Amazon is a classic Trapeze skill that has been adapted to just about all of the aerial apparatuses. We remember first seeing an amazon many years ago and thinking it would be a power and strength move that we would never achieve. We especially love the classic vertical shape that from certain angles looks like the body is magically supported by nothing.
Over the years, Amazon on Aerial Hoop has evolved into a spectrum of different shapes that we categorize as low, medium, and high. We like to make sure our students are aware of all of them and can do all of them, but we don’t believe there is only one correct shape for an amazon. There are many different entrances to an Amazon, this tutorial will cover the basic entrances we teach the most.
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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 Amazon.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Amazon 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 Amazon 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 Amazon. 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 Amazon. 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 Amazon. 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 Amazon. 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 Amazon. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
