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Side Back Balance in the fabric knot is an incredible introduction to Back Balance on a vertical apparatus like aerial silks or rope. There are many ways to enter this skill and many different ways to use it for training. Our aerial silks tutorial video covers three common entries as well as important cues and training and teaching tips for this challenging skill.
We teach this to aerial silk students who are already comfortable with easier active backbends on the silks, including skills like Front Balance and Back Balance in the Knot. Side Back Balance is incredibly useful for students starting to learn back balance skills on the silks or rope, and for those who are working on advanced skills like Hip Key Roll Up.
Side Back Balance requires finding a strong active arched body position and at the same time turning the weight into the fabric and up towards the ceiling. This is done by C-shaping, which means creating a C-shape with the entire body to fold around the fabric. This page includes many resources to help build strength, mobility, and body awareness for C-shaping skills.
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Some of the most important aerial silks skills, related movements, and prerequisites from our aerial video tutorial library that students should be very comfortable doing to succeed at Side Back Balance.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Side Back Balance and detailed directions on how to fix these problems to make the skill look and feel easy.
These similar aerial silks skills and aerial drills are helpful to troubleshoot and help with problems. Students don't need to have mastered the Side Back Balance 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 Side Back Balance. 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 Side Back Balance. 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 silks choreography.
These are the next steps we teach to our aerial silks students after they’re comfortable with Side Back Balance. The next steps can be started right away and they lead toward specific future goals which are often the most advanced aerial silks skills.
These are some of the more advanced silks skills that build on the strength and control taught in Side Back Balance. They are not the next immediate steps, but rather long term planning goals.
These are aerial silks sequences, transitions, and combinations that include the aerial skill Side Back Balance. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
