The FloorPlay Swing Shift: The Story
I recently was exposed to a ‘West Coast Swing Mixer Dance’ idea by Bobby Caudill of Tampa. This is a concept that hundreds of dancers around the country have probably thought about at sometime but never took the time to develop. Well, the time has come! After studying his original step pattern for the mixer, [...]
FloorPlay Swing Shift Method: Introduction
After intensive study on the ‘Swing Shift” idea, I’ve now designed a new Teaching System I believe will be the best way forward to learn this great Dance form in a group lesson or workshop format. I’m hoping and expecting that as this method proceeds it will accelera’e the WCS learning process. I had used [...]
The FloorPlay Swing Shift Instruction Method
I found it best to teach the Shift immediately after the Sugar Push. This way, even after just learning a sugar push, students can keep switching partners after a few repetitions, but is always the last step for switching partners Instructors may add appropriate level ability variations in each level, teaching proper techniques throughout.