Spinny pole - do you just get used to it?

polergirl started this discussion · 1/21/2011

I have worked almost exclusively on static poles since I began poling... but having been in a bit of a rut lately I decided to do some work on spin mode each practice for the past couple of weeks. I'm OK for the most part--believe it or not, inverted work seems to be less nausea-inducing than upright work--but some things make me feel like I'm going to hurl. The cradle, for one. I like to do cradle to butterfly to extended butterfly, and it looks so beautiful on spin mode, IF I can get past the cradle part, lol. I fully understand the physics of spin mode and momentum, and am easily able to slow/speed up the spin as I choose, but it still makes me kinda barfy feeling sometimes. 🤮 Any tips from those of you who do a lot of work on spin mode? Is it just a matter of sucking it up and doing more on spin until I become acclimated?

6 replies

Charley · 1/21/2011
I also get pretty sick pretty fast on spin mode - for me it's when I change from an upright position to an inverted position or inverted to upright. The best advice I got was from Shadow who suggested rather than spotting a point in the room, keep looking at your pole, that has helped a lot. I also will look at my body parts too - like my feet on a spinning shoulder mount, or my arms in an aysha. The pole and your body seemingly don't move once you start using them as a spot. Hope that helps. A
polergirl · 1/21/2011
Seeing as how Shadow does some CRAZY SICK AWESOME stuff on spinny, I'll heed that advice! I'll try that today. Thanks, Charley! XOXO
Angel1201 · 1/21/2011
Yeah, you do build up a tolerance to it. I do moves on it and then come down and do floor work, go up again, come down. I also migrate from static to spinny to give myself a break during a song. I try to find a nice even speed and definitely look at something that is moving with you. Like anything else, with practice and time you get better.
Veena · 1/21/2011
I haven't found anything that works for me while on the pole and inverted...but as soon as I am off the pole I look directly at my pole (so its in between my line of sight) and it really helps!🤮
BailaHoops · 1/21/2011
Let me preface by saying I have no experience on a spinning pole. But! For hoop dance there is a technique called sustained spinning, where you utilize your basic hoop moves while continually spinning. At first I could not go more than 3 minutes with out wanting to hurl. I developed a few things that helped me. First off, I have to say that with time you most likely should build up a tolerance to the spin. What that other ladies have said are all great methods too! I have found that spinning at a constant speed allows my body to forget that it is spinning, I know that isn't entirely possible on the pole but maybe focusing on trying to keep the speed more constant at times may help?? not sure about that one. Then spotting is good if you are REALLY good at it, but doing it for too long can hurt your neck. I would suggest as Charley said to choose looking at your pole or a body part and really allowing the world around you to get blurry. It is disorienting at first but it really helps if you can let the focus and stability go. And then once your done finding something less than 2 ft away from your face to focus on will help you regain yourself more quickly. These are just my hoop findings, but I pretty much compiled what everyone else said. MEh, hope it helps
polergirl · 1/22/2011
Thanks for the tips, all! I worked a little on spinny today...am posting the video now. One thing I learned: on static, my lines are OK. When on spinny, lines=BLEAH. I really, really need to improve my holds if I'm going to do much on spinny, lol.