The Spin Spot - Purple

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Seller: tanya1805 ✉️ (1,263) 100%, Location: Kyle Bay, New South Wales, AU, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 292051870596 The Spin Spot - Purple. Have you out grown your Turn Board®? ​ Perhaps you are now close to finding your centre and have good technique from using the pirouetteMASTER™? Then it's time you upgraded to a level of professional mastery never seen before, with ​  - The Spin Spot™ - ​- Now Made in Australia* - A revolutionary tool for the advanced dancer and dance educator. The Spin Spot™ assists in learning advanced spotting and turning techniques. The Spin Spot™ adds the dimension of improving muscle memory for turn prep techniques. It does so by assisting you to relevé into your turns. The slight incline from the surface of The Spin Spot™ to the floor also strengthens the achilles tendon, backs of the knees, and promotes holding a higher relevé.  # Turn Train on Relevé # Available in Black, Blue, Pink, Orange, Red and Purple!! * - The Spin Spot™ is made in Australia by Diva Dance Australia Pty Ltd under licence from The Spin Spot™ USA. Whether you are a ballerina or contemporary dancer, hip hopper or any other genre of dancer in between; then you’ll appreciate the benefits of a Spin Spot™, now proudly made in Australia under license by Diva Dance Australia.
 
Invented by Texan Dance Instructor Angela Pineda-Kyle in 2012 and released to the world market in 2013, The Spin Spot™ was created in direct response to another turn training product on the market at that time.
 
Identifying the poor practices this product was starting to impose on dancers, Angela saw the need to eliminate the “toggle” aspect and rocking heel to toe movement required to execute a pirouette on a Turn Board; an attribute required for ice skaters not dancers.  I asked Angela to give me some more in depth insight into her invention.
 
Q: Which dance exercises does the Spin Spot™ help with?
 
A: Put simply, the Spin Spot™ is purpose designed for helping dancers with improving all basic and technical aspects of performing pirouettes, especially on relevé. It is also an invaluable tool for training in proper turnout as it builds muscle strength along with correct position. The Spin Spot™ improves spotting, increases core strength and finds a dancers centre thus allowing them to perform more turns at a higher technical standard. ​
                                             It’s about quality not quantity when it comes to turns and pirouettes.
 
Angela continues:
“I knew that it needed to have the ability to accommodate one of the most important aspects of executing a pirouette, the relevé.  I also knew that if the apparatus had the ability to move under the dancer (toggle) that they physically could not locate their actual center, thus creating improper muscle memory for the turn.  Then when not using the product they would not have the success they thought they had while using the tool.  The Spin Spot™ is different because it stays stationary so the dancer must find their true center to remain mounted on the apparatus.  A turntable was the answer.  It’s just basic science.”
 
Angela discovered while using the prototype on her own students, that it is a great tool to assist with training a dancer to spot properly. 
 
“I could turn them myself, and slow them down at a pace that would break down the process.  It allowed me to fix head placement and shoulder placement issues with ease.  Another wonderful aspect of the Spin Spot™ is it helps create strong balance.  Certain exercises require a dancer to make sure the Spin Spot™ does not move.  If it moves, they are off balance and must adjust to make the turntable stable.”
 
 
An added benefit of The Spin Spot™ is that it is also an amazing tool for strengthening turnout, is that correct?
 
“Yes. Anyone can stand on the floor in a turned out position and not actually engage the necessary muscles used to maintain that turnout.  Add the element of zero resistance to one’s turnout and they now have to engage their muscles to not only execute a turnout, but to sustain the turnout as well.  This can be done flat foot, on relevé, one foot, or with two Spin Spots side-by-side using two feet.  I have noticed that my students with consistent use and guidance can easily maintain their turnout while turning, or executing extensions.”
 
Q: How often should the Spin Spot™ be used?
 
A: The Spin Spot™ can be used daily as a part of any dancers normal training routine. It must be used under adult supervision at all times and in conjunction with regular turning classes. Using a Spin Spot™ requires the user to start out slowly and progress to the higher levels of training.
 
The Spin Spot™ is a product that will, with time and using a progressive style of training, bring you to a level of professional mastery when it comes to your pirouettes; and turn out. It is a challenge, but a challenge well worth the effort, time and rewards.
 
Q: Which age bracket is best suited to use the Spin Spot™?
 
A: The Spin Spot™ is suitable for all ages above the age of 5. However, users aged 5 to 8 should NEVER use this product unless being supervised by their dance-training instructor to guide them in the correct way to turn. For older dancers, the Spin Spot™ is a fantastic tool to upgrade to and find their true centre.
 
 “Always start with teacher assisted spotting, balance exercises, and turnout at this young age.  As with anything, the more you use a piece of exercise equipment, the better you will become.  I do have a saying with The Spin Spot™ called “Spin Drunk”.  If you are practicing so much that after you step off the Spin Spot you are slightly to moderately dizzy, you are “Spin Drunk”, and should not attempt to turn again.  That is your sign to stop, take a breath, and allow the dizzy spell to pass.  There is also never a reason for a dancer to fall off the Spin Spot™. I tell my students to never get into a fight with your Spin Spot™; it will win!  If you ever feel as though you are losing your balance step off or jump off the apparatus.
Do not try to hang on, it will dismount you!  It has science on its side.”
 
In addition to the obvious benefits in training a young, developing dancer, the Spin Spot™ is also great to use throughout ones dance career.
“It helps any dancer retrain to find their center as they grow, or have body changes; as their center of gravity does change over time.”
 
The Spin Spot™ also has benefit to dancers as an aid in preventing injury and rapidly regaining strength and technique post injury. It does this by enhancing exercises to really focus in on the correct muscles and movements needed to recover. Always used in conjunction with your medical practitioners advise and training schedule, you will be back on stage faster and better than ever.
“It has also been adopted, to some measure, in the physical therapy realm.  It is used to help those who have had hip issues strengthen their balance, and improve hip flexibility with the turnout exercises. I personally discovered that children and adults with autism love to use the Spin Spot as it has a calming effect for them.”
 
The Spin Spot™ is a challenging tool that can be used by all dancers, of all genres to not only improve their turns and turn outs, but also allow them with time and dedication to find professional mastery in their craft.
 
In mid 2016, Diva Dance Australia Pty Ltd purchased the exclusive licence to manufacture and distribute the Spin Spot™ in Australia and New Zealand to the exact specifications as the parent company in the USA. The Spin Spot™, now made in Australia for Australians; and Kiwis.

Dance Australia Magazine Article says DO NOT Buy Turn Board® In 2014, Dance Australia Magazine published an article DISCOURAGING Turn Board® but ENCOURAGING the use of an item such as the Spin Spot™. ​ Whilst we were previously lured into stocking the product after listening to the false claims made by Turn Board® at the time; we have now clearly seen the disadvantages of this SPECIFIC product; discontinuing all sales of Turn Board® in early 2016. The Turn Board® as a product and their manufacturers marketing and promotion campaigns are NOT in accordance with our companies mantra of only providing good quality, high end equipment to PROMOTE technique. Spin Spot™ (and pirouetteMASTER™) are NOT Turn Board®. ​Both The Spin Spot™ and pirouetteMASTER™, the associated training packages and registered International Patents accompanying the products are designed by dancers and physical therapists to assist dancers in their technique, not destroy it.
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