19 Feb
2014
19 Feb
'14
3:49 p.m.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014, Harold E. Watson wrote:
Sometimes we'll hold a quick swing teach during a break. I've always
taught the gents to place their right hands between the ladies
shoulder blades.
The way I think of it, the man's right hand should be placed so that the
fingertips would be at or just past the woman's spine if the hand were
flat, but it should be slightly curved around the woman's shoulderblade.
That off-center spot helps if you're going to whirl at the end of the
swing (*not* pushing, but providing support and a *little* bit of guiding
pressure).
At speed -- and particularly given that I focus more on avoiding trapping
the woman's hair, I often don't get perfect placement, but I rarely get
bad placement.
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