The Belly Roll Transition is one of the most important skills in our core curriculum. Everyone who comes through our in-person classes will eventually learn this transition. It is a favorite transition for our students to add to choreography, it can lead to a variety of different skills and it teaches and reinforces so many fundamental lyra movement actions. Once students have mastered the leg work, then belly rolls can also be done one handed.
Once a student has mastered a Belly Roll it looks totally effortless, but the learning process typically has a lot of common mistakes. Getting students to understand that this is a leg skill and not an arm skill will get them focused on where all the work is happening. Make sure to check out the mistakes section below to learn more about this wonderful transition.
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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 Belly Roll.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Belly Roll 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 Belly Roll 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 Belly Roll. 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 Belly Roll. 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 Belly Roll. 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 Belly Roll. 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 Belly Roll. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
