I've had 2 injuries now from being dropped (literally!). At Southport I hurt my lower back and I have just come back from the doctors having badly damaged the ligament in my left foot (won't be dancing for a while
) because of another incident at Camber. I found that at Camber there were some beginners who had obviously just been to a 'drops' class and thought they were all of a sudden 'professional droppers'. I had one guy ask me how my back was which I thought was a little strange and a split second later he threw me upside down over his knee and smacked my head on the floor! I think it's
so important that the woman is asked
CLEARLY AND IN ADVANCE if they don't mind drops and if possible, tell them what kind of drop it will be (I know this is not always possible). They mustn't ask the woman
whilst dropping her if she likes doing drops!