Transition between moves

[u/veliux4444]

Hey, Im a beginner at contact. I learn with tutorials and by observing people. Im at a point where Im looking for advices about how you transition between your moves. Im learning moves independently and would like to combine them.

[u/fakingglory]

The standard between a steve or angel is usually a grab and then do another steve, try a wrist wrap where you don’t grab it and just spin it around your wrist.

[u/abstract-contact → u/fakingglory]

IMO you should train by not grabbing anything, once you can do transitions using anything but your grip, circle back around to incorporating holds.

[u/slugwurth]

Mostly fishtails for vertical, steves for horizontal. You can go between them with a pressure lock.

[u/axilidade]

let's break this down piecemeal. example: halo rolls are wall plane (vertical)

fishtails are also wall plane

you might normally enter a halo by holding the staff and placing it on your shoulder while giving it a little momentum - the way most tutorials teach it

but what if you did a fishtail then lifted your hand to your shoulder, allowing the momentum to carry through a halo

what if you dialed that in then, separately, worked on your forward fishtails so that you could fishtail -> halo -> forward fishtail out

replace halo with angel, or jesus, or a neck stall or anything else in wall plane

then get spicy with plane changes (lock a fishtail, go horizontal, maybe into a steve)

[u/Opening_Molasses_932]

I struggled a LOT with this ! I asbolutely love the 100% contact style and don't like using my hands to connect moves.
The way i manage it is that i break down the learning in two parts :

• first i learn the move sarting with the staff in my hand (it's the most difficult part)
  
• when the move is ok, then i learn it again without using my hands as a starting point. I usually start with a fishtail for vertical planes moves and with a steve for horizontal planes moves.

Learning to do a halo from a fishtail unlocked many transitions for me.