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Golfing |
Dancing |
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Point of contact: |
Grip |
Frame |
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Clothing: |
Clothing ranges from practical to flamboyant in competitive events |
Ditto |
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How it looks: |
Work really hard to make shots look easy |
Work really hard to make dance steps look easy |
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Variety: |
There are a variety of clubs and each serves a specific purpose for progressing through the course. |
There are a variety of dances to adapt and succeed regardless of the music that is played. |
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Competition: |
You are always competing against your own best swing, yardage, score, and efforts. |
You are always competing against your own best technique, timing, endurance, and efforts. |
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Age group: |
Unlike football or rugby, golf can be enjoyed at a high level from youth to senior |
Ditto |
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Difficult technique to master: |
The Full Swing |
Swing & Sway |
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Worst way to improve: |
Watching an instructional video or listening to advice from other amateurs |
Watching an instructional video or listening to advice from other amateurs |
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Best way to improve: |
Private Lessons |
Private Lessons |
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3 Most essential items: |
A driver, a wedge, and a putter |
A fast tempo dance, a medium tempo dance, and a slow tempo dance |
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Anxiety shows when: |
You’re teeing off in front of experienced golfers, or you’re putting in a pressure situation |
You’re dancing in front of other dancers, or in front of family and friends. |
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Most common mistake: |
Picking your head up to see where your shot goes |
Keeping your head down to see where your feet go |
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One on One instruction: |
Private Lesson |
Private Lesson |
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Semi-Private: |
Driving Range |
Group Class |
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The real deal: |
A round of Golf |
Practice Party |
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These two sports can help each other because: |
The timing and shaping of ballroom dances, plus the range of motion of Latin dances, can improve your game by several strokes |
Golf requires great mechanics, mental focus, and a layered process for improvement. Those tools transition perfectly for anyone at any level in ballroom dancing. |