I would like to ask if anyone could explain me the difference between 'kick' and 'flick' movement in jive. Sometimes I heard some trainers called one movement 'kick' while others called it 'flick'. I don't like to discuss here such basic things like kick-ball-change or flick into break. My current trainer says a flick is point to toe to floor and a kick is kick in the air.
So I would like to here any other explanations. What do you hear in your everyday training?
Igor

This confusion comes because non-dancers usually call all these movements 'kick' while for a correct dance technique we distinguish between flicks and kicks.
Most figures use a flick and that has three phases:
- an initial raise of the knee
- straightening of the leg with toe pointing to the floor or at max. horizontally
- raise of the knee again.
So at a flick the knee is bent before and after the main action.
For a kick the leg is raised without that knee action.
We can say: at a flick the main action is made from the knee while at a kick (seldom used) the main action is in the whole leg, swung from the hip.

I would agree with you about kicks in show dances but as for jive I doubt. In kick-ball-change we usually do knee action. Certain knee action. Not just whole leg from the hip

Why "Kick Ball Change in Jive?" It's "Flick Ball Change" in ISTD and Laird Technique.

I can not say nothing about ISTD book. I have never read it. But as for Laird it seems only ball-change movement explicitly described there. I also remember yes! flick-ball-change in revised edition (or supplement) with 'flick' action. But if I am not mistaken he also mentioned 'kick' action in general description of various basic movements of jive.

Hi,

Kick is said to be in the air as if how we kick the ball.

Flick is that ur feet should be on the floor , one foot on toe and u can flick on the opposite side with your fingers.

Igudym. Flick or kick is self explanatory. Your teacher is correct. To add to this I am told , on a flick imagine the floor is red hot and get that foot up. Two flicks with the right foot, any slight pause should be with the foot up. The question now is does the toe on the flick just kiss the floor. before the knee is lifted to a position where the thigh is horizontal to the floor toe still pointing downwards.