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Originally Posted by robd
I have found this forum very useful and I first started using it when I had done about 15 lessons. I did find that there was overload of information, jargony type terms etc, but then I looked at how long some people have been doing ceroc and I understood. If I seriously thought that I was on the same level as someone who has been doing it for 10 years then I think it would be my problem.
When I started browsing through the forum though it was quite alarming to hear how many different issues people had with other dancers. I couldn’t help thinking that I must be some sort of nightmare dancer! I think that I did have a spell being a bouncer as I found it useful to mark the beat. However, I think that this had largely stopped by the time I started on the forum and hopefully it doesn’t happen at all now. The nicknames for different dancers as well worried me a bit, although these appear to be good-natured.
However, the things that you can really learn from are those where you already doing something wrong so learning that you are doing something wrong is not a bad thing. A new beginner might be put off though as they may feel that they are doing everything wrong. They may expect this to some extent but learning they are doing lots of things wrong might lead them to think that there is too much for them to learn.
In a similar way, I would also suggest that reading this forum might put off someone who is thinking about starting as there would be so much to take on board. But then I would dissuade anyone from looking at a forum about something they don’t know anything about as people are always going to be talking about things that go way over their head. I think that, at least for a man, the right stage is when they are fairly new to being an intermediate. This is where (IMO) you can feel a bit lost as you take a step up, are taught new moves but don’t (in my case) have the ability to use them in freestyle without the whole move breaking down. This is ok for the first few lessons but after a while it makes you think that you are not getting anywhere.
I know that people say that the best feedback comes from asking people you have danced with. However, it is awkward and a bit embarrassing to ask someone after you have finished dancing with them. If i quizzed someone then they might assume that I was really worried about something, and if there was nothing major, then they may want to reassure me by saying I was doing fine, etc. Or, if things went really badly, then they might want to just run off. So it is difficult to know what someone truly thought. Maybe I should take along a survey, was my timing, a) very good, b) good, c) adequate, d) poor, e) you were actually trying to keep time?
The relative anonymity of the forum makes it much easier to learn about what is bad as I know that things are not being directed at me personally (yet!
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Several things that I have read in this forum have reminded me of occasions when something went a bit wrong but I was not sure what, and I carried on with the dance putting it to the back of my mind.
Yeah, i feel like this. I also can't help thinking that there are lurkers out there who will recognise me and be thinking, 'you're complete rubbish, just give it up, you don't know anything.'
I have mentioned it in passing to someone that i know quite well. I generally worry that there might be various stereotypes flying around about internet forum users so i wouldn't mention it to people who i didn't really know.
I did actually come across this forum in my early days (after just 2 or 3 lessons) while doing an internet search on ceroc. However, I thought it was just one for Scottish people and the subject that came up was not that interesting so I didn’t do anything after clicking on the link. I guess if i had really been that keen then i would have had a better look though.
In short, a good forum
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