These are just some ideas for the groovy warmup! We are flexible to different formats. Feel free to experiment.

Fast footwork drill

Take a phrase for each pattern

1. Hops
2. Optional: Hops while spinning
3. Kick, kick, double kick
4. Charleston
5. Basic 8-count footwork
6. 8-count with travel (side-to-side or front-to-back depending on preference)
7. 8-count footwork with lead swingout pattern
8. 8-count footwork with swivels

Vik’s hop triple drill

Continuously do this pattern: Hop step, hop step, hop triple step

This an 8-count footwork pattern with hops in between

Mona’s groovy warmup

Things to consider in warmup

• Stretching and body awareness
  • Isolations
  • Different parts of the body that you can move
• Aesthetics
  • Different ways to do the same jazz move
  • Body coordination
• Musicality
  • Isolations with musicality
  • Jazz moves with musicality
  • double things up
  • rhythm to the melody or background