Competitor Tips

Some common errors in pattern performance

• Foot placement on stances
• Lack of facial intensity
• Large movements are altered to small ones
• Deep stances gradually change to higher ones
• Timing is stylized too much which does not prove the physical conditioning of the performer
• Short movements are exaggerated as large ones to impress an audience rather than to demonstrate the correct technique
• "Pushing off" from the feet rather than initiating movements properly through the hip
• The body does not move as a unit; arms and legs seem disconnected
• Hand/foot timing (when moving, hand technique should finishing just as stepping foot touches the floor)