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@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@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
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