Hip reels

Song_Breeze · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 16 Location: London

Ok, I've been practicing all day, and I keep whacking myself in the back or in the head. What am I doing wrong?!? Think I need someone to watch me try or something to show me where I'm screwing this up, cause I'm really hurting my back now!

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Wed 08th Aug, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

nail one hand at a time, then (and only then) try and put the two together. If you still struggle despite having both individual hands nailed, rather than trying continuous changes in planes, do 3 beats in front of you, then 3 behind, then once you can do that, cut it down to 2, and then to 1.

Good luck!

13 · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Northamptonshire

I have the same problem, i think i can do it right but i need someone to tell me for sure i geuss Confused

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Wed 08th Aug, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject:

study the vid, then do it in front of a mirror or window.
voila!

13 · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Northamptonshire

ive watched the vid over 30 times Confused

and i have no mirror with space to spin infront of and all my windows are to high up of too little space no smile

louisemaddison · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Leeds, UK

I'm having problems with shoulder reels and hip reels. I can do 3 beat wave forwards and back, angel wings and take outs but these two just seem impossible to me....it looks simple enough on the video but i just don't get it!! help!! nutty

Felixwah · Posted: Thu 09th Aug, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject:

ok hip and shoulder reels are basically the poi going from forward to backward with you stood in the middle. ok so swinging same time fw either side of you to turn to bacwards you would wait to turn on the downbeat (so when the poi pass your feet) and turn your body 180 with the poi and to go back to fw you would turn on the upbeat (when the poi pass your head) again turning your body with the poi these are tuck turns. hip reels are the same motion except that your body just stays in the middle (no turning). sooooooooo swinging same time fw either side of you again keep the poi exactly where they are but move your body 90deg to the right. in doing this you should have one in front and one behind. now follow the same instructions as with the tuck turn eg turn on the down beat etc.

It is the same also if you can fw and bw weave instead of turning your body you let your arms do the work.

and a crosser is exactly the same as hip reels except with your arms crossed!

hope that helps and wasnt too techy lemme know if you guys need more help Smile

joshifah

louisemaddison · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Leeds, UK

i thought i had the hip reel and now i'm not so sure what it is - i seem to have one poi infront and one behind whereas the girl on the video has both behind and both infront at the same time - am i doing it wrong or is my timing just off??

sxylou123 · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 481 Location: Margate, Kent

sounds like your doing split time reels, try to get them going together rather than seperate

*Jo* · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 128 Location: Coventry, UK

Right....I need help (or a lobotamy!)

I've cracked shoulder reels....and now I can't seem to do hip reels!

I can do either hand seperately, but when I put them together, my left hand seems to go all off and does it's own thing! Very Angry

and also, is it normal for them to feel totally wrong, after doing shoulder reels?

Its just odd having to do the movements kind of upside-down..... Very Angry

Oh and it didn't help that I clocked myself square round the face...really hard!

Help!! Confused

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Fri 10th Aug, 2007 9:19 am Post subject:

what you may be doing is trying hip reels in the reverse direction to how you learned em.
Take it slow and have a play. Then when you've nicked it you can go onto these!

*Jo* · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 128 Location: Coventry, UK

*Jo* · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 128 Location: Coventry, UK

oh and that looks awesome!! I can't wait to try again now lol

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Fri 10th Aug, 2007 10:29 am Post subject:

by reverse i mean in one direction the planes in front of you will be anticlockwise, and in another they will be clockwise.

You may have learned it, say, anticlockwise, and are now attempting it clockwise.

Get me?

*Jo* · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 128 Location: Coventry, UK

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