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Boogie Woogie Basic Step for Beginners: Bounce and Triples

Boogie Woogie Basic Step for Beginners: Bounce and Triples — video by Sondre & Tanya Play · 5:17

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Sondre and Tanya, a professional swing couple who compete, teach and perform boogie woogie, teach the six-count basic of what they call the most fun dance: find your bounce, walk on 1, 2, then triple steps in and out. You can practise it alone.

  • 5 min
  • Beginner
  • Moderate impact
  • No equipment
  • Swing

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  1. Find your bounce: bounce freely to any music and feel the beat through your body. 0:19
  2. Walking steps back and forth on 1, 2, rolling through the ball of the foot. 1:23
  3. Triple steps in and out, shifting your weight fully each time. 2:27
  4. Full six-count basic: walk, walk, triple step, triple step, then repeat it to music. 3:57

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • Keep a natural bounce and roll through the ball of the foot
  • Leaders start with the left foot, followers with the right
  • Shift your weight fully on each triple step, in and out

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Joints it uses light on the joints

  • Hips moveswalks and in-and-out triple steps
  • Knees moveslight bounce, walks, triple steps
  • Ankles & feet movesrolling through the ball of the foot

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by Sondre & Tanya; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety