Half Mill Circle is a lot of fun for beginner aerial hoop students to learn. It’s thrilling and safe. As teachers we like that this skill builds arm strength and abdominal strength and since it is so much fun, students don’t realize they are building strength.
Half Mill Circle is a gateway to a lot of other great aerial hoop skills, and our tutorial video covers all the key points we focus on so our students build good aerial habits when learning this skill.
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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 Half Mill Circle.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Half Mill Circle 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 Half Mill Circle 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 Half Mill Circle. 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 Half Mill Circle. 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 Half Mill Circle. 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 Half Mill Circle. 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 Half Mill Circle. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
