A Christina started this discussion ·
I've finally graduated to intermediate moves and figured out how to execute these moves. :D However, I'm finding that I keep slowly slipping down the pole whenever I'm in these moves. Any tips? Is this common? PLEASE HELP :-O
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It is common when you're learning! Is it your body or your leg that slides? Can you post vid? Have you got the SV lessons? Things to check: is the pole warm and are you warm? No body lotion? Skin grip is helpful, it's harder in a tank top or T shirt. Sweeping the arm round and squeezing back with the tricep as you lift your breast bone and engage your whole body rather than hanging off the leg helps. Finally are you sure you're strong enough? Some studios rush students into inverts before they've developed the necessary scapula and core strength. It took me almost a year to get a solid Scorpio. There is no shame in taking time to train yourself up as a pole athlete so you have good form from the beginning - it takes slightly longer but boy is it worth it 😉
Haha, it's so ironic you were the one who responded. I watch your videos for inspiration all of the time...your style and flow is amazing and exactly what I'm aspiring to. :) I'm self-teaching at home, so it's been an uphill battle. :/ I'll post a video soon and hopefully I can get some helpful feedback.
Gosh thank you! ☺️ Well, hope you can upload vid - this is a great site and I'm sure everyone will be happy to help if they can!💕
What helped me was getting the correct points of contact. This is very important because they create the push/pull that locks the body onto the pole. Once I got those right I felt very secure. Also using grip on the contact points on the legs-behind the knees-helped me. The grip helped when I transition from Gemini to Scorpio with no hands. Good luck!
I can easily do a Gemini on a 45 mm pole but don't feel secure and end up slipping on a 50 mm. :(
Veena ·
Hi guess If you're gripping with the knee pit correctly you shouldn't even need more than the knee and above the hip to stay. Alway's be sure the body and pole is warm and the hooked leg is pointing in the right direction. You can see a good explanation of this here https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4cbdc217-f41c-407e-ba70-538d0ac37250. Let us know how it goes!
UPDATE: I GOT IT :D I'll be uploading videos soon. Thank you all so much for your tips. It all came down to keeping the POC in mind and practice, practice, practice.
Veena ·
Yay!!
