Tuxedo Stripe Balance

The Tuxedo Stripe Balance ground drill is a really important ground drill for conditioning side abs and balance. This muscle action and balance is part of a lot of skills on aerial hoop, trapeze, and other bar apparatuses. 

We have come to call it tuxedo stripe because when we introduce it and train it we tell students to imagine they are wearing pants with a long stripe down the outside of the leg. We then tell students to roll as far as possible onto their tuxedo stripe. The unique name is also helpful when troubleshooting skills. It is really easy to remind students to roll further onto their tuxedo stripe.