Freestyling Tips

Damion · Basic Member Joined: 30 Nov 2002

You talk about how not to hurt the machine, but when I downloaded one of the boom boom dollar videos (Boom Boom Dollar is my favorite song from first mix), the guy tried a backflip sorta thing off of the machine.

xybergurl573 · Trick Member Joined: 01 Dec 2002 Location: Sexy Planet

Lately ive been praticing 2 new moves, i havent seen anyone else use them. First is a handplant (not a handslap) this involves preforming a one handed handstand the other hand is holding my feet. Then just return. The other is the same motion but i continue all the way over (like a one handed cartwheel) I have to be on a song with a good pause, usually 1 to 1 1/2 measure pause. The best way to do it is on the very edge of the pad.
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LÂ¡ustyle · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2002 1:38 pm Post subject:

DJ Travieso · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2002 4:18 pm Post subject:

i think my way may not be as fun but is probably an easier way to make freestyles i take some ones routine from a vid now, i dont take their routine but i switch what song i do it on and iuse only some of theier moves mixed with my own ideas like this one i made last night i went to the arcade, and a group of my friends were there i wated to do a freestyle i just thought of of the top of my head so i looked back to "supply's after the game of love c walk" and i picked let the beat hit'em
on 4th mixplus when the song started i started c walking but then i stopped after a few seconds and started doing the harlem shake and my friends said it was a good routine so since only 3 peole saw it i now know what i am using next freestyle tourney

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ToRRoN · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2002 5:27 pm Post subject:

jpvpopper · Basic Member Joined: 22 Sep 2002 Location: California

TooNice · Staff Member Joined: 22 Aug 2002

Thats what I am trying to do now (the basic arm to arm wave).
For some reasons, I can't make it "flow" though...

Maybe its just the lack of practice.. But seeing an example would be helpful.

EDIT: Yup, something definitely doesn't look right around the elbow area... And I haven't got a clue how I should move my neck as well.
And I just realised how little control I have on my left arm (I am right handed). This is going to take a lot of practice.

DjWo{sFiS} · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2002 1:39 pm Post subject:

Yeah i know the feeling not being able to get into the "GrOoVe" lol

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ShadowFox2012 · Trick Member Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Location: Sandwich, MA

Hyper · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 2:26 pm Post subject:

ShadowFox2012 · Trick Member Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Location: Sandwich, MA

Kyle_Snyder · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX

I never thought I'd say this, but I seem to be running out of ideas for freestyle routines to come up with. I had a whole bunch of possibilities with many songs from 4th+, but since that mix is no longer being used in tournaments, that reduced the number of ideas I had. There are only 2 routines I have left, but one of them is on 6th mix, and I'll have to wait until it comes back into DDR Extreme, and the other requires an edit. Since I'm too cheap to get the imports, I can't use my idea for an edit to Trip Machine (Luv Mix). I wish I could go back to who I was 1 year ago. Back then, I used to be full of ideas for freestyle routines. With DDRMAX2 being used in tournaments today, and with almost all the songs in the mix being used, it's hard to come up with an idea. Some of the songs that haven't been used for freestyle yet I don't want to do either by sound or by steps. I wish I could come up with as many ideas for freestyle as I could in the past.
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Naysayism · Trick Member Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Location: Morgan City, LA

LÂ¡ustyle · Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2002 9:18 pm Post subject:

ShammerS · Basic Member Joined: 21 Nov 2002 Location: Indiana

C-walking.. a wonderful move, but I say keep it implemented in certain spots of your dance and not do the whole song with just that. Repetition of same move over and over in routine = Bad, no matter how cool the move is.
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DDR-FlipStyleZ · Basic Member Joined: 12 Oct 2002

im not new to DDR, i've been playing for 2+ years now, and have just FINALLY decided to break away from tech playing to the freestyling. so far, i've just tried to move my arms....seems to be working ok. i need some help with foot work and making everything look SMOOTH. i tried some liquid/wave, and i think i kinda got it. but i need some pointers. like, how do i transfer the wave from arm to leg and back? i can't seem to get it right. also, do freeze moves on the dance pad usually look good? i mean, like the ones where u support urself with ur hands, almost like in handstance position. and just FREEZE! i can support my with my hands (not handstand, thats HARD!!!) i wanna learn howto do that. anywayz any pointer would be nice. peace out

Ptah · Trick Member Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Location: San Diego, CA

malachite06 · Basic Member Joined: 15 Dec 2002

thanx for the tips must FS now!!!!!!

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Discoman · Maniac Member Joined: 23 Nov 2002

A couple of questions:

In tourney freestyling, does one more often:

1) Freestyle on doubles or singles?

2) Use arrows as a freestyling base, or use blank space as freestyling base, or both?

(by #2 I mean do you pick songs with cool arrow movements and pattern freestyling to that, or pick songs with blank spaces and do whatever in that area?)

Thanks
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LÂ¡ustyle · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 4:20 pm Post subject: