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Snake hands:

Start by holding your hand in front of you so you can see it. The palm is downwards and the wrist and hand is in extension of the arm , 1. finger and 3. finger are nearest together as if you were wearing zills. This is the neutral position.

Begin the movement by lifting the wrist. Next you lift the middle part of the hand and at the same time lower the wrist. End the movement by lower the hand and slightly lift the fingers. The hand shall imitate the movements of a snake. Take care that you do not bend the fingers too much they are almost straigth all the time. Begin very slowly in order to gain control over the movement that has to be sliding.

See below how to do it. Imaging your are holding your right hand in front of you.

drawing

 

Start with the hand in neutral position drawing
Lift the wrist drawing
Lift the middle part of the hand and at the same time lower the wrist drawing
End by lowering the hand and lift the fingers
and you are ready to start again		 drawing

 

Below you can see the how it looks when the hand moves continually
Imaging it is your own hand placed in front of you. When you have practised a while you can place the hand were you like it or move it from one place to another with the snaking movement.
animation showing snake hand

 

 

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