Hollow Body Rocks is a simple and fun way to get new aerial hoop students comfortable with leaning out away from the lyra. It is also a great way to teach the idea of a tight body, the concept of keeping the upper body moving with the lower body. Our video tutorial covers two versions that we teach, hollow body rocks from two hands and hollow body rocks from one hand.
Hollow Body Rocks is a great skill to set up beginners to succeed on aerial hoop.
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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 Hollow Body Rocks.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Hollow Body Rocks 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 Hollow Body Rocks 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 Hollow Body Rocks. 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 Hollow Body Rocks. 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 Hollow Body Rocks. 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 Hollow Body Rocks. 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 Hollow Body Rocks. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.