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Originally Posted by tsh True... I seem to find myself on the receiving end of the 'yanking' sometimes, and the solution isn't more force. Sometimes they move on their own, in completely the wrong way, others don't move at all, and seem to expect to be dragged about! Simpler moves are probably the answer! |
The earlier a lead starts, the easier it is to follow. The less experienced the follower, the earlier and more progressive the lead needs to be for them to follow it.
If you can achieve this, then you'll find that the forces required are smaller, since she doesn't get the chance to build up much momentum in the wrong direction before being guided in the right one.
So I would suggest paying as much attention as you can to knowing exactly where she needs to go and leading every part of every move - a little like carefully pronouncing every syllable in a word to ensure that you can be understood over a crackly phone line.
This is much easier in freestyle than in the class, of course - in the class, if she's convinced that she knows where she's going and is determined to go there, she will, and there's not much you can do about it
Chris