[Tango-L] Ball or Heel?

Sergey Kazachenko syarzhuk at gmail.com
Wed Jun 3 05:06:57 EDT 2009


Here's a video of Naveira where you can clearly see him stepping heel first
with his left and toe first with his right.In a class, no less.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgnjOZxVsCw

Obviously, when you step heel first, you can make a larger step. Beginning
leaders often don't realize that they can make a way larger step forward
than their followers can do backward. Also there's a tendency in beginning
leaders to shift their weight back on their heels with causes them to step
toe first and only then move their body, confusing the lead. That's why I
tell all beginners to keep the weight on the balls of their feet and step
toe first.

Sergey

May you be forever touched by His Noodly Appendage... (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster )



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