GLIDING Tutorial - How to GLIDE for Beginners » Hip Hop Dance » Matt Steffanina

What's up ?

This is Matt Nina .

And today I'm gonna teach you guys how to glide .

I had a request for a basic gliding tutorial .

So here it is step by step .

We're gonna start with our feet pointed in .

So your toes are pointing in towards each other .

You're gonna go up on your left toe and your right heel and you're gonna turn both feet to the right .

We're gonna repeat this going up on your right toe and your left heel down and turn both feet to the right again , this might seem like it's not gonna help you with your glide , but you want to be able to do this step in both directions .

This is really , really important to having small glides that really sell the illusion that you're actually like .

Now to turn this into a glide , we're gonna do the exact same step .

The only difference is when we heal to , to the left , we're gonna push this left foot out away from it .

So my weights on my right now , I'm gonna do the next step , which is turning my feet in and as I turn them in , I'm gonna bring my right foot in and back to the starting position where my toes are touching from here .

I have a choice .

I can either stop here and change directions or I can go into the next one by again , going up on my right toe and left heel , pushing out , shifting my weight , turning my feet in heel toe and coming in .

It's really important when you're gliding that the foot that's sliding stays flat .

This is where most people lose the illusion because they're either on their toes or they're on their heels .

The foot that's not gliding can be up on the toe , the foot that's gliding , however , needs to stay flat to the ground .

That's what gives us the illusion that your foot is gliding because it should be able to slide if there's weight on it and it's not on the floor .

Right .

So let's try this a little bit faster .

And this time you're gonna take it around in a circle .

The only difference when traveling in a circle is that after you push , you're gonna come in and you're gonna bring this foot in front of the other one and go back up onto your toe from here .

Instead of going out to the side , I'm actually gonna push back and I'm gonna turn my body with your same thing .

Again , I'm in front of this foot , push back around , bring it around and you're back to the front .

Now , knowing what you know about this hill to action , you can switch your rides to go any direction at any moment .

So if I'm going around this way , I can stop it and bring it back the other way .

Once you know that footwork , it's really easy to even make up your own lives and your own combinations .

So , practice that and check out my other tutorials on how to glide wave pop and even more .

I'll see you there .