other day and rewatched it today. I think that the head position is a tad extreme. I teach my athletes to have their chins up but not that far.
This is awful. Nohing bugs me more than chins thrust skywards whilst poor little gymnasts shoulders are around their ears. Shoulders down with neck stretched and straight is far better imho.
Hrmmm, not sure how functional this is. Those “style ropes” also tend to teach broken, tense wrists.
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