Pull Ups with a resistance band on aerial hoop are a great way to build upper body strength and control.
Pull Ups are challenging for most adults. If you teach aerial to adults, you’ll likely have more students who can’t yet do a pull up than students who can. When pull up strength improves, everything in aerial becomes just a little easier. This drill doesn’t require a lot of pull up strength to be beneficial. It’s accessible to most beginner studentsd and useful for everyone, whether they can already do a pull up or not.
This drill uses a resistance band to guide a student through the full range of motion in a pull up. For students who can’t yet do one, it builds strength while teaching the proper pull up pattern. As they improve, they can switch to progressively lighter bands. And for students who already have pull ups, this drill helps them slow things down, do more reps, and focus on refining each part of the motion.
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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 Pull Ups: with Band.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Pull Ups: with Band 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 Pull Ups: with Band 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 Pull Ups: with Band. 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 Pull Ups: with Band. 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 Pull Ups: with Band. 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 Pull Ups: with Band. 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 Pull Ups: with Band. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
