tangled fingers/hands

[englezul]

This 'simple' question just occured to me while reading a different thread.

Given a basic combo like

Double for the girl double for the man and double for the girl.

How do you actually manipulate the hand connection. I find that alot of time the girls will somehow hold my fingers so to simply turn my wrist upside down so that my palm faces up after she's doing the double is just too weird to do. The connection gets lost and if somehow by some divine intervention it's kept then the transition is making me late forcing me to do my spins faster.

So far the only viable solution that seems to work is not doing the combo :).

[Peaches]

Not sure about your combo, but I've always been taught that neither guys nor girls should be holding onto fingers. Especially not during spins. I've always been taught the "cup and pin" approach.

[Ellis]

Not sure about your combo, but I've always been taught that neither guys nor girls should be holding onto fingers. Especially not during spins. I've always been taught the "cup and pin" approach.

Unfortunately, many teachers forget to teach the girls this (or the girls give up lessons before they are taught this).

After a recent broken 5th ****carpal (palm of hand, attached to little finger) I hand to be very careful who I danced with!

[danzur]

I teach the leads and follows to have cup and pin, but I also make them use their fingertips as the connection. So the lead gently presses against the follow's figertips (and vice versa) which causes the lead and follow's hands to have a connection. If the lead leads a turn, the follows fingers just "rotate" around the lead's hand(s) with their pressure against one another being the connection.

I hope I explained this well enough...

[Peaches]

Unfortunately, many teachers forget to teach the girls this (or the girls give up lessons before they are taught this).

After a recent broken 5th ****carpal (palm of hand, attached to little finger) I hand to be very careful who I danced with!

This is why, if my fingers are being mangled, I'll say something to the guy directly.

Regardless of if it's been covered in class already or not. Regardless of the etiquette rule against students "teaching" other students in class. They're my fingers...I've got issues with my hands anyway...I've been hurt by guys before... If it's a choice between following etiquette and getting hurt versus being out of line and protecting myself...I protect myself.

[basicarita]

This is why, if my fingers are being mangled, I'll say something to the guy directly.

Regardless of if it's been covered in class already or not. Regardless of the etiquette rule against students "teaching" other students in class. They're my fingers...I've got issues with my hands anyway...I've been hurt by guys before... If it's a choice between following etiquette and getting hurt versus being out of line and protecting myself...I protect myself.

Sounds like common sense to me.

[tj]

In case it hasn't already been said, Welcome to DF, Basicarita!