Hello,
This is a collage that shows the improvement of my scorpion. The largest picture is from 7-21-06. It is the most recent I have (perhaps I'll take some later...I believe I've improved even more.) The pic. in the lower left is the oldest, the upper left next, and then the largest most recent. I would love advice, comments, critiques, etc. Thanks!

Signed, Sealed, and Sent,
With Peace, Love, and Dance,
~~~Dancer57730

Looks heaps better, I remember when you posted the first pic and the latest is much improved. If i could offer a piece of advice it would be to look at the camera, and maybe to start working on a one handed scorp? It'll depend on your squad and how they want you to do it though.

Great work!

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Thanks for the comment and praise. I actually do do my scorpion one handed. At the point in time when I took that pic, I was still getting the hang of it, and working on getting my leg as high as I could without toppling over! *Giggle* I'll try to get a pic taken tomorrow of an updated scorpion. Thanks again for the comment.

Signed, Sealed, and Sent,
With Peace, Love, and Dance,
~~~Dancer57730

P.S. Oh, my coach(es) actually plan to have me start working on my scorpion (actually in a stunt) to use for our next performance--Parents' Night!

hey great improvement im starting to work on this my self but i can never grab hold of my leg(i know disgraceful!!!) any tips??

luv laura xxxx

that looks really good! whatyou should do next is go into one hand then take the other and point out. =] it looks rreally cool in a lift I did cheering and the girl did that and it looked really cool

very pretty improvement!!

Thank you all for the great comments! I'll get some more recent pics on here as soon as I have an opportunity to take them. Thanks again!

Signed, Sealed, and Sent,
With Peace, Love, and Dance,
~~~Dancer57730

Looking good.... try keeping your head square instead of bent back, this will help you stay balanced.

hi your "scorpion"
is progressing well...
i do disco dancing and we call it a backcatch.
if you visit the disco forum there will probably be loads
of folk with pictures of the backcatch position.
love lorzx

Thanks mshellmr for the tip about my head! I'll try it and see if it helps. I'm pretty sure that when I pull it now, I keep looking forward, and then right before I bring it down, look back (arch back) simply to have more momentum to get it a little higher. For those of you who are confused about me calling it a scorpion, I call it that because I pull it up instead of kicking it up. Thanks again for all the great comments guys!

Signed, Sealed, and Sent,
With Peace, Love, and Dance,
~~~Dancer57730

What a huge improvement! It looks great!

I am trying to get a better scorpion myself. If you would be so kind as to pm me with advice because mine looks like your first one that would be really appreciated.