Horse Lifts on Aerial Hoop are a conditioning drill that helps with any skill that uses one pushing arm and one pulling arm. While the concept of Horse Lifts is simple to understand, the reality is a lot more complex. We actually thought this drill would be a quick, nothing-to-it moment for our students. Instead, it has developed into its own complete thing.
We’ve learned to warn students to be emotionally prepared for the fact that Horse Lifts are a lot harder than they look.
Horse Lifts are super important to train on both sides. The muscle action this drill trains shows up in so many skills and often on the less dominant side of those skills. Also, being balanced is a good thing.
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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 Horse Lifts.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Horse Lifts 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 Horse Lifts 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 Horse Lifts. 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 Horse Lifts. 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 Horse Lifts. 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 Horse Lifts. 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 Horse Lifts. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
