I'm Doing It Wrong Again or Reality is Unforgiving
Okay so in my last post I wrote about new warm-up: I have all the kids get into a line. Then I teach them a short simple pattern - step heel, step heel, step heel, stamp. All the kids do it together first, then the first kid in line does it solo. Then all the kids do it together again, after which the second kid in line does it solo. And we continue to alternate from group to solo until we get through the entire line. If I think the kids still need more work on the pattern we go through the line again This simply doesn't work long term for warm-up. Why? Because we cover at most 4 patterns (at most). There are simply too many steps to cover that we will never get to. Also this usually takes a while so it becomes a mix of warm-up and technique. The net result is that the number of steps the kids actually do in a class is greatly reduced. Yes they are getting to really hear their own feet and yes that's helping to make their steps sound better, but too many steps simply