Hip Hang on Aerial Hoop is a more challenging beginner skill. The hip hang itself is easy, but getting students in and out of the hip hang is where the challenge is and takes a lot of preparation to set students up to succeed.
We teach students to enter from sitting and exit back to sitting at first. This video will cover 3 similar variations from sitting. A pullover mount is the most direct way to a hip hang, but the pullover skill is much more difficult for new students and has its own video tutorial. You can find the pull over tutorial in the Variations section below.
There may be a temptation to teach students hip hang right away since the hip hang itself is an easy shape. However, getting in and out of the shape with control is much more difficult than the shape itself. Discourage students from jumping into and flopping out of this skill. Taking the time to teach them proper techniques and control will be worth the effort.
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Some of the most important aerial hoop skills, related movements, and prerequisites from our aerial video tutorial library that students should be very comfortable doing to succeed at Hip Hang.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Hip Hang and detailed directions on how to fix these problems to make the skill look and feel easy.
These similar aerial hoop skills and aerial drills are helpful to troubleshoot and help with problems. Students don't need to have mastered the Hip Hang to work on these related skills and drills. These drills may help your students make important connections and answer the question "What am I doing wrong?".
These are some of our favorite ground drills for aerialists for Hip Hang. They can be used as part of the ground warm up or as part of the aerial class teaching progression.
These are different variations of Hip Hang. Students should be very comfortable with the current skill before working on these different or more advanced variations. They can be used for further exploration, managing students with different levels and adding variety to aerial hoop choreography.
These are the next steps we teach to our aerial hoop students after they’re comfortable with Hip Hang. The next steps can be started right away and they lead toward specific future goals which are often the most advanced aerial hoop skills.
These are some of the more advanced hoop skills that build on the strength and control taught in Hip Hang. They are not the next immediate steps, but rather long term planning goals.
These are aerial hoop sequences, transitions, and combinations that include the aerial skill Hip Hang. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
