How to do The Kicks

The next move we are going to teach is called simply kicks. The way our kicks work in swing are not like you are kicking a football but like you are putting a breaks down on a car. Guys, try with your left foot. Ladies, with our right, we are going to have an imaginary balloon under our foot and we are going to try to pop it but we do not and we come back up. It is a small kick up. And the way it works from the rock step is rock step, kick, down then the opposite point, kick, down, in, out, together, apart. Whenever you kick with your partner in close position, just remember that the guys foot is supposed to be on top of the ladies foot. And make your kicks very small because you do not want to kick each other. Guys, make your kick a little bit higher. Let us try the same thing from behind, starting with the rock step, we will do four kicks, six, seven, eight. Rock step, kick, one, two, three, four. Again, five, six, seven, eight, here we go, rock step kick, kick, kick, kick, step. Now, let us get our partner in a close position. Another about leading this instead of having your hand in the middle of your back, move it to her hip. So, it is going to look like this. The guys will have more control when they slide their hand down to the hip so you can turn her body. She needs to be turned in for the kicks that are going in so you turn her towards you and turn her away from you when you do the kick out. See my hand position there. That is the way you leave this. That is still one day sec and after the rock step, we will do four kicks, five, six, seven, eight, here we go. Step, step, here we go, get ready and kick, one, two, three, four, step. Let us try it this way, five, six, a basic and we go, five, six, here we go, step, step, get ready and kick, down, kick, step, kick, step, kick, step. Now, the way we do it before was in a circle. You could do it in a straight line. We are going to try six kicks in a circle. Right, here we go, five, six, seven, eight Here we go, step, step, rock step, one, two, three, four, five, six, down. The way to end this move is after one of your odd numbered kicks like seven. Guys, give a little lift and make a big rock step to keep it from kicking. Let us try it with five kicks and only doing a rock step, five, six, the basic first, here we go. Step, step, get ready and kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, rock step, step, step, rock step. Let us try it from this angle, five, six, seven, eight, here we go. Step, step, get ready and kick, two, three, four, five and rock step, step, step, rock step, step. Now, if you hear a big power point coming in music and it can really be fun to go forward this move and make your kicks bigger and bigger and at the end make a really big kick. Again, make sure your leg is under yours because this one is going to hurt if you kick each other. It looks like this, step, step, rock step, kick, two, three, four, five and rock step, step. It really goes with momentum. Let us try the kicks in the circle doing five kicks with a nice medium tempo song. Here we go, one basic, five, six, seven, eight, face her, step,step, get ready and kick, one, two, three, four, five and rock step, step. Again, five, six, five, six, seven, eight, face her, here we go, rock step, kick, two, three, four, five and rock step, step, step, rock step, step, step, rock step, step. Let us try that a little bit faster tempo now this time. Five, six, seven, eight, step, step, one, two, three, four, five, rock step, step, here we go, five, six, seven, eight, five, six, five, six, seven, eight, step, step, ready and kick, one, two, three, four, five and rock step, step, step, rock step, step, step, rock step, step.