Teddy Drops...ok other drops too

Black Orchid started this discussion · 2/22/2013

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)...

22 replies

Monicasaerialadventures · 2/22/2013
I love the Teddy Drop, but my upper arm doesn't. Just keep working on it.
Charley · 2/22/2013
I don't think I have ever seen the Teddy Drop - can you post a link?
Black Orchid · 2/22/2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqeLpzFwKI The whole thing is worth watching but teh drop happens at 6:20
Elektra Vallens · 2/22/2013
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.
monica kay · 2/22/2013
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.
Black Orchid · 2/22/2013
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!
monica kay · 2/22/2013
i could totally be wrong... fyi :D i was hunting around the youtube and couldnt find anything. i'll try to post a video on here
Veena · 2/22/2013
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. 😉
AliciaPolerina · 2/22/2013
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!
Krista Bocko · 2/23/2013
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.
tacha666 · 2/23/2013
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?
CapFeb · 2/23/2013
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 :/
PrincessPeach · 2/23/2013
I've always wondered if its poss to drop from teddy into hip hold. I'm probably being a bit too imaginative!
CapFeb · 2/23/2013
Probably-- you could do a modification of it from revese corkscrew to scorpio. But it would be teddy?
LizziePole · 2/24/2013
Superman to Allegra?? Is that going into Scorpio first? Can't seem to visualise that x
Elektra Vallens · 2/24/2013
@katana - I can imagine a drop from teddy to crucifix, but you'd have to be able to do a single arm inversion. I'm also not sure what you were saying about weaving the outside hand in to get to the pole...weaving it between what and what? @tacha666 - The easiet drop to begin with is probably the sad girl drop. From a pole seat, bend your knees and bring both feet to the same side of the pole as your top leg. To drop, just release the squeezing in your thighs, then squeeze again to catch. @PrincessPeach - It's possible you could do a teddy to hip hold by way of a single arm inversion, landing in a chopper hip hold. Is that what you meant?
tacha666 · 2/25/2013
Thanx! I'll try that - one day when I dare 😀 Doesn't it burn the skin very bad?
CapFeb · 2/25/2013
@Lizziepole No, you can directly go from superman into allegra. You superman, and then when you drop instead of dropping into scorpio you drop straight into a pike---the tightest pike you could ever do ever. My studio calls it "superpike" :P And then reach the hand around the pike for allegra. So far my instructor and my friend Jessica are the only people who can do it like super fast and make the transition look flawless. But with the right practice you can do it so the pike almost isn't a step. Thus, superman --> allegra
LizziePole · 2/25/2013
Wow thanks must have ago, ill try like to allergra first :)
LizziePole · 2/25/2013
Wow thanks must have ago, ill try like to allergra first :)
PlatinumAni · 2/25/2013
A teddy drop is possible Aerial Amy teaches it at her workshops, but I can't do it lol. The teddy to crucifix I can *kinda* do. My pike teddy just isn't quite there to make it look nice. If noone has posted a vid of it I am about to practice and will post one.. fair warning you will have to use a bit of imagination :)
PlatinumAni · 2/26/2013
Ok had some success with it last night. Will post after editing :)