Top 5 Most Common Mistakes Followers Make In Salsa - Rasa Pauzaite

Rasa Pauzaite - Top 5 Most Common Mistakes Followers Make In Salsa

It is easy to pick up bad habits in salsa, and unless you are attending regular classes, sometimes you don't realise that you are making mistakes when you are following. As someone who leads and follows, I know how to feels to lead a good follower, and also a bad follower. These are the five most common mistakes that I think followers make, and how you should aim to correct them.

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[edwardjkeogh]

Thanks for the great advice, top notch as usual. I'm a leader and these tips are spot on. All the points you talked about are vital but I'm glad you talked about the basic step. I've seen many good dancers who fail to advance (myself included) until they get the basic right. Were I dance the noodle arms problem is very common. As a leader it's not my place to correct or teach other dancers, I just do my best so that every dance is fun and comfortable for the follower and hopefully has good musicality, so it's great that video's like this are out there to help!!!

[rovaniemilatinotanssiriryt]

I am Latino, but dancing is not the same to teaching in the Nordic countries how to dance Salsa, Bachata or Cumbia. Your videos definitely give me a better understanding how to be a better Latin Dance Instructor !!!! GREAT VIDEOS

[jozadroga]

this video is so good! why nobody in the class ever told me that 😂

[catinamercer]

Rasa, can you talk about leaders also? That leaders don’t always connect with followers, but want to show off all their dance moves and spin the followers a thousand times. It is not enjoyable so I don’t social dance as much because of that fact.

[moehammoud]

I never understood why some leads would be looking around at other dancers while they dance. I always thought it was so arrogant but now I do it too when I'm not enjoying a particular dance. It's either that or disassociate for the rest of the song(jk).

I'm not an expert or anything but bad frame is a huge one for me. It limits so much of the partnerwork that can be enjoyed. It wouldn't be a problem, it's just that the dancers with bad frame tend to be very lazy with the other aspects of their technique.

[sonig]

Number 4 guilty 🙈 great tips Rasa - I can’t wait to dance again!

[mary-louiseangoujard]

Thank you, your videos are always great!

[shubhangijadhav]

so much helpful information...i m become a great fan of yours

[sirano]

These are the mistakes. But to teach those, teachers need to repeat them at the Beginning of the class, at the End and once in the Middle. And then Call their phone outside of dance class hours and remind again... Repeat this at least for a whole month or two... than may be the once who don't get it will get it finally

[jensbeyer]

I've seen some videos from you and I am a leader. Much quality content overall. Now I can give something back. Women want to stay in sync in turns. At the beginning some women use their bizeps too much, because they want to turn in sync. But (that is my opinion) 90% after a turn the arm will be stretched out. So my advice is to use the latisimus musle in turns. It is the musle under your shoulder, when you lift a heavy box. That keeps you in sync. In other words think in turns your uper arm direction more to top and use the latisimus musle most, beside the other musles (bizeps, trizeps) less. I tell this women and they can fix it sometimes immediately. They don't know why other men can't dance with them. Some evening I made a followers day (or evening) and she was having fun the whole night. Most teachers don't say this and I don't know why :)

[mary-louiseangoujard]

More fantastic, practical tips and so well explained! Xxx

[megakingoflego]

Hi Rasa great vid, thank u, i am only early improver but find some followers who know a little bit more, lack patience or try to lead the dance which is really offputting, simetimes the teacher calls them out but if theres too many in the class he wont notice, should i just shut up and put up until im better?

[shaolinderpalm]

I may suggest followers expecting the leader to make them stay on time, and/iecstiff shoulders.

[rockinrobin]

What do you when you have a lead that’s too forceful? When the push or pull is too forceful it throws me off balance and I tense up.