Top products from r/WestCoastSwing
We found 4 product mentions on r/WestCoastSwing. We ranked the 3 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
2. Premium quality suede sheets 8.5"x12" with super-strong self-adhesive backing. Ideal for making peel-and-stick (self-stick, stick-on) soles for dance shoes, various colors. [SUEDE-DIY-r01].
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Turn your favorite street or fitness shoes into suede-soled dance shoes, replace worn-out suede soles on existing dance shoes.Don't worry about fussing with messy, smelly glues. No glue is needed for this product. Just trace the outline of your shoe soles on this sheet with a knife or with scissors,...
3. Fudun Fudun Kids and Adults Sport Eyeglass Strap Holder, Eyewear Retainer, Silicone Anti Slip Holder For Glasses Piece, Ear Hook, Eyeglass Temple Tip
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
12 BRIGHT COLORS: 12 various bright colors of black, dark blue, red, orange, blue, white, rose red, brown, yellow, clear are convenient for your to chooseHIGH QUALITY MATERIAL: Soft high quality silicone , won't go yellow nor turn solid, with no feeling of sore ears after use, and even you will forg...
My experience is similar to OP. I've spent a lot of time lifting weights for exercise, mostly compound lifts with free weights, and it seems like the bracing and full engagement of muscles that I've trained there gets in the way of fluid dancing.
I think _morkbork is onto something with the focus on the negative/eccentric muscle action. If I focus on that and try keep as much concentric muscle effort out of my arms as possible, the dancing goes better.
More generally, it seems to help to keep the strength centered and low -- core, hips, legs, feet -- and engage shoulder and arm muscles just enough to suit the connection. Which is for me so hard to do. The experienced followers say that with good lead they can feel the connection to the lead's core, which I think gets blocked by tension in the hands, forearms, and biceps in particular.
I've been working through the exercises in the book The New Rules of Posture by Mary Bond. Despite the title, the subject is more about mobility, fluidity, and balance. It's been a good way to work out some of the stiffness on my own.
I wear glasses and had problems of them slipping frequently both socially and in competition. Then Adela Su, the amazing woman that she is, changed my life when she handed me a pair of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Eyeglass-Eyewear-Retainer-Silicone-Glasses/dp/B075FV6J7N
going DIY is the way to go. I've heard this from the pros as well. There just isn't the selection of dance specific shoes. The pair I bought most recently was from ALDO There called Aauwen-R Dark Grey, then I just went on amazon and got some stick on suede. The only problem I have found so far with this was that I stuck them on and it immediately slid like a 1/4 inch. Which isn't much but that's 1/4 without suede on the outside edge. I think I just should have walked around to let them dry. I immediately went down to dance at a dance event. So probably user error.