| Doing a double spin while you're Salsa dancing can | | | | your weight is evenly distributed. Now slightly bend |
| often be difficult while maintaining your balance. | | | | your knees and lift your toes. From here, lift one |
| Spinning on the ball of your foot isn't too hard on the | | | | foot slowly off the floor and do a couple ankle |
| first spin, but that second turn is a whole different | | | | circles. If you are having trouble keeping balance while |
| story, right? | | | | doing this, you aren't centered. Repeat this with your |
| It's actually a fairly common problem that many | | | | other foot. |
| people have. Don't worry, you're not the only one | | | | You should feel centered at this point. Now lift |
| struggling to stay off the ground :) | | | | yourself up onto your toes and bend your knees. |
| There are several things you can do to practice. | | | | Slowly back down to your heels while your knees are |
| The first, and very simple thing you can do is watch | | | | still bent and then straighten your legs. Now reverse |
| for the point at where you think you are going to fall | | | | the whole procedure. Do this a few times and you'll |
| over. Really focus on finding this point. Now while you | | | | really get the hang of where your center is. |
| are turning and about to hit this point, work on pulling | | | | Another trick to working on your balance is by |
| your body in the other direction. | | | | performing a passe. This is where you place your |
| If you've already tried this or it just isn't working, | | | | foot on or near the knee of the opposite leg. While |
| you need to work on your balance. | | | | doing the passe, balance on your toes on the foot |
| First, work on finding your center. Knowing this will | | | | that is still grounded and perform a single turn. Now |
| keep you thinking about where your body needs to | | | | do this with your other foot and practice back and |
| be and will be much easier to focus while you're | | | | forth a few times. This may work better if you're |
| practicing. | | | | standing in front of a full body mirror so you can |
| To find your center, there are a couple of exercises | | | | keep an eye on your stance. |
| you can do. Start by standing straight up with your | | | | Hopefully these tips will have you doing all the salsa |
| feet hip-width apart and stay here until you feel like | | | | dance spins you can possibly handle! |