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Teddy Drops…ok other drops too
DOes anyone else like this move and have some good tips on technique and transitions? I love how AM Davies does it. Super-dramatic!
On a side note, I find that when I work on the "sad girl" or bomb drop I am having trouble really releasing sufficiently with my thighs to drop dramatically for the catch. I can't figure out if this is psychological or if my body is all : "Aw hell no!" and not letting me drop…LOL.
WHat are some of your other favorite drops? And how many is "too many" in a routine for you ( freestyle, competition, performance)…
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I love the Teddy Drop, but my upper arm doesn't. Just keep working on it.
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I don't think I have ever seen the Teddy Drop – can you post a link?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqeLpzFwKI
The whole thing is worth watching but teh drop happens at 6:20
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I love drops.
Some of my favorites are: rocket/yogini to hip lock, poisson/foot hang to hip lock, star drop, Tatarintseva drop, chop drop, and twist drop. Recently, I've been trying to figure out a machine gun to cradle/doughnut drop.
The trouble you're having with not being able to drop is probably psychological. I've had a similar problem with catching too soon- I think the only thing that helps is practice. You might want to try doing your drops over a mat, so you feel more secure.
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i don't believe that was a teddy drop- i think that was more of a chopper drop
badazz taught me a teddy drop to crucifix- you have to pike the legs up to the ceiling and weave the outside hand behind the outside knee to the pole then drop to crux.
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That sounds cool…can you post a video?
Aerial Amy taught that drop to us as a Teddy Drop ( I think) so that's why Id been calling it that. Sounds like its about the hand placement? I kinda like it regardless. I just need to remember to keep my legs engaged even at teh end!
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i could totally be wrong… fyi 😀
i was hunting around the youtube and couldnt find anything. i'll try to post a video on here
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Yeah I wouldn't call it a Teddy drop, she's not holding on with the arm pit at all, just the hands. So it's a V invert aka chopper drop. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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I love the sad girl drop, Holly drop and superman fall lately. Would love to get the darn machine gun and find a way to drop haha!
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Ditto Alicia Polerina, I love those too….there's another drop similar to the holly drop, where you end in gemini I think? Assuming you end in scorpio with the holly drop…I can never remember.
You can do both an upright and inverted crucific drop.
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I would love to be able to do a drop but don’t know how to start and with which one. Any suggestions? Are there any tutorials for an easy one?
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I think the dove drop is amazing. If you lack the flexibility for dove, you can always do superman –> scorpio instead. OR (and I don’t know the name of this drop) you go from superman to allegra. It’s tricky on a spinning pole, but the WOW factor is worth it 🙂
Depending on what length of pole you have, just dropping from inverted crucifix and stopping a few inches from the ground is a show stopper. I also like Jenyne’s drop combo…off the top of my head, I think she is either sitting or in figure head, then she leans sideways around the pole into brass money, and then drops again into flag. She does this in a few of her videos, but the most recent is uh…the eye candy one in tokyo. I’d get the link but I’m at work :/
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I’ve always wondered if its poss to drop from teddy into hip hold. I’m probably being a bit too imaginative!
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Probably– you could do a modification of it from revese corkscrew to scorpio. But it would be teddy?
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Superman to Allegra?? Is that going into Scorpio first? Can’t seem to visualise that x
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