Is it normal to have worse grip strength on spin pole?
I’m an upper beginner (been dancing about 1 year) and in my classes we have only stage poles and rarely use spin (mostly because less than half of our poles can go on spin and they are scared of beginners hurting themselves) so when we CAN use spin, I feel like I lose all my grip strength in my hands.
I can do things like chair spin, fireman, rockstar spin on static no problem, but when we turn the pole on spin I am not able to engage my muscles and slide all over. Maybe it’s a psychological thing and I just need to use spin every chance I get just to build up the strength and get over whatever subconscious fear I have?