25 Mar
2024
25 Mar
'24
2:52 p.m.
Hi John,
I think people may be using two different things by "support" here? Julian
and I, along with a few others in this conversation, are using "support" to
mean a horizontal force, providing a counterbalancing force to resist the
centrifugal force that would otherwise send the two people off in
opposite directions. I think you're interpreting "support" to mean a
vertical force, which I agree you shouldn't need to provide.
If you're swinging quickly there really is quite a lot of centrifugal
force. Sometime I'd like to try getting some sort of scale involved to
figure out how much!
Jeff
On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 7:19 PM John Sweeney via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi all,
You should NOT need to support the other person in a Swing.
If they are pulling away, leaning back or leaning sideways then take away
your connection until they take responsibility for their own weight and
balance.
The shoulder-blade connection is purely to counteract
centrifugal force. That is not normally a lot of force, so it shouldn’t
make you tired. I Swing fast all night and never get tired arms because,
having damaged shoulders, I never let the other person make me support them.
I completely agree that the Rightie shouldn’t try to reach
the Leftie’s shoulder-blade. See six reasons why at
http://contrafusion.co.uk/LadysLeftHand.html
For good Swing technique please see
http://contrafusion.co.uk/Contra.html#swinging
Not everyone agrees with everything I say (but I think
physics does!). :-)
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
940 574
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
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