tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post5047450054871249204..comments2008-07-16T11:44:13.523-07:00Don Baarns - Unlikely Salserohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312061855724975322DonBaarns@hotmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-22055937932010902752008-07-16T11:44:13.523-07:002008-07-16T11:44:13.523-07:00Tom,<BR/><BR/>Lots of great comments and questions. I'll write a follow-up article with the details as soon as practical.<BR/><BR/>As always, I appreciate the comments! (If others have questions/comments, please add them so I can includes those answers in the next article.)Don Baarns - Unlikely Salserohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312061855724975322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-77116291168553289252008-07-16T06:39:39.942-07:002008-07-16T06:39:39.942-07:00Are the teachers the best examples of how to learn, and the ways of improving on how we learn?<BR/><BR/>- I was wondering for example, how a hip-hop dancer/instructor like Sho-Tyme practises - and what his incentives and demands are. At a guess, i'd imagine that for some dance styles there is a lot more pride at stake - they don't call them hip hop battles for nothing! Is there a "salsa off"? I know of Jack and Jill events - is the nearest that happens in terms of a friendly tussle, doing a few bars, then seeing what others can do, or redo of yours?<BR/><BR/>It would be interesting also to note how your instructor noted what you were missing, and maybe his thinking in terms of applying exercises specific for the problem.<BR/><BR/>Would you yourself have been able to identify it, if you'd seen video of yourself learning to dance?<BR/><BR/>With the era of video on mobile phones rapidly coming to the stage that you can actually make out what they record, I would imagine a system of review through recording might be useful. I guess it's less of a useful tool for groups, than individuals, at least in going back to it within a lesson due to time constraints - but I know in other sports it's used - e.g. Carve gybe clinics for windsurfing, etc.<BR/><BR/>How did you learn that you'd been practicing some moves slightly wrong since the beginning of his classes?<BR/><BR/>It seems that awareness of these issues is one of the first steps - going back to the conscious of being in a simplified stage by stage view: <BR/>unconsciously making mistakes <BR/>conscious of making mistakes<BR/>conscious of doing it better<BR/>conscious of doing it correctly pretty much<BR/>unconsciously just doing it pretty much correctly)<BR/><BR/>In your example, you "actually thought I was doing things right" but weren't - the feedback not being there. I'd imagine you could see that a lot with beginners - does the skill of doing it, but sensing something is not quite right come later?<BR/><BR/>I'd imagine the advice of asking for help in terms of look and feel are always useful - a lot of people haven't seen themselves dance really, beyond furtive/not so furtive glances at a dance lesson/club's mirrors! The temptation to go for the cool move over the foundations I imagine is large for a lot of people.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04573137046265740883noreply@blogger.com