Back Lion Thread Thru to Front Balance is a sneaky transition between two seemingly different skills. This transition has a lot of different minor variations that we use to progress students. The easiest variations have a lot of extra steps, pausing points and hand touches. Removing all of the extra steps and making the skill super efficient is a wonderful way to explore the power of details and nuances in aerial arts.
We introduce this transition with the most extra steps and extra hand touches. Then as students improve we slowly polish out the extraneous steps. The transition from back lion to font balance is a useful bit of movement vocabulary. It pops up in sequences and choreography all of the time. It is also interesting how this transition can highlight the similarities between two apparently different skills.
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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 Back Lion Thread Through to Front Balance.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Back Lion Thread Through to Front Balance 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 Back Lion Thread Through to Front Balance 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 Back Lion Thread Through to Front Balance. 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 Back Lion Thread Through to Front Balance. 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 Back Lion Thread Through to Front Balance. 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 Back Lion Thread Through to Front Balance. 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 Back Lion Thread Through to Front Balance. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
