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World Bronze Medallist cites Irish dancing as key to her success!

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  • #2
    downthemiddle
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    There are at least two juvenile athletes who have competed internationally who have also competed at world championship level in irish dancing.


  • #3
    Hard Worker
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    My daughter took up athletics when she was twelve. She was doing Irish dancing twice a week and athletics training once a week. She ran 8 races under 13 and won 7 of them. She hated it and gave it up and hasn't run since. She's now 25.
    I always put her good results down to her Irish dancing. During her one hour session, she would probably do 4 or 5 x 5 minute rigourous sets with a couple of minutes recovery between. She never had a problem with that, sure it was only dancing.


  • #4
    thirtyfoot
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    I wonder would the requirement of dancing where you point your toes down instead of dorsiflexing cause problems. I was casually watching Strictly Come Dancing one night (honest it was on the TV and I was just walking through) and Jade Johnson was having trouble pointing her toe on certain moves as she was so used to being told to dorsiflex in everything she did as an athlete.


  • #5
    downthemiddle
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    Tingle wrote: »
    I was casually watching Strictly Come Dancing one night (honest it was on the TV and I was just walking through) .

    There are those who would doubt this but I believe you .....honestly:D

    ( must have been an ad break on x factor)


  • #6
    Hard Worker
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    Tingle wrote: »
    I wonder would the requirement of dancing where you point your toes down instead of dorsiflexing cause problems. I was casually watching Strictly Come Dancing one night (honest it was on the TV and I was just walking through) and Jade Johnson was having trouble pointing her toe on certain moves as she was so used to being told to dorsiflex in everything she did as an athlete.

    Must ask your other half if that's true. I don't believe you.:)


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  • #7
    shels4ever
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    Didn't Mark Carol do some ballet at one point too?


  • #8
    Clum
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    shels4ever wrote: »
    Didn't Mark Carol do some ballet at one point too?

    That's just the way he used to glide across the muck in cross country.


  • #9
    hunnymonster
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    Tingle wrote: »
    I wonder would the requirement of dancing where you point your toes down instead of dorsiflexing cause problems.

    I would guess at the age the most kids do Irish dancing (7-12) that the extra strength from the dancing is more significant than any restriction in ROM as kids are generally very flexible. Just a gut feeling, no evidence of this.


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