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In our aerial silk classes we love teaching our aerial silks students the basics of spinning in the air with the silks, but we approach it slowly because we’ve noticed that oftentimes students will say that they either love spinning or they hate it. We always want all of our aerial students to be inspired so when we introduce spinning concepts in our classes we always give our students a chance to experience it safely and then a chance to opt out if they don’t like it. As teachers we do this by starting super slow and by only introducing it for a few minutes at a time in a class. And by giving our students lots of options to consider.
Our approach helps students who aren’t fans of spinning to build up tolerance slowly, and it gives them the opportunity to opt out without missing out. We let our enthusiastic students know that once they’re comfortable with the basics then they can always choose to add spin to other skills and sequences they’re learning.
Our aerial silks teaching tutorial video for Spinning Basics in the fabric knot covers the basic beginner concepts of spinning that we teach to our aerial silk students, including how to cleanly generate a spin by using the tail, how to change the speed of the spin by changing the body shapes, and how to come to floor slowly to avoid stopping the spin too fast, as well as some tips to reduce dizziness and increase joy.
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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 Spinning Basics.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Spinning Basics 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 Spinning Basics 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 Spinning Basics. 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 Spinning Basics. 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 Spinning Basics. 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 Spinning Basics. 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 Spinning Basics. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
