Ready for My Video

I had two opportunities this week to teach a full class of Group Kick and I took advantage of both chances. The first took place on Wednesday evening; the second on Friday morning. Up until this point, I had done groups of songs, usually 5-6, and split the mic time with the instructor. This time around, I was mic'd up for the full hour.

Wednesday went really well. By about the 7th song, I started to feel the burn in my arms and legs from the classes I took on Monday and Tuesday at the gym. I made it through with little problems, but my form started taking a dive as I struggled to get through track 7-8 (which are the toughest tracks on the CD).

This morning I had another shot to lead a class. My biggest concern was pulling myself through another hour. Prior to Wednesday class, I did a one-hour class on Monday and Tuesday, and had all day Wednesday to rest up. For this class, I did two one-hour classes on Wednesday and Thursday with no recovery time on Friday. Stamina would likely be an issue.

I made it through the class and got some nice feedback from the instructor. She had the opportunity to talk to some of the particpants and found two things that were brought up.
1.) I need to give a little better direction on the use of R/L hands and legs, specifically on fast combos. No problem.
2.) I was told my eye contact was a little "weird." Apparently as I am moving around and giving instruction in the front of the room, my gaze can look a little "interesting" as I'm trying to focus on the next move sequence. I can understand it...not sure how to fix it. In talking to the instructor, this is probably a tendency that results from my performance background, where direct crowd connection is always needed.

I think I'm in a good place. There were a few small glitches where I missed a transition as I was working on some directed instruction or I was overthinking the next sequence, but nothing major. I feel I'm ready at this point. I think if I did my video today in class, I could be happy with the final product.

Since I have two weeks until my video, I figure that I can lay low for a little bit. Next weekend, I have a 5K run that I am going to focus on. The following week, I'll probably start reviewing everything again to prep for the video.

Let the countdown begin.