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I have another question: is it easy to film the complete pole inside with the flip? and can you put it on a tripod.

I´ve found one on ebay: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Flip-Video-MinoHD-3rd-Generation-Camcorder-1-Hour-Silber-Fun-Garantiert-/120901375777?pt=DE_Foto_Camcorder&hash=item1c26489721#ht_4150wt_1154
Is this the one you mean?

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are your videos on studioveena filmed with that one? the qualitiy is great. 

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I don´t have one, but I can make one 🙂 I have only practiced it once, so it might not look perfect. I first practiced it in two steps: I lifted my legs and hooked them, then I let my lower hand slide down and release the legs. It´s important to slide down with the lower hand to get that trick (at least for me ^^)
I think the reverse variation would be hard, because the hand would have to slide upwards and  the motion is totally different. Your legs will kind of float above your head once you got the technic right 😀

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I think confidence is a very important assumption for stage presence. someone with stage presence is able to catch the audience´s full attention and you see that he feels comfortable on the stage.

I love when pole dancers interact with the audience like Jenyne or Felix. A little smile over the shoulder before you climb the pole or when you did a great trick is awsome, but I think it must be natural. 

I though think that you can practice this with a mirror or a camera (both very hard for me) or better with friends or a real audience. 

I thought about that, too. I think it´s so important. It can make every performance so much better. Someone with a great presence doesn´t necessarily need advanced tricks to wow the audience and it kind of makes a choreo or freestyle complete

 

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I just tried that trick for the first time a few days ago – it´s a lot of fun 😉

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oh I was wondering if it also works without switching, because for me it´s easier to grab directly the opposite leg. so it´s possible right?

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I love the Cup Grip for SM Dismount and Stalls and the Veena Grip for Sm Flip and for slippery days 🙂

The Princess Grip is great for some combos and I like it for SM Splits 

The forward/chinese grip feels uncomfortable for me and I think it´s not sooo pretty. I also like the elbow grip, but haven´t done it a lot

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I like that stretch poleprincess described 😀 I have another one, which will help you with the final position: 
stand in front of your pole (heels touching pole/ back is facing the pole), grab the pole with both hands above your head in a cup grip (thumb facing down). Lean a bit forward and try to slide with one foot up to your hands.

couldn´t find a better picture: http://imgs.sthlmsfinest.com/blogEntryImages/1056625.jpg
socks will help you with sliding 🙂

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I would love to be able to do that trick, too. 😀

I´ve tried it already, but it felt like my hips were in the wrong positon. i can nearly straighten my leg in a cocoon, but it´s much harder in that position (at least for me)

I also do it a bit differently, everyone grabs the foot with one hand and then switches the hands, I grabbed it directly with the other hand. but maybe this is way my position seems wrong…

have you seen anastasia doing that move? she uses spinning mode and hers looks perfect 🙂

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nice to see the creator of that trick here 😀 i would like to see a video of it, too

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I just read the name on fb: Aline K http://www.facebook.com/Poleranking

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woow, this looks so unreal. I saw it on facebook this morning, too. I´m sure I´m not flexible enough, but I need to try that 😀

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I will soon have my first competition, too! But I already had a little performance at my grandpa´s birthday ^^

The others already had great tipps. Try to practice your routine also with the grip aids you want to use and with the same warm-up you will do for the comp. 

Try to finish you choreo early, so that you can dance it again and again. Then practice it until you don´t need to think about the next move.

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thanks tiggertail 🙂 I´m glad you all like my website, it was so much work as I´m a beginner when it comes to websites 

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lol I didn´t notive that Angela (JelliCrew) was still logged in at my laptop ^^ 

The post above was written by me xD