Seated Pull Ups on Aerial Hoop are a great way to introduce pull ups to beginners and for anyone to work on the top half of a full pull up. We have found over the years that our beginner hoop students often don’t build upper body strength as quickly as our beginner silks students. We use skills like seated pull up to help our beginner hoop students build more upper body strength.
While full pull ups are an awesome and valuable skill, most beginner and many intermediate students will not have the strength to jump right into the full range of motion. Working on half a pull up is a great place to start. In our curriculum it is unlikely that a beginner student will encounter a skill that requires a full pull up, so in some ways a full pull up isn’t relevant for beginners. However, the half pull up and the ability to lift the body enough to make the butt light will be valuable in many beginner skills and transitions.
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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 Seated Pull Ups.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Seated Pull Ups 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 Seated Pull Ups 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 Seated Pull Ups. 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 Seated Pull Ups. 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 Seated Pull Ups. 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 Seated Pull Ups. 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 Seated Pull Ups. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
