[Squaredancing] [Arm Wrestling Anyone?]

[Caller-G]

Oh yea,,,,,,, I sure have and have also had dancers come to me to complain about it too!
Here's my advice ,,,,,,,,,, 

First,,,,, if a gentle comment to that dancer, such as 'take it easy please' doesn't work, then,,,,,,,,,
Look them straight in the eye... say "OW that hurts !!" (so only they can hear it),,,,,,,,
and if that doesn't get their attention, increase the volume of your voice so others hear it too.
Often the first one does it, but not always, so step up your 'voice' until they get the message!

As a Caller, it's one key area that I focus on from 'day 1' and keep on 'harping' (if I have to),
with both 'new' & experienced dancers.  If any dancer has arthritis in their hands it's MIGHTY
painful dancing with 'rough' dancer hand contact, and totally avoidable if everyone is being
considerate of each other!  
Perhaps you may need to talk to your Caller & perhaps have him/her have a 
general 'pep talk' to the assembled dancers about being 'considerate of other dancers'.

Geoff Clarke,
Carleton Place, Ontario,
Canada
Web: http://callerg.squaresandrounds.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: M0220sr at aol.com 
  To: Squaredancing at rbnsn.com 
  Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:18 PM
  Subject: [Squaredancing] [Arm Wrestling Anyone?]



  Dancers:

  Have you ever been in a square where there is one dancer who insists on having an arm wrestle with you every time you do a movement like Swing Thru or Spin the Top, Spin Chain, etc?  You can't just make connection in any of the standard (forearm, handsup/down, hand, tap holds) ways without him/her pushing your arm back as if to say, "I'm the dominant dancer here, move out of my way."

  Why do some dancers feel that they have to manhandle others through the whole tip?

  Any ideas as to what to do with someone you know is going to be very rough in wave-like formation figures?

  R. S. Matthews



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