Our aerial silks library is the most in-depth continuing education for aerialists around the world. Our online video tutorials and classes have fresh ideas for experienced teachers, proven solutions for new teachers, and in-depth instruction for students.
Meet the Aerial Fit Online founders, Jordan Anderson and Clayton Woodson.
This video will give you an in-depth glimpse into how the website works and the features that are included with memberships. Want more info? Sign up for a FREE Membership or a Trial Membership.
Anyone looking for the most details on learning aerial arts.
EXPERIENCED teachers looking for fresh ideas.
NEW teachers looking for proven solutions.
SERIOUS students looking for in-depth instructions.
To master your skills you need to observe with a coach’s eye to detail, respond wisely to what you see, and compassionately evaluate the results.
And this approach is built right into the library
Dynamic Aerial Video Library
Always know what to do next!
Choose
Search, filter, browse class plans or inspirations, and go down the rabbit hole.
Learn
Learn how to do the skill, where to look for problems, and how to fix them.
Explore
Take what you learn and go forward, backward, or sideways with endless options.
Trial Memberships Available
Take a look at some of our content
Randomly selected skills from our library.
“As a visual thinker, this online library is the tool I have always wanted but never found! The class plans and sequences are making my life as an instructor so much easier!”
Lindsey Morgan
“I love the Sequences! You can make a whole lesson plan out of one. The ‘Common Mistakes’ section is incredibly useful for clues on which parts will be most challenging for my students.”
Valerie Phillips
“I have to say you have the most interesting content I’ve found and you’re the third library I’ve used like this. Your content isn’t just people doing drops, but there’s actual progressions into those drops which as a teacher I really appreciate seeing. Also you have lots of cool movements.”
Joel Le Clercq
“Aerial Fit and their curriculum has laid extremely solid foundations on which I have been able to build my aerial career as a coach and performer. Thank you, Clayton and Jordan!”
Anastasia Timina
“Jordan and Clayton are the elite aerial nerds. Their curiosity and understanding of the mechanics of aerial is pursued with an unwavering commitment to detail. They think of everything- so you don’t have to.”
Rachel Strickland
How we present skills
We custom programmed our library to present the skills just as we teach them. It’s like getting inside our coaching brains. Here’s what you’ll see.
Every skill includes a main video.
In-Depth Skill Description
Get inspired with clearly demonstrated aerial silks skills with accompanying voiceover explanations. The focus of each of these mini aerial classes extends beyond just how to do it, to what to look for in your students when they do it.
Then explore the depth of details.
Building Blocks
Sometimes knowing when you or your student are ready to work on a new skill is half the battle. Mastering easier related aerial silks skills helps anyone avoid pitfalls and saves time and energy in the long run.
Common Mistakes
Spotting and fixing common mistakes saves aerialists from having to unlearn bad habits and helps them avoid future plateaus. It’s like having your own aerial teacher.
Related Drills
Sometimes the biggest Ah-ha! moments for students come from doing related drills on the apparatus.
Ground Drills
Learning and practicing related pathways as well as muscle actions on the floor helps with gaining mastery in the air.
Variations
Teachers know it’s rare for everyone in a class to be working at the exact same level. Knowing similar variations helps keep everyone in the class on the same page.
Sequences
Clever and creative sequences are satisfying and fun and we’ve designed them to challenge aerialists’ mastery of the material they’ve learned.
More than just a list of skills. Dive deeper with even more content.
Cross-Referencing
Dive inside our teachers’ brains! In our classes, we always use one skill or concept to teach another and we designed our library to do the exact same thing.
Class Plans
We have decades of teaching experience and we have taught thousands of students ranging from die-hard couch potatoes to born and bred circus freaks. Take what you need from our experience.
Inspiration & Challenges
Challenges, Themes, Games, and more are designed to inspire your own personal training and your teaching at the same time.
Teacher Development
Access a wealth of articles taken from our aerial silks teacher trainings and teacher and studio owner musings. Learn more about different learning styles, creating a culture, structuring progressions, running a studio, running a class, and more.
We've got a lot of skills and even more on the way.
Our Aerial Silks Library is already large and it’s expanding more every week. Our Lyra Library is on the way soon. Our Sling and Trapeze Libraries are currently in pre-production.
New content added every week!
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Aerial Silks Skills
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Ground Drills
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Sequences
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Class Plans
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Inspirations & Challenges
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Teacher Development Articles
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Other apparatuses in the works.
Aerial Hoop
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Aerial Sling
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Static Trapeze
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How we help new teachers
Save Time
New teachers want to quickly build up a wealth of knowledge and experience to help their students succeed. Draw on our vast experience to identify common mistakes before your own students begin to make them.
More Confidence
New teachers don’t yet have the wealth of knowledge that comes with time and experience. Our dynamic video library helps you bridge the gap by filling in the blanks and giving you practice at knowing exactly what to look for in your students.
Detailed Instruction
Each skill in our library is it’s own mini-immersion into aerial technique. We’ll help you train your eye, make new connections, and give you a multitude of tools to solve problems before they arise in your students.
How we help experienced teachers
New Ideas
Experienced teachers learn from their students. Diving into the knowledge we’ve gained from our decades plus experience with thousands of bodies can offer a fresh perspective on both familiar moves and new variations.
New Connections
We all fall into teaching patterns and our dynamic library is designed to foster new connections that break through old patterns. Combining your experience with ours can give you fresh ideas and bring new inspiration to your teaching!
Inspiration
Our challenges, themes, games, and more are designed to spark ideas for your own teaching or training. The more experience you have to draw on the further you will go with a little nudge from us. Sometimes all you need is a spark to get going.
How we help serious students
Deep Dive
For students who long to dive deep into the aerial arts and learn like a pro, we’ve designed instructions to show why skills work, where they lead, and how they can go wrong, an approach that lends a whole new depth to personal aerial training.
Next Steps
For serious students who’ve reached a plateau and need guidance on where to go next, our library is packed with step by step directives. For X skill mastered? Try Y. Having trouble with Z skill? Try this instead. Our virtual shelves are packed with unique and unexpected connections that work.
Coach’s Eye
Serious students often benefit from gaining a coach’s perspective. Our site is designed for teachers, which makes it an invaluable resource for study and, by extension, for learning how to better coach yourself.
Our Experience
We have been teaching full time since 2009, and every single class and choice has been geared towards providing our students with great foundations for success. Yes we teach advanced skills, but where we truly excel is in adapting a variety of skills to create a vast beginner curriculum. You can learn moe about our in-person classes by visiting AerialFit.com.
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Unique Students
We always love meeting new students and take great joy in seeing how circus affects each one in different ways.
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Unique Skills
We have developed a deep curriculum for Aerial Silks, Sling, Lyra, and Trapeze. This curriculum has been in use, with continuing development, since 2009 and it is presently in the process of being put to video.
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Unique Years
We have been in business full-time since 2009. During those years we’ve spent a lot of time teaching, a lot of time training, and a lot of time playing and exploring new ideas that were inspired by our students or our own training.
AERIAL SILKS VIDEO LIBRARY TUTORIALS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION.
For experienced teachers, new teachers, and serious students.
