Freestyling Tips

DDR Asian Style · Basic Member Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Location: San Diego

Woo HOo! the 12 year old is back!

I FS at my house dancing to PARANOIA REBIRTH 190 on BASIC. Its really fun when your FSing. you should try it!

Vyse · Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 1:42 pm Post subject:

im only a newbie to DDR but plz tell me about these little moves i do for a few songs:
for LR, pause, LR, pause, LR, LR i do: LR normal, then face 90 degrees to my right with feet tight in the center thinning myself as much as possible for the pause, then LR backwards for the next one, then another 90 degrees to my right doing same as before, then last 2 LRs just normal.
i know thats basic but hey its the first thing outside of normal dancing ive ever thought of lol! considering for proper DDR dancing the best i can do is 5step songs on Euromix i shouldnt be a pro.
plus one im gonna practise for Dynamite Rave 5step, a simple yet still painful double knee drop.
for DL, UR, DL i would (obviously) step on DL, then drop down to UR, then jump a little for the other DL. i was thinking to make it eaiser for getting up for the 2nd DL i could push myself up in the air with my hands right after the knee drop and then kick myself down onto the other DL arrows so im standing up straight.
lucky for me after that bit there's a pause lol
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LÂ¡ustyle · Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 6:54 pm Post subject:

Vyse · Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:42 am Post subject:

yeah i know its basically frowned upon but:
1) im a beginner
2) where i live i got a crowd and a "wow" by doing 5step Dynamite Rave without throwing any unnecessary moves in. lol.

plus i think kneedrops can be good, if just used right. i just wanna have one song where i can do some nice simple flashy moves in the arcades if i feel like showing off a little. once i get better and im able to pass the harder songs (and im fitter!!) ill start working on more complex routines.
what kind of moves could u recommend for a beginner? (keeping in mind ive never done acrobatics or that kinda stuff in my life, tho i can SOMETIMES do some flashy kicks and other improvised martial arts stuff lol.
oh well thanks for any help!

and plus, yeah i do have fun doing my kneedrop move so for now i dont see why i should care about the pro's opinions heh. and anyway, there arent many great players here so no-one to say "oh well i can do better"

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LÂ¡ustyle · Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 7:57 pm Post subject:

da funk · Basic Member Joined: 02 Aug 2002

I have just one thing to say. When you are freestyling dont worry what everybody else thinks. If they dont like it screw them.

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Vyse · Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 11:46 am Post subject:

well if u have any other specific things that would help plz tell me.
are there any good bits on Dynamite Rave 5step for a basic spin? i do a jumping jack spin for the LR, pause, LR, etc. bits.
i cant really practise sliding cuz i do most of my playing on EM1 at home on a soft mat.
i need easy to do stuff that can be done on that.

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LÂ¡ustyle · Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 12:06 pm Post subject:

Vyse · Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 12:12 pm Post subject:

well i wanna gonna mod my mat this xmas.
and ill go print out a stepchart to study before i go to bed :-P
gotta find some flashy moves to do at the start of the song. most of the stuff comes up near the end and halfway thru
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AmongTheDead · Basic Member Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Location: Indiana

Im new to DDR but i can already tell FS'ing is the way for me. I've already began working on 2 seperate routines... a zombie routine (havnt picked song yet) and a verry funny routine with the whistle song. the whole theme about it is my fiance is tired of me playing DDR and wants to have sex (we'll start a scene before i even play) and i start doin the song as usual... and she;s like grabbing me and stuff but not in bad places =)... havnt worked all the details we got some really good stuff planned for the stops in the song....i know im probably gonna get flamed for it but i dont even care!
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001 MadStepz · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:10 am Post subject:

i like the zombie idea...is it gonna be like bio from BAM2...with the fresh poplocking...cuz that would be awesome

Vyse · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 12:48 pm Post subject:

practised my routine a little more.
i can turn my back to the screen a lot more often now.
and when doing my double knee drop bit ive changed it just to a single knee drop with a handplant so that its easier to push myself back up for the next step.
i have some bits where ill hop a little on my left foot as well - nothing flashy, more of a filler move for sections where i have no idea of the kinda stuff im able to do! lol.
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Captain Canada · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: yes

Blegh. Aside from the fact that I'm dorky and white, I have NO interesting arm moves. I watch Kevin Kim's video and am blown away by all the stuff he was able to choreograph. I watch videos, but don't get anything from them--I dunno, maybe I should start jotting down arm moves that I like.

Shooting arms out in random directions (RiceBoy2000's Long Train Runnin') kinda works for me for a while if the foot movement is sharp and matches the arms. And then there's the one arm "make a circle, then shoot it out to the side" when there's two of the same arrow in a row. Other than that, I just "move them naturally", which is fine for improv...but if it comes time to choreograph something (which I'd kinda like to do for an upcoming tourney with Never Let You Down), my repetoire is...empty.

Can anybody suggest anything here? Any specific videos I can get off KaZaA besides "N Sync stuff"? Eh? Eh?

eh...
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Hyper · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 4:55 pm Post subject:

Yeah I need a fs opinion.

If you use the bar for saftey reasons, like if your doing a certain move and don't want to hit your head the on the bar, will it still count as the move? Let's take a flare for example. Let's say you wanted to do a flare on the pad then you suddenly realize that the bar is in the way and grab the bar in an awkward way, but manage to finish off the flare. Would it still be a flare? I know it may sound a little too confusing. @.@;;

I've only seen few female freestylers, but, does it really matter if you dance like a guy? ><; I mean, let's take girl pop-groups. They dance all um..preppy-like...(i have a low vocab

) Yeah...okay i think you get the point

I just wanted to know some opinions because I am a female freestyler and I like to do crazy crap...I just don't want people to judge me way too differently. Not that it matters *that* much to me

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Captain Canada · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: yes

I can't really answer the first one since I don't do flares (uh, try not to lose balance so you don't grab onto the bar?)...but...

As for the 2nd question: Just because you're a girl doesn't mean you have to feel yourself up like Nobody Jen.

Dance however you want to--if you think it'll be judged as "guy-dancing", big deal. If it looks good, the crowd will like it, and you've got nothing to worry about.
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..::D D R::.. · Basic Member Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Location: Chicago

i dont really do freestyle but ..when i see sum one doin it...damn it looks pretty tight...i mean..i try once in a while but im not as good as otha people..hahahaha....but yea...damn its really hard..ill juss stikk to whut i do...and some people can do it really good...buut sum kinda look bad...

Vyse · Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2002 1:11 pm Post subject:

i need to work on arm movements too.
for dynamite rave i can turn my back to the screen quite a bit now. and turn around with spins and all that.
so any tips on how i can improve on arm movements too? all i do is swing them about a little.
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Mhz · Basic Member Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Location: San Antonio

Hey guys, I'm learning how to breakdance and I wanna put some of the moves onto DDR. What are some good moves that will look good in a freestyle routine?
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taQo · Trick Member Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth

don't try bboying on a DDR machine, breakin' takes up just too much room to try and confine it to such a small space.

Naysayism · Trick Member Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Location: Morgan City, LA