Latin dance mainly includes five dances: Rumba, Cha Cha, Samba, Cowboy and Bullfighting.

The following is an analysis of their technical styles:

(1) Characteristics of Rumba style:

Rumba dance followed the trade of African slaves in the 16th century. Inherited to Latin America. The creation of its movements was inspired by the rooster's walking scarf, which gave rise to a Chilean folk dance "Cuica". The music of Rumba is lingering and romantic, and its dance style is soft and lyrical. Because the tone of the music is different, the emotions expressed in each rumba are also different, but generally speaking, rumba mostly expresses the love life of couples. Therefore, precise body control, good flexibility, and movement speed have become the prerequisites for a good rumba dance.

(2) Cha Cha style characteristics:

The Cha Cha dance is inspired by the walking form of penguins. It is a dance created to imitate the walking posture of penguins. It has a humorous and fancy style, and the dance steps and arm movements are closely coordinated, giving people a playful and neat feeling. Therefore, clean footwork and fast and accurate arm swings have become the key points of Cha Cha dance training. Rapid rotations and changes in movements require strong trunk strength as support. Therefore, core strength training is essential. In addition, in order to exactly require 5 movements in 4 beats, many variations of movements are required for emotional expression in competitive sports, often 2 movements in 1 beat, or a sharp contrast between fast and slow movements of half a beat and one and a half beats. Therefore, higher requirements are placed on athletes’ quick reaction, starting strength, movement speed, and stability and support strength. You must pay attention during training.

(3) Characteristics of Samba style:

Samba is the most intense and characteristic rhythm among Latin dances. It originated in Africa and is a ritual dance formed by the intersection and fusion of Latin American and Indian dances. Later, in the long process of development, especially after it was publicly performed at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, its subtle beats and strong emotions attracted Brazilians, and gradually lost its ritual characteristics, thus forming a "street dance" and The style of "café dance" Samba dance is characterized by lively and moving dance postures, rough and swaying movements, strong ups and downs, unrestrained and agile dance steps, and strong appeal. Because samba moves around the dance line along the dance line, it is a marching dance in Latin dance. Another major feature of samba dance is its strong sense of flow, coupled with strong ups and downs, which makes people feel more cheerful and joyful. By observing the training of Latin dance athletes, it is not difficult to find that the fluency and ups and downs of Chinese athletes need to be improved. In order to perfectly complete the samba style, while emphasizing technique, we need to strengthen the athletes' toe stretching and support strength, rapid displacement strength, body center of gravity stability strength, upper limb flexibility, movement speed, and ankle and knee joint strength. Stability and surrounding muscle strength, hip joint flexibility and other strengthening training.

(4) Bullfighting style characteristics:

Bullfighting dance originated in Spain. It is a dance form that expresses the excitement of the bullring to the accompaniment of Spanish marches. In the dance movements of bullfighting, the male partner imitates the matador, while the female partner symbolizes the matador's cape. Therefore, men must maintain a strong and heroic posture. The style of bullfighting dance is distinctive, the style is charming, the dance postures are majestic, powerful, and the dance steps are rapid and forward. The dance shows the strength and heroic spirit of men. For the performance of power, strong strength and quality are needed as the foundation, for example, strengthening the shoulder straps of the upper limbs. Partial strength control. In order to achieve the rapid progress of dance steps, athletes need to train their core strength, that is, waist and abdominal strength, explosive power, agility, coordination, etc. In addition, in order to achieve free and easy movements and show heroic spirit, flexibility training of the upper limbs, trunk, and lower limbs is required. is very necessary.

(5) Cowboy style characteristics:

Jive dance originated from a dance with tapping movements performed by shepherds in the western United States. The dance has rough movements, exciting rhythm, and techniques of lifting the partner and swinging, showing the shepherd's strong physique.

The jive dance is cheerful and jumping, with a sense of movement: the dance is bold and bold, the dance steps are rich and changeable, and the rhythm is fast. Its strong twisting and continuous rapid rotation are dazzling and exciting. As a signature move that embodies the characteristics of jive dance, the swing step fully reflects the elastic strength requirements of the quadriceps, hamstrings, ankle joint stability, triceps surae, soleus and gastrocnemius. In order to express the dance posture To be bold and unrestrained, the upper body must maintain a certain straight state without bowing or giving up the posture. This requires the athlete's back muscles and abdominal muscles to be strong, not only to be able to maintain the posture, but also to survive high-intensity movements of the lower limbs. . Allow the upper limbs to move freely.

In addition, there are still problems with male and female cooperation in Latin dance. In high-level competitions, there are often moments when the male partner lifts up and the female partner stretches her body and keeps a certain graceful posture motionless. This puts a higher value on the strength of the male partner and the flexibility and static strength of the female partner. Requirements, training needs to be paid attention to.