Beat to Sit is the first Beat Skill we teach on Aerial Hoop. Students love how strong and confident they feel once they figure it out. We love using it to set the foundation for all future Beat Skills. We teach Beat to Sit first because it’s fairly simple and it’s also very practical. While beats are often used to enter other skills, this skill gives students a chance to focus on just the beat and use the lightness of the beat to return to where they started.
We consider Beat to Sit a unique type of Beat Skill that lives somewhere between a Pike Beat and a Long Hang Beat. It’s also worth noting that beats on Hoop feel different from beats on Trapeze or vertical apparatuses. On Hoop, the bottom bar creates an obstacle that changes both how the beat feels and how it needs to be taught.
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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 Beat To Sit.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Beat To Sit 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 Beat To Sit 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 Beat To Sit. 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 Beat To Sit. 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 Beat To Sit. 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 Beat To Sit. 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 Beat To Sit. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
