The counting/timing can be hard for beginners to grasp. What I especially see is the beginners I work with have a hard time getting quickly back into the S after the SSQQ.
In other words, they hesitate a split second to get their bearings, so to speak, and then it turns into a more choppy sequence. So I really try to stress the gliding, the heal-toe, heal-toe, toe-toe .. then quickly into heal-toe, etc. really without breaking stride. The QQ are best at a slight angle as well, allowing that momentum to keep moving forward along LOD.
Does anyone have a tip/advice related to this, maybe even in terms of counting to the tempo, to make it easier to grasp?
Genewilman may have been touching on this, but I agree that post was hard to stick with because of the all caps.