The Right Combination or Making Easy Steps Seem Hard
So I've been in a "back to basics" mode this year trying to strengthen my students' basics skills like shuffles, buffalos, cramp rolls, etc. In so doing I've found that if you manage to put some of these simple steps in just the right order your students will end being really challenged by them (depending on level of course). For instance in one class I did buffalo shuffle ball change cramp roll flap ball change. Sounds pretty easy. But for some reason the brain wants to do a flap ball change after the buffalo not a shuffle ball change, especially on the 2nd or third repetition of the pattern (I do this across the floor). I also like this because it allows the kids to practice differentiating shuffle step and flap. Some kids never ever have a problem confusing the two but others never seem able to internalize the difference. I have tried a couple of tricks like: Flaps go Front, Shuffle go Side (usually) noting the letter F in flap and front and the letter