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Think about a dance that is full of movement. Watching a couple dance a good
Two Step or Swing is like watching constant movement but it's not quite. Those
that remember their High School Physics will also remember Newton's Three Laws
pertaining to Force, motion and inertia (momentum).
To get moving you will use the Third Law:
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
Hopefully we don't move because our partner is pushing or pulling but because
the force of our foot against the floor is propelling us along.
While doing this the First Law comes into play:
"An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay
in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted on by an
unbalanced force."
The force against the floor is balanced when you are standing still. Exert more
force against the floor, the force becomes unbalanced and you move "opposite the
direction of force"
Now you are moving. To keep moving you are constantly pushing against the floor
and any change will change your "momentum." Momentum is "Inertia" and cannot be
lost. Only transferred. Start turning or moving and attempt to go faster. To do
this you must exert more pressure toward the floor. This transfers inertia to
your forward movement. Now try to stop. You must exert much more force toward
the floor to do so. This cannot happen instantly and is why the men need to
learn to utilize the lady's existing momentum or inertia whenever possible.
Quickly changing directions requires so much more energy that if done enough
both partners are quickly exhausted. You have to use energy to stop and then
more energy to move again.
A quick study on inertia is learned while dancing West Coast Swing (WCS). The
compression on a push break is no more than transferring inertia. You are
turning forward movement into backward movement. To make it smooth, men must
keep in mind the "unbalanced force" of Newton's First Law. Men tend to be larger
(in most cases) and have more force unless controlled (absorbed by less pressure
against the floor). There must be a good balance of force between the floor and
the partners.
Do you ever wonder why some dancers turn easier and faster than others. Balance
plays a big part in turning as do all the above Laws of Motion. Sticky shoe
bottoms create friction which is no more than a force pushing back at our
attempted turning motion. More foot in contact with the floor will create the
same problem. An off balance condition creates a constant transfer of inertia
away from the turning action.
The great part of all this is that the Lord blessed us with a brain that has the
capacity to calculate all of the above without hardly any conscious effort.
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