Elbow Hang Basics covers several variations of Elbow Hang Supports on Aerial Hoop. Students are often really excited to do skills that incorporate an elbow hook, but then they are shocked how unpleasant the elbow hook can feel. We use these elbow hang basics to help students build up their strength and skin tolerance. We like these variations because students can get into the skills quickly without a lot of complexity. Students usually appreciate how quickly they can get out of the elbow hang.
There are many ways to introduce students to elbow hang supports. The most important thing is to give students a lot of time to build up strength and skin tolerance. Jumping into too much too soon often leads students to believing they don’t like elbow hang skills, but in reality all they need is more time to work up to them.
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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 Elbow Hang: Basics.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Elbow Hang: Basics 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 Elbow Hang: Basics 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 Elbow Hang: Basics. 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 Elbow Hang: Basics. 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 Elbow Hang: Basics. 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 Elbow Hang: Basics. 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 Elbow Hang: Basics. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
