Dragon Star on Aerial Hoop is a dramatic, beginner-friendly skill that also works exceptionally well for teaching and troubleshooting. It’s visually similar to other shapes, so it’s easy to confuse with other skills. But it’s been so effective as a training tool that we made it its own skill in our curriculum. Dragon Star gets its name from combining the skills Dragon Fly and Star. Both are important prerequisites.
What we love about this skill is how it teaches tight-body movement, creating a shelf for support, and hoop placement awareness. It also builds understanding of movement pathways.
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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 Dragon Star.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Dragon Star 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 Dragon Star 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 Dragon Star. 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 Dragon Star. 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 Dragon Star. 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 Dragon Star. 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 Dragon Star. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
