Freestyling Tips

LotusKid · Basic Member Joined: 08 Aug 2002

lets see, my freestyle..... well i do backflip lol. I am the only one ive seen do a backflip lol. Also a cartwheel. well thats about it im mostly a combo kinda guy since i cant dance. ALSO, me and my bro when we do couple, we get a lil of our second fav. sport in it....WRASTLIN!!!! WE ARE THE ONLY ONES TO EVER PULL OFF A POWER BOMB ON DDR. i can guarantee you that

also, incase you are wondering, i am not a fat redneck from Kentucky.
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:maruchan · Trick Member Joined: 05 Mar 2002 Location: upland

freestyle is harder than it looks.

first: do handplants and kneedrops for a week, get used to the stage

when you want to make a routine:listen to a song a bajillion times, get a whole bunch of moves planned, choreograph it, get real familiar w/ the steps.

you can't tell someone how to freestyle btw, the whole thing is too broad to define. don't handplant, kneedrop,matrix walk, or damage the machine. if whatever you do is entertaining, it's great freestyle.

you can't tip comedy routines.
dance routines however should be clean and look real refined. if you sit and do a bunch of jumping around the pad you'll look like a idiot.
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LotusKid · Basic Member Joined: 08 Aug 2002

well you like the comedy jupm around alot lol. ya freestyle is kinda what you make of it. I cant dance, so i jsut do crazy poopy (back flip, cartwheel, and yes, wrastling lol) but it makes for some good shows. Come to Newport On the Levee in Newport Ky (right under Cincinati lol). If you see me and my bro on DDR 5th youll know. WE will be the cray weird looking frick.
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Drop · Basic Member Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Location: vashon, wa

listen to the music at your house. while this is playing start tapping your foot to the beat. as you listen farther into the songs just move your body
and you'll come up with a ruitine
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kungpow1000 · Basic Member Joined: 19 Aug 2002

I agree, hand plants do hurt really bad. knee plants dont hurt as bad but they dont look so neat when all of a sudden you just pop down on your knee either. So basically if your gonna do a knee plant, you have to be able to make a handplant look cool before it or something.

Mastapopo · Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2002 6:46 am Post subject:

Hmm Freestyling, 1st thing needed is to learn how to dance. Hand plants and knee drops are ok when used sparingly. If you can dance to the dong you can create a routine. Also choose songs you like, not just something that will impress other people. Watch music vids with heavy dance choreography. Maybe you'll learn something from it.
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Krelian · Trick Member Joined: 30 Aug 2002 Location: Castalia, Ohio

If I could give you one hint, its to do the slide. It links steps together so smootly and it makes you look like you really know how to play...even if you dont like me!

Slide everywhere. Thats all I can say. Plus...dance to the song. If you have evey played Drop the Bomb on maniac... you'll know what I mean.

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GregC98498 · Trick Member Joined: 09 Mar 2002 Location: Washington

isn't is nun-chaku?

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Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

Use the song effects in the song. People don't realize how much that helps. Be creative with that.
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Above Average Solomon · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

yeah, i generally agree with most of what y'all have said here, with a few exceptions...

Foot · Trick Member Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: Detroit, MI

Im sorry I sound like noobie but, when it comes to freestyle I'm kinda like a wounded duck, Ive had people comment that "sure he can play well but he has no style!" I hear a million people say dont Matrix Walk, then ive heard a few people say Matrix Walk is cool, WTF IS MATRIX WALK??? It would really help if somebody could post a guide on the freestyling lingo, most commonly used tricks' names for the freestyle illeterate, Thanks a mil.

One more thing, has Do Me HIGEO Mix Baisic been used to many times for freestyle? I was thinking of starting freestyle with that, or paranoia rebirth trick little. Any suggestions?
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Mista C-Jay Stylez · Trick Member Joined: 16 Aug 2002 Location: San Diego, CA

I used to knee drop, bar hop, and handplant but I figured that doing too much of that would screw up my freestyle. I recorded myself doing that, and I thought to myself "what in the blue hell was that ?". So then one day, I looked through the internet following all sorts of advice from other DDR freestylers (mostly Mel B). Then I watched some of Kid Zero's videos and saw how his footwork was done. I decided not to copy it, but rather emulate it with my own style and it worked. I practiced all day and all night to improve my footwork and when I stepped up to the DDR 4th Mix Plus machine at Boomers, I started busting out my new style and all my friends were impressed. No hard stomping or knee dropping for me. Now it's all about dance routines and raving to me. Today, I'm watching other K-pop music videos on Music Video Heaven to sharpen up my freestyle. I kept watching and I mimicked their style of dance, and hey...it worked ! Sorry about the long story, but I feel like discussing this to others about freestyling.

Hey ! Any interesting dance videos that I can buy or rent other than that Darin's Dance Grooves crap ? I need more variety in my style !

asian invasion 2000 · Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 11:14 pm Post subject:

I agree with (miss toy) the fact that most "freestyle" as we know it is choreographed in the DDR world. Point blank, a routine is just choreography. Freestyle is exactly "on the fly" so to speak, and is thus true freestyle. Going to back to other things, when it comes to freestyle, if it looks good, do it. Just so you know, it's my contention that as long as you know what you're doing, go for it, in regard to things like matrix walks(Walk across the machine screen, or more properly, around it). I have an entire repertoire of moves that involve jumping off the machine to do skater styled stalls and stuff, but you won't catch me jumping on say, the screen. Be smart about stuff like that. You can even break the machine pad on a knee drop for cryin out loud. Hand plants, knee drops, overdone? yup. But than again so is the everpresent foot slide. It's all about how you link it together and get your groovethang going

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decimor · Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2002 10:33 am Post subject:

ahhh... but the choreographing is still pretty kool. but when you can start doing stuff on the run, then that's tight. for instance, going to a tourney and go to where a bunch of competitors play, bust out something choreographed. then, when it's time for your routine, make up something sick. i'm working on a handstand and a cartwheel on Luv To Me AMD mix. i also gotta figure out how to get a good dance routine for the beginning. this is just on basic. also... how do u do a flare? i also wanna take a tap dancing class and use some tap dancing n my style. just think to yourself what you can do. i'm doing a B4U routine with spins. also kneedrops can look kool if u use it like 1 time n a routine. more than that and its annoying. i personally think that using 1 move or move sequence more than once is kinda stupid. but hey thats me. hmmmmm... hey what would a routine with a basketball be like? doing crossovers n stuff... and actually using the ball to hit the arrows. hmmmm... ooooh... a pogo stick routine... just ideas man... a HEELY ROUTINE!!!! yesssss... i gotta get some heelies. once i do it'll look sweet.
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Rage* · Trick Member Joined: 19 Aug 2002 Location: Northy West UK

to stop myself getting bored while learning how to read half steps (still learning but im working through the 5 footers) i decided to improve my technique.

i now no longer dance like a pixie!

i just kinda walk all over the pad and when theres a jump i just kind of... hop.
its not proper freestyle but i feel more confident.

but we do a little tribal dancey thing when we do afronova promeval!
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