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 j...@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 > 940 574 > > http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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