2 Dribbling Drills 1) Figure 8 Dribble Stand in the triple threat position (feet roughly shoulder width apart, one foot ahead of the other, knees bent). Using your right hand, dribble the ball around your right foot from front to back. Once the ball reaches between your legs, switch to your left hand and dribble the ball around your left foot. Each time the ball comes back to the center, switch hands and dribble around the other foot, keeping the ball just a few inches off the ground with the dribble. 2) 2-Ball Dribble Drills Two ball drills are some of the best possible drills for improving your ball handling skills.
Rest your hands on the ball and lean body forward, so that a large part of the body weight falls on the hands (Figure 1). Then, bend the arms and pull the ball towards you, without having to move the body (Figure 2). Repeat the exercise 10
Then keep your wrist next to your ear, in a quick and fast motion, flick the wrist of your top hand while pulling your top hand towards you. Make sure to follow through the motion. Next thing you have to do is learn how to catch. Catching is all about hand to eye coordination. Put your dominant hand on the top of your head and watch the ball land in
Chapter Four 4. Then, you jump up and push through the ball with your hands and arms. Be sure to follow through, letting the ball roll off your fingers as you push and aim for the basket. Have you ever seen a pro basketball player shoot? Learn from them.
Most of your weight is on your toes so you’re ready to push forward when hitting the ball. When you are in the correct position you have to create a platform with your arms by putting them together. You have to clutch your hands together so your palms are facing the roof and your arms in a relaxed position. As the ball is in motion coming towards you, calculate how much force needs to be applied to get it to the setter. As you push through with your legs, you use the momentum of your body to push through the ball with your arms getting the ball up high enough for the setter to get into position and execute the next pass.
The dancers launch the dance with walking up and down the stage in two lines of four and interchanging through each other, followed by a hop every time the direction of their walks and runs is changed. They all hold hands with each other, even a man holding the hand of another man, to symbolize their unity and equality as human beings. The dancers continue running around the large circumference of the stage, repeating the intertwining motions within themselves in lines. An occasional soloist separates his or herself from the group to demonstrate his or her individuality by showing off a unique movement that is not repeated by the other
Electro Swing is the fusion of Swing Music from the 1920s-1930s with modern House and EDM music. It first appeared in the mid-nineties when artists such as Doop and Mini Luxury began to experiment with the early swing dance styles as so to make them more established for the modern day clubs. The genre began with house music infused with swing influences, but as the genre evolved many artists such as Parov Stelar and Caravan Palace began harnessing the Idea of electro swing to create complete albums and creating a new sound all together that was uniquely heavier on the swing style, this sound established Electro Swing as an official genre. Caravan Palace was unique in their interpretation of the genre, heavily influenced by French artists such as Django Reinhardt, Vitalic, and Daft Punk, Whom all have very distinctly different styles, they have successfully created an infusion of both classic swing style and electronic house music. Throughout their songs the classic French-swing sound of Django is highly evident as well as the electronic influences of Daft Punk and Vitalic.
Start jumping on a 1-2 foot high jump. Approach the jump with a flat board, not on your edge. When you reach the jump do an ollie to get a boost. In the air, concentrate on 2
The dancers come along the sides of the audience in the aisles and begin to cheer to ‘pump up’ the audience. They try doing this by raising their hands in a pumping motion, and vocally encouraging the audience to chime into the yelling and cheering. After cheering and creating movements that can almost only be described as “silly dance movements” (they were waving their arms around above their head in the air while clapping, or waving their bodies back and forth in the horizontal and vertical plane), they use a rubber launcher to pass out the t-shirts. They make the idea of receiving a t-shirt extremely exciting and valuable! The t-shirts read “dance dance dance”.
Examples of the different centers of a dancer’s body include the shoulders, arms, chest, pelvis and legs. These all move in conjunction to each other in order to create complex movements. The drum plays a very important role in African dance. As the dancers move to the expression of their feelings, their movements are kept in-line with the help of the rhythm of the drumbeat. It is the sound of the drum and the rhythms that are said to provide the “heartbeat” of the dance.