The Jive Dance Analysis

Dance differs from sport in that it is not concerned with movement purely as a means of performing but rather with the artistic intent and quality of the movement (Macmillan, 2010). The Jive movement originated from the USA in the early 1930’s. It is a very energetic, boppy dance that encounters a number of fast tricky steps. Biomechanics is an analysis process that detects ways to improve athlete’s performances and techniques. It allows the athlete and the coach to understand how force acting on the athlete’s body determines the movement or performance. From having a thorough knowledge of biomechanics you can detect problems or faults with techniques and to justify changes in technique to perform at an enhanced level. The principles of force,
The male to effectively support and lead the female to a dip position, and return to a walst hold. While maintaining both balance and stability of himself and the female.

Step 2: What are the movement patterns involved in the skill?
The movement patterns involved in the dip are standing, which is evident in the walts hold. Landing which occurs when performing the basic shuffle. Pushing appears when the male leads the female in the ‘dip’ position and also in the ‘dip recovery’. Holding occurs throughout the performance between the female and male.

Step 3: What are the phases of the skill?
The phases of ‘The dip’ are
Walts hold (shown in appendix 1)– Cross-over step (shown in appendix 2) – Dip (shown in appendix 3)– The dip recovery (shown in appendix 4)

Step 4: What is the purpose of each phase?

Step 5: How do the principles of biomechanics influence the skill?
The principles of biomechanics that influence ‘the dip’ are:
- Force: Any action that occurs to a person or object that changes its current state.
- Rotary Motion: Occurs when a body rotates around a fixed point.
- Newton’s laws: Any change in motion is directly related to the applied force and is made in the line of the