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The Knee Drop Belay Drop is a simple Aerial Silks drop that requires great body awareness to execute safely. This drop builds on the Backwards Belay Tick Tock Drop by adding a drop on top of the tick tock. This drop is a great opportunity for aerial silk students to practice linking small drops together.
There are many entrances into belay that are detailed in our related drills and variations. We teach this to aerial silk students who know how to keep their core and glutes engaged as they move, once they are comfortable with belay. Our tutorial video covers setting the drop up, walking it down, and key alignment concepts to make it look and feel good.
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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 Knee Drop Belay.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Knee Drop Belay 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 Knee Drop Belay 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 Knee Drop Belay. 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 Knee Drop Belay. 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 Knee Drop Belay. 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 Knee Drop Belay. 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 Knee Drop Belay. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
