I have a lot of analogies I use, I like to think about newtons cradle. Not letting the energy of the phrase drop, keeping the connection going.
In my video Legato + Spoken = Swing, that's what I'm getting at.
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I talk about the triplet feel and have them do a scatting rhythmic exercise. They really start to swing!
Dancing seems to help them feeeeel the sWing in their body...