What not to do before a comp...

[Chris Stratton]

shovel snow

[samina]

yikes

[Joe]

use poor technique shoveling snow
FTFY

[etp777]

To steal from another thread, Eat garlic.

Unless you're lead and your partner has problem keeping her head back and looking away as she's supposed to. ;) :p

[etp777]

hahaha Joe

[samina]

hang on a tic... chris, you have a new partner?

[Chris Stratton]

Joe... I'm trying to figure out how to work bowing & scraping into the routine.

[Laura]

I once had to push my ex-husband's Jeep uphill out of our driveway before a comp. Something was wrong with it and I couldn't get it to start, and he had parked me in but had gone bike riding and wasn't home to help and I didn't have time to wait for AAA.

I'm not sure how I did it. Adrenaline I guess.

[QPO]

How about not being nervous, I have always been told no nerves no form? My partner and I don't compete have been social dancing in Australia for 2 1/2 years, dance three times a week, minimum of three hours a time. Have been told that competitions are not always fair and the best couple does not necessarily win. We dance our best every time we are on the floor but still have fun! Recently we were in Holland and went 2 hours away from where we were staying to look and buy a tail suit! they said well you are passionate about your dancing why are you not competing? Goes back to the higher question does the best couple win?

[QPO]

What not to do before a comp... No Nerves No Form?

[newdancer113]

I shoveled snow earlier this winter, after a big dump, from 7am -1pm taking a break only to go to the gym (becuase I had an appt with a personal trainer!). Then had a shower and a dance lesson.

Not recommended.

Fortunately the winter didn't continue to be that bad...if it had I'd be ready to get a job digging ditches in the summer.

[fascination]

uh, drink to excess

[Joe]

I couldn't watch because I was videotaping someone else, but I didn't notice any ill effects...

[tanya_the_dancer]

If it is summer, pay attention to your sunscreen use. I once got a bad sunburn 2 weeks before the comp and as a result had a case of farmer tan, which was nearly impossible to cover with spray tan.

[fascination]

I couldn't watch because I was videotaping someone else, but I didn't notice any ill effects...
:confused:

[chocolatchica]

I shoveled snow earlier this winter, after a big dump....
Lol...I'm sorry...call me childish but I laughed for a good 10 min when I first read that.:D

[Joe]

:confused:
Was videotaping someone in the event Chris danced in.

[standardgirl]

stoning 40 grosses of stones in 2 days which resulted in an extremely sore shoulder on the right side ;)

[elisedance]

What not to do before a comp... No Nerves No Form?

:?: Isn't eciding to have 'no nerves' is a bit like deciding not to have a headache? I decide that every comp - and I get both nerves AND a headache...

[elisedance]

All you can eat southern barbecue...

[hamstersphere]

Have a nice romantic evening by the river, only to wake up the next morning with dozens of mosquito bites. ("Now recalling couples 112, 148, 212 and, er, the one with the chicken pox ...")

[chachabelle]

Take a laxative.

[amiko]

Go shopping. :p

[elisedance]

Take a laxative.

Actually, I take one the night before every comp - looses an inch round the middle... There again, don't take one any later!!!

[elisedance]

tell your partner he/she is not as good as so-and-so (who you are competing against)...

[elisedance]

boast how you are going to win...

[Larinda McRaven]

Downhill mountian biking
TaeKwondo competition
Snow ski

[elisedance]

TaeKwondo competition


Wait a minute, that one sounds like a good idea :cool:

[Larinda McRaven]

Not when you fall and break your shoulder 3 weeks before USDC...

[elisedance]

Oh, ouch and oh no. Have to be careful on this thread - some of these are real painful memories, eh?

There's one couple I know that I am sure also to pair taekwondo and kick boxing as ballroom ancilliary skills...

'tell a judge they've got it all wrong'

[Terpsichorean Clod]

Downhill mountian biking
TaeKwondo competition
Snow ski
I've been progressively decreasing my ski binding tensions for the last year. I'd rather find myself a hundred feet downhill from my skis than sprain a leg.

[SwingWaltz]

Eat food that has been in the fridge for too long.
Maccas for breakfast is just as bad.

[elisedance]

try a new cleaner on your comp shoes (did that... Oh No!!)

[White Chacha]

Pub crawl

[K_8ie]

If it is summer, pay attention to your sunscreen use. I once got a bad sunburn 2 weeks before the comp and as a result had a case of farmer tan, which was nearly impossible to cover with spray tan.

Lol....In California, my partner got such a bad sunburn two days before the comp! We couldn't even practice as he couldn't even wear clothes let alone be touched....or grabbed....lol

Funny now, wasn't so funny then! :D

[Rugby]

See Comp results for DFers for my list.

[Irisida]

hmmm... hiking up and down a mountain that is a six hour drive away from the comp...
walking all over downtown San Francisco in flip-flops a definite no-no as well. quickstep so wasn't happening both of those nights!