tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post2028955269921697986..comments2009-03-03T15:16:07.448-08:00Don Baarns - Unlikely Salserohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312061855724975322DonBaarns@hotmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-31483320657485885012009-03-03T13:53:00.000-08:002009-03-03T13:53:00.000-08:00Amen to that, as I have working on getting my instructor certification, I have gotten better at seeing a complete dance in my head. Why? Because now I have to know the follower's part because I have to be able to demonstrate this as well. This helps me visualize a particular technique more accurately in my head. The more detailed the picture I can hold in my head the better I can reproduce it on the dancefloor in realtime.ballroomsalsadancerhttp://ballroomsalsadancer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-25025860899265468662009-02-02T03:53:00.000-08:002009-02-02T03:53:00.000-08:00http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/02/olympic-athletes-reveal-their-mental.htmlTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04573137046265740883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-86963092807526195872009-02-01T14:03:00.000-08:002009-02-01T14:03:00.000-08:00Is visualisation easier when you're learning a move for the first time, or to keep the move in memory, or to perfect it?<BR/><BR/>It is possible to visualise - i think actually having some Video of some "basics" for visualisatino with respect to salsa might also be useful - <BR/>to learn what certain hand positions do - what woill happen when you turn with your partner in this hold etc.<BR/><BR/>I think it can get a bum deal, as I know i've been told (off!) for looking down at the floor, and lacking facial expressivity - it's not easy - it's more like doing a Magic Eye picture at the start!<BR/><BR/>I think part of it is also the lack of video for visual mimicking - they aren't creative enough in angles. <BR/><BR/>When was the last time you saw a head cam, from a lead. Or a left/right hand cam, to show lead through the hands. or a floor cam to show foot movement.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, in my view, LightStage is the way forward to a degree. MoCap (Motion capture) but more.<BR/><BR/>Pure overkill, but I think it does actually have a kernel of usefulness to it. <BR/><BR/>Why are videos and dvds not useful (apart from interface issues)?<BR/><BR/>because its' rigid, and earelier videos didn't even have multiple angles/show too many different views.<BR/><BR/>In a mocap - you can have any speed, any angle. you get the vt, and you now could control the action. <BR/><BR/>In a way, that's what people are doing physically - markingit - i've seen it with a friend doing dressage practise, by going through the routine in the living room, i've seen it with other guys..<BR/>It's almost a dirty secret, the problem of learning and remembering moves, and also trying to find, then be able to use the mothds that best suit someone to learn and retain dance.<BR/><BR/>I think that in a way - dance misses out from what sports can have - you can have slow mo replays for other sports, so why not salsa?<BR/><BR/>it might not completely match - but some stuff could do with video more perhaps. <BR/><BR/>it's only one way of course. Practise trumps most things, as long as it's smart practise.<BR/><BR/>Learning to see your performance in your head may be a time-honored technique - learning to see your performance through seeeing it might be one way to start?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04573137046265740883noreply@blogger.com