Concentrate by Freddie Ipson

Coaching Notes:

Pre-Teach: Yes (Walk-8-Dance-8)

Focus: External

Purpose: To work on balance & stability

Pre-Teach: I want to teach you this combo before we start, so we are going to walk for 8 then dance for 8. Try it with me. Here we go, walk 12345678, now stay on the spot and do a little dance for 8 counts. Great! Let’s do it one more time. Walk 12345678, now dance 8. You got it!

First move: Balance. In this song, you’ll hear the word “concentrate”. Every time you hear “concentrate”, switch your balancing leg. If you want to challenge yourself you can take a big step or a leap if you want. One leg stabilizing. Change legs. Now create a new shape every time and try to stabilize. It’s OK if you wobble. Focus your awareness internally. Concentrate! Now we’re going to go a little faster. Keep changing your shapes. Explore all the shapes you can make with your balancing. You can even try to go lower to make it a little harder. Play with it. Focus on your a strong abdomen to help you stabilize. Different shape every time. Do it your way, but concentrate and focus.

Second move: Walk-8-Dance-8. Now Walk, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 now stay on the spot and Dance 8. Go somewhere new each time. Play with directions, you can even go backwards. Can you add your arms to your walk? Now dance, show me your style, do it your way, just let your body dance. Even let your head dance. Do your own dance…your dance is the way it should be. Show me your style. Can you turn while you walk? All the directions when you travel. Try to dance it a little differently every time. Dance different body parts. Show off your style and confidence.

Transitions:
0:00 Balance
0:45 Walk-8-Dance-8
1:13 Balance
2:00 Walk-8-Dance-8