Friday, September 27, 2013

So far, I've learned a lot about how to do a triple pirouette. I've learned that most importantly you need to engage your core muscles. If you don't do that your back and the rest of your body will not stay aligned and gravity will pull you off your center and you'll fall over. Also, "spotting" is a very important part of turning. Spotting is when you fix your eyes on one spot as long as you possibly can during turns. This will help you avoid dizziness and keep your orientation. To do a perfect triple pirouette you need to spot an object on the wall and not on the floor because then your head will not align with the rest of your body and gravity will pull you off balance before your third turn. Some of the challenges I'm having is that most people say the same things about what you need to do to do a triple but even if I do that it doesn't always work. Also, remembering all these elements is very difficult. My idea of presenting my project is to do a powerpoint and maybe have video of my friends demostrating different elemnets. Then at the end I'll put a video of me doing a triple pirouette. Throughout the next week or so I want to continue my challenge by learning how your arms could help or hinder your turns. Also, I want to learn about how to use your legs to improve my turns.