(Bachata) Head roll is a must-have right now — the secret sauce for linking into turns | Poppin' Sarah Workshop Combo (2) #LATIN #OpenWorkshop

“You don't need to lead her all the way through this. You just have to open up the space for her.”

CONTEXTExplaining how much the lead should get involved with the follow during a head roll

“Without controlling her, you do the roll using only your upper body, and then you bring the head up.”

CONTEXTWalking through the head roll step by step

“The hand isn't what goes up first — you shift your weight onto your right foot, and then the hand follows.”

CONTEXTStressing that the weight shift has to happen before the hand moves

“The line isn't what comes first. Shifting your center of gravity comes first.”

The principle that weight transfer takes priority over the shape of the movement

“If your weight hasn't come all the way over to the right, it's hard to find this tension.”

CONTEXTOn why the weight shift matters for building tension

“From the outside it looks like you're just standing still, but your weight is actually shifting back and forth a tiny bit the whole time, holding that tension.”

CONTEXTPointing out the micro weight shifts that keep going even inside a movement that looks frozen

“If you feel like you can't catch the tension on the left, you have to go as far inside as you can and drop underneath.”

CONTEXTA fix for when the tension isn't coming together