Last weekend I was trying to get my Level 1 Extension Program dancers (aged 7-10) to squeeze their inner thighs. Activation of the inner thighs is the first step to awesome dancing, they connect to the Transverse Abdominus and then into the rest of the core. Yet, it had been the Christmas holidays and their focus on what I was saying was rather all over the place (I teach normal kids not perfect robots!)
I tried the whole 'imagine you're holding a twenty pound note' between your thighs, and wandered over to my wallet to get one out for them to try...ironically in our cash free society, (I'm a Londoner, contactless is my best friend) there were only cards. Wide eyed and looking at me waiting for the prop to practice with, I found myself handing out my cards for them to squeeze. The most awkward was the Driving license...'Miss Rosina, is that really you!?'
