Waist/Ankle Roll

To do a waist or ankle roll you need to know how to do a lasso neck roll to be able to understand exactly how to do a waist or ankle roll.

For a waist roll you start holding the baton in your right hand at the very end (it is easier to hold the baton at the smaller end). Then, you would want to do a lasso before you start the waist roll to get momentum going. After you do your lasso, you would then swing your right arm with the baton to your left side and let go as soon as your baton hits your left side so the baton will go around the back of your waist. Once your baton goes around your waist, you catch it in your right hand. It helps in this move if you move your hips with the baton.

For an ankle roll you do almost the same as you would do for a waist roll. Instead of rolling the baton around your ankles you roll the baton around the back of your knee. First, you do a lasso into the move. Then, you bend down as far as you can to reach the back of your knee and make sure they are touching each other side by side. You then let your right hand ,with the baton, swing it to the left side of both your knees and let go quickly. Once the baton goes around you catch it with your right hand.

Both of these moves have to be done fairly quick or you probably won't catch the baton, and make sure you catch the baton with your right hand.



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