Let me guess. When you or your dancers struggle with flexibility, your first instinct is to: Stack some yoga blocks and overstretch. Push on your dancers or have partners press and pull. Open a book or turn on the TV and sit in your splits. If these three...
You know that moment when you’re waiting to hear the judge's thoughts on your team’s routine. Although you may be thinking about that tricky section in the middle with the group lift, there are two specific areas that many teams get critiqued on the most. Sharpness...
There are a lot of pieces to think about when you do a turn. Many dancers struggle with perfecting each piece at the same time. Forget about one part and you look like the leaning tower of Pisa. If you don't have a strong foundation, everything on top is just...
What's the silliest thing you've ever heard about increasing your flexibility? I've heard that sleeping in a frog stretch or watching TV in the splits is the fastest way to increase flexibility. (Yikes!) Unfortunately, when flexibility is your dancers’ main focus,...
Are your dancers complaining about tight hips? Do they feel like their hips don’t open easily? There are three key things you need to focus on with your dancers to make it easier for their hips to open. With the exercises below, increase your dancers’: Hip...
Hey Coach! I know when you're short on time, your class warm-up usually gets cut short. And don't even get me started on the amount of coaches I know, who skip stretching and strength training altogether. (Can you tell that’s a pet peeve?) Your...
Ever feel like you’re trying to do everything you can to help your dancers improve their splits, turns, or jumps and it just isn’t working? You know how important stretching is for flexibility. But it’s also helpful in reducing the risk of injury, increasing...
Isn't it frustrating when your dancers' technique looks great in practice but when they get on the floor, even more specifically near the end of the routine, things get sloppy, toes stop pointing and you're not even sure what team you're looking at? I...
What do you think sloppy skills and timing issues have in common? Yes, they're both the reason you need a Venti coffee at practice. However, they're also issues our dancers run into because they're lacking core strength. When your dancers have a weak core they...
Have you had auditions yet? If not, I have the perfect warm up check list that's going to help your dancers execute the audition skills with more control and increase their flexibility for kicks, leaps and extension. If you've already had auditions, these exercises...
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