Quote Originally Posted by ChrisA
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That said, though, I still think it's largely the difficulty beginners experience with turning and spinning on the spot in the early days that contributes most to the 'unwanted travelling' phenomenon - judging by how infrequently spinning is taught, and how relieved the beginners and improvers in my taxi review classes sound when I offer to do a spin teach.

Chris
This is a good point - how do you teach beginners to spin??

If beginners ask me how to spin, I have no problems telling them how I do spins. But this is different from actually teaching them, isn't it, and I'm never quite sure how best to go about that.

Do you start progressively, starting them with half turns, and building up gradually to a full/double spin? Do you get them to try spotting straight away, or is that something you encourage later on? [Who was it, BTW, who told me it was b*ll**ks that spotting didn't make you dizzy - was that you, Chris? ]. Or do you just give them a load of good advice and get them to launch into full spins straight away?

Any ideas?
Rachel