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Dumb Pole Walk Question
When I started learning pole in a studio, we were taught to walk around the pole using the “face of a clock” as an example, looking at the floor, stepping at “12, 3, 6, and 9”. However, it’s not always the prettiest presentation for someone like me with “short legs.” I understand the need to be away from the pole in order to get spin momentum. I’ve been watching the SV videos and trying to decide, does it take 4 steps or 6 steps to walk completely around the pole before you turn and change sides? Does it really matter?
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I’ve not seen the lesson you mentioned, but “it takes as many steps as it takes” is just my spontaneous answer. I think your studio was just trying to give you guidelines, and as you noticed, they didn’t fit you too well. Then you’re free to change things into how you want them. For example in my studio when we first learnt the fireman, we took three step before hooking the leg, inner-outer-inner-spin. But it can as well be done with only one step before the spin, or no step. So if I haven’t misunderstood your question, it is all up to you. There are few rights or wrongs in pole or how you move around it.
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The only time I could think it would matter would be when performing with someone else, then you would want to use a count, this would keep you in time. The number of steps it takes to get around a pole will vary, because of leg length, a personals natural stride and the style of walk that is being done. Looking at it as a clock seems complex to me, but it might help someone who needs to know EXACLY where to put their feet.
The distance from the pole, for static spins, has more to do with how close the hips are then how many steps it takes to get around. Hips distance away from the pole and timing of the push and swing leg will give the best static spins. I wouldn’t over think the number of steps needed unless you were performing with someone or you were creating a routine and wanted to insure you wound up in a particular place before you spin.
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Hi Lina, Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it and you are very helpful. The walk was in today’s “30 Day Challenge, Day 8. I have to laugh to myself a little as I think about my earlier post because when my first pole teacher taught us to “go around the pole like a clock,” she could never teach in the opposite direction. It then became the “mirror, wall, and window.” *lol* I continue to be impressed with the SV program. And, I was happy with myself today with “pole pushups” (chair..I’m new). I can even see a light at the end of the “pole hold” tunnel. I’m progressing. Albeit very slow, I can definitely see progress. And it’s very exciting! Especially from an out of shape 55 year old point of view!
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Thanks Veena! You don’t know how many times I’ve watched your video, even the warm up walking around the pole thinking, is she walking 4 times? 6 times? Boy was that clock kinda pounded into our newbie heads at the pole studio.
Your teaching style is relaxed and you share your confidence and a belief in your students. Thank you. Thank you.
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lol, I can see why that would become a source of confusion if you thought everyone used a clock method. 🙂 I’m glad you like my style of teaching, my goad is always to keep it simple!
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Glad we could sort this out for you then! I agree with Veena that things change if you’re synchronizing something with someone else, but I assumed that you were alone.
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