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Name: sry cant
Age: 12
1. How many years of experience in ballet do you have?
6 to 10 years

2. Do you have any experience in playing basketball?
no

3. What are skills do you you work on when learning ballet? (can tick more than once.)
agility gracefulness good posture footwork balance
co-ordination

4. Do you think that ballet skills can be applied to any athletic sport like basketball?
maybe

5. If the answer is yes to the previous question, what are the acquired skills that you think ballet shares with basketball? (can tick more than one)
agility jumping

6. Do you know of anyone who managed to successfully apply their ballet skills into playing basketball?
no one that i know of.

7. Do you think that ballet has given you an advantage in any sports?
yes, it made my footwork more stable!
yes, my movements during a sporting event are faster now.
yes, others: (flexibility)

8. If needed, would you be willing to participate in our project to help the basketball players?
no

9. Do you think the time frame of the program (4 weeks) will be sufficient?
yes
no

10. How intense do you think this program should be?
Heavy stuff e.g. ballet summer camp!!

12. Can you suggest any particular exercises from ballet that can be implemented into basketball?
Answer: jumping to strengthen ankles
How about these? Please cross if you don’t think that it is good to use. (optional)
Simple exercises will be choreographed to teach the following steps:
assemblé
chassé
balancé
fouetté
glissade
jeté
sissone
arabesques
port de bra
plié
piqué
rond de jambe
battement fondu, dégagé, tendu, relevé, frappé, grand battement
coupé
devéloppé
piroutté en tour
enchainement for footwork
point exercises

Comment: I am only on my 9th yr of ballet so I do not know some steps

-- posted by DanceChick36