All-Star Question on a valdez

[King Swaggy]

My question is about arms. Do you teach same arm same leg as in making the arm I hold straight the same as the leg I start with straight or do you teach opposite leg and arm?

 

[kayemm]

We teach same arm and leg straight but many of our kids who have self-taught can't do it and prefer the other arm so in routines it always just ends up a mix of whatever works for them to have the cleanest valdez!

 

[CoachHannah]

Yes a valdez should be straight arm straight leg. However, I've seen choreo where kids do the opposite for stylistic reasons (i.e. they're starting their routine with straight arm resting on bent knee). On my teams, I would be okay with kids doing it either way, but they would all need to be the same. Otherwise it looks chaotic to me.