| Don't worry about always getting the end of a move to hit a break. Jive moves are so long that you would need to have an exceptional understanding of music and the dance to do this all the time.
Instead learn to disect a move. Take a simple move - eg yoyo - and for each step in it figure out a way of hitting the break.
Step back - hit a line
Step in - hold the lady
Twist out - twist with the lady to keep the same position
Twist back - hold the lady
Turn - do it double speed & hit a line
Step Back - hit a line
Return - double speed again
Step back - hit a line.
A yoyo takes 16 counts of music - as long as you start it towards the end of the verse/chorus where the break is going to be, you can hit the break.
(I would love to take credit for this - but this is what Robert Cordoba teaches...)
David |