hi my name is Robert Royston I'm a
five-time world champion of country
dance working with artists like Taylor
Swift Carrie Underwood Brad Paisley I
really hope that you learn how to line
dance and experience what it's like to
move to America's music and that's
country
so the ball change action is one of the
most important elements you can learn
for all of your dancing not just line
dancing and for the ball change there's
really four types of actions there's the
kickball change the point ball change
the knee ball change and then just the
ball change so a kickball change looks
like this kick ball change kick ball
change and what do we really do it let's
break it down there's a kick then we say
ball that means ball of the kicking foot
then you put a little bit of weight on
that foot just enough to pick it up and
put the other one right back down and
that's called a change it's a complete
change of weight onto a fairly flattened
foot so it goes kick ball change kick
ball change that's different than say
going kick change change see that into
the ball kick the change change kick
change change looks different than kick
ball change kick ball change now one of
the things about the kick ball change
and a lot of what we'll talk about with
ball change is that you want to be sided
with your weight what that means if you
can see my head weight is over one foot
that I'm kicking with this foot but my
head weight is over one foot when I do
the ball action
I don't shift my head weight to this to
then go back I keep my head weight over
this foot even though that foot comes up
and down kick ball change kick ball
change so I stay sighted I'm dominant to
one side of my body as I'm doing it
that's gonna allow me to do it faster
and quicker as the music starts to pick
up she'll be easier with this pattern
same thing with the other foot kick ball
change kick ball change kick ball change
and unsighted again to the opposite leg
from kicking right my weight is left so
now when you kick ball change practicing
it you should practice it in all
directions kick forward ball change kick
side ball change kick back ball change
so that's a kick ball change kick ball
change kick ball change you should get
comfortable doing that in all directions
the next thing is a point ball change so
a point ball change just like a ball
change but I point my foot I don't take
the foot off the ground so I go point
ball change point ball change
same thing all directions point ball
change point ball change
back ball change back ball change again
my weight is dominant to the non
pointing foot right point ball change
point ball change get good at doing both
sides point ball change point ball
change point ball change point ball
change then we have what's called a knee
ball change knee ball change soften both
knees so you can see from the side I
soften both knees then I'm gonna
straighten both knees straighten both
knees now in doing that I'm not gonna
straighten both knees by going up and
down with my head I'm actually gonna
soften the knees keep my head at that
level and send my knees and my hips back
so I'm gonna go knee then I'm gonna go
ball change for me I'm gonna go left
right ball change knee ball change knee
ball change knee ball change knee ball
change it's a forward and back action
the head staying very still you can go
left right or right left depending on
the line dance that you're learning yes
same thing with the knees apart I can go
knee ball change knee ball change that's
both knees then feet both knees then
feet both knees then feet the notice as
I do this my way it's a little bit more
to my right than it is to my left I want
to put my weight to the side that is not
doing the ball action so that goes me
I'm my most of my weight to my right
that means my left is gonna do the ball
ball change knee ball change knee ball
change knee ball change
so we have our knee ball change get
comfortable moving it around forward in
back
so we have kick point me the last one is
just the ball change by itself what
we're gonna do is hold one two three
then we're gonna go and four so I'm
going to go one two three I'm going to
take the ball of my left foot and go
behind them going to go one two three
and core come together five six seven
other foot and eight so I'm going to go
one two three ball change
five six seven ball change one two three
ball change five six seven ball change
the other way you can practice just a
ball change is by going a little scoot
forward ball change
so I can go one two three ball change
five six seven ball change yeah so you
just bring the ball change by itself one
two three ball change five six seven
ball change or one two three
ball change five six seven ball change
so let's do kick point knee just by
itself eight counts worth of each ready
go one and two three and four five and
six seven now point one and two three
and four five and six now knee ball
change one and two three and four five
and six seven ball change one two three
and four five six 7 mm again one two
three and four five six seven and eight
ball change actions very important get
comfortable with doing all of them and
kick and do the points in all directions
there's your kick ball change