Occasionally I run into a dancer that tells me it is her first night or first week. A nebie dancer is usually not a very good dancer. So when I meet one of thses new girls, I ask if it is her first night in this club or first night ever? I she says ever, I usually pass on any dances. If she says its is just her first time in this club, then I will asked where she worked before. What state, city or club. What ever she will tell me.
But how valuable this is, is really up in the air. I have met dancers that at one time worked at the infamous Memphis Platinum Plus that are no longer doing what the Memphis club was infamous for.
I have met dancers that have worked at the low mileage Atlanta Cheetah, that are now high mileage dancers at their new club.
What are your experiences with this?


In general I agree w/ you (SC) w.r.t. newbies. More often than not they tend to be timid IME. But of course, there are exceptions, and I have met them, as I am sure many other SCers have.
Sometimes newbies know going in how the game is played, either from dancer friends, or they have been in the SC environment as a customer and seen how a successful dancer does it.