Exploring the Benefits of Jive Dance in Modern Physical Education

This report examines the role of Jive dance as a form of physical education in modern urban environments. It highlights the increasing need for physical activity due to sedentary lifestyles and explores how Jive dance can serve as an engaging alternative to traditional exercise. The report details the various physical benefits of Jive, including improved balance, muscle strengthening, enhanced cardiovascular health, and increased flexibility. It also discusses the specific movements involved in Jive, such as footwork, body movements, and hand/arm techniques, and how they contribute to overall fitness. The conclusion emphasizes the dance's potential to promote physical activity and improve health outcomes in a way that is both enjoyable and sustainable.

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The Need for Physical Education in Modern Metropolis through Jive Dance

Jive Dance
Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
The Jive Dance............................................................................................................................................2
Steps That Help the Dancer Benefit In the Following Ways.......................................................................2
Learning To Balance You Mass..............................................................................................................2
Balancing Force during Dance................................................................................................................3
Maintaining smooth motion.....................................................................................................................3
Utilizing the biochemical effects to benefit physic..................................................................................3
Using the projectile motions....................................................................................................................3
Added benefits of the jive Dance.................................................................................................................3
The Foot work.........................................................................................................................................3
The Body work........................................................................................................................................4
Back bone and muscle Flexibility and Strengthening..........................................................................4
Chest cavity strengthening...................................................................................................................4
The Hand/ Arm Work..............................................................................................................................4
Hand and shoulder Muscle building....................................................................................................5
Hand joint strengthening......................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................5
Bibliography................................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction
As cities across the globe grow larger and attract more people, the need for physical education
and exercise is on the rise. Today city residents find themselves working long hours seated at the
office desk after which they go home and rest. The lack of Physical exercise has become a major
concern and being liked to serious medical conditions affecting city dwellers across the world
today (Plowman & Smith, 2007). While most cities have parks and gyms that can be visited to
exercise, many people simply lack the interest to indulge in physical exercise, citing it as boring.
This makes it important for communicate alternative forms of physical activity which are not
classified as exercise but deliver the desired physical activity. One such activity is the Jive dance
and especially “the dip move” which allows people to indulge in learning and participating in the
dance activity which in turn allows the participants to increase their physical activeness and be
healthier.
The Jive Dance
The Jive is a dance style which involves a combination of foot, body and hand movement which
require being well coordinated by a duet so as to deliver a well-coordinated and choreographed
dance.
Steps That Help the Dancer Benefit In the Following Ways
Learning To Balance You Mass
The jive dance allows the individual to master balancing their body mass than allowing for even
distributions of weight across the body. This result in the jive dancer developing a stream lined
slim body.
Balancing Force during Dance
It is vital to master balancing the amount of force one uses while dancing to avoid over exerting
or hurting themselves or partner through the applications or too much force to support the dance
partner.
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Maintaining smooth motion
The dancers must also master the skill of maintaining smooth motion while dancing which
allows then to appear graceful while dancing. It allows the dancer to build an overall graceful
motion while dancing and communicating with people
Utilizing the biochemical effects to benefit physic
Physical exercise is critical towards promoting an individual’s health and the jive dance helps
promoting biochemical effects which benefit the overall body and health. The health benefits
linked to Jive dance include muscle strengthening, better flood flow, burning cholesterol and
lung strengthening
Using the projectile motions
Projectile refers to a pointed shape which makes it easier to move through any mass. It also
allows the dancers to be more gracefully and a critical requirement of jive dancing. Mastering
the projectile motions helps promoting flexibility and joint movement which is also contributes
towards physical health.
Added benefits of the jive Dance
The Foot work
This dance involves combinations of foot work which allows the duet to move across the dance
floor (Melody, 2012). The steps required to be well planned and choreographed to ensure the diet
do not stumble upon their partner's feet while dancing. It also ensures the partners follow a
uniform foot work and movement pattern thus delivering a uniform and coordinated dance
pattern (Bennett & Riemer, 2006). The foot work includes mastering a series of high knee steps
being placed at different positions which deliver important leg exercises. These help stretching
exercise and strengthen the leg muscles and also help in strengthening the dancer’s heel and foot.
The Jive Dance also involves the duet using several spinning moves which have been identified
to exercise the knee and hip joints thus delivering full exercise workout to the dancer’s legs.
The Body work
The Jive dance also involves the vigorous movement of the dancer’s body and includes
squatting, bowing, kneeling and body twists. This combination of activities allows the dancer to
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exercise the hip, back, body shoulders and chest muscles (Marich, 2015, p.27). This is achieved
by making certain moves which allow the individual to exercise and strengthen specific parts of
the body while dancing.
Back bone and muscle Flexibility and Strengthening
The Jive dance involves the use of a number of different body movements which helps with
encouraging back flexibility and strengthening. This is achieved by making the high leg moves,
body twists and turns and arm movements (Franklin, 2004). Back ache is common among city
residents today and it’s related to lack of physical exercise and the vigorous movement made
during the dance allow for the back to gain more flexibility which helps improve blood flow and
loosens stiffening ligaments which help reduce and eliminate back pain. The back exercise also
helps the individual strengthen the back muscle which also contrite towards allowing the
individual to improve their posture and appearance.
Chest cavity strengthening
The dance also involves considerable chest movement which helps in building muscle but more
importantly encourage individuals to breathe deeper. This helps with expanding their chest
cavity which is a critical requirement of exercising and good body health as it increases the
amount of air being inhaled which in turn increases the amount of oxygen being absorbed into
the blood (McArdle et al., 2010, p.166). More oxygen in the blood means more energy for the
muscles thus allowing the individuals is more energetic. The jive dance allows for participants to
gradually build their chest strength and air intake capacity which contributes towards the
individual's overall health, energy levels, and well-being.
The Hand/ Arm Work
All dances involve a considerable amount of hand movement but the jive dance allows the
participant to use specific hand moves which are planned thus allowing for all the hand muscles
to gain exercise. Unlike most other dances which do not follow a specific pattern, the Jive dance
requires the participant to follow a set number and style of hand movements which allows for
hand muscles o gain the desired exercise.
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Hand and shoulder Muscle building
The Jive dance is well recognized for encouraging muscles to build up on the dancers and
involves a high large number of hand and arm movements which helps to build the hand and
shoulder muscles (AAH, 1992). The choreographed moves allow for consistent and steady
muscle development while maintaining the body’s shape which is also important towards being
able to perform the jive dance correctly.
Hand joint strengthening
The Jive dance also helps to strengthen the individual’s wrist, hand and shoulder joints. The
dance helps to strengthen joints due to the dancer requiring following specific moves which help
to build the joint flexibility and to allow the joint sockets and cartilage to toughen thus
strengthening the joint sockets (Cooper, 2007, p.249). The same applies for all joints which
strengthen over time as the dancer continues performing the dance on a daily basis and
improving the individual's overall health on a daily basis.
Conclusion
The Jive dance helps an individual indulge in physical activity and exercise while performing the
dance. It’s also an interesting activity which helps retain people’s interest thus attracting and
encouraging them to continue dancing which gradually helps improve their physical activity and
overall health.
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