Inside Mermaid is one of our favorite aerial hoop skills to teach beginners. It is just complicated enough to be challenging, but it is very accessible to most beginner lyra students. Since we often teach Inside Mermaid to brand new beginners we will break it down into many smaller steps that we cover in this video tutorial. A more advanced aerialist with more experience will likely learn it more quickly.
Inside Mermaid is a dramatic aerial hoop skill that’s accessible to most students, including new beginners to aerial hoop.
Become an Aerial Fit Online member to access the video for Mermaid: Inside. This in-depth video will explain how to properly train this skill. It also includes cross references to the most important Building Blocks, Common Mistakes, Related Drills, Ground Drills, Variations, Next Steps and Sequences.
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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 Mermaid: Inside.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Mermaid: Inside 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 Mermaid: Inside 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 Mermaid: Inside. 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 Mermaid: Inside. 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 Mermaid: Inside. 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 Mermaid: Inside. 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 Mermaid: Inside. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
