Shim sham shemgments

This full video is a good tutorial on the shim sham.

I need to practice each section individually (a ridiculous number of times), so I created some youtube clips. I tried to time the start/end of each so that they can loop and more or less keep the rhythm.

Individual Moves

SHIM SHAM

FULL BREAK

PUSHES

"and ya pushin and ya pushin..."

The last push

TACK ANNIES

HALF BREAK

VIDEO TK

• Half break is called "half" because it only uses 4 counts
• Half break is repeated 2x to fill an 8-count phrase
• Half break counts:
  • 1: right
  • 2: left
  • 3: kick
  • 4: ball change

Move combo: half & full breaks

4 8-count phrases:

• half break, half break
• full break
• half break, half break
• full break