Horse pose on aerial hoop is a starting and ending position for many skills. Since so many skills use a horse pose, it is a super important skill for beginners to learn. The shape is fairly simple, but it may take time for students to get comfortable sitting with the hoop pressing into one hamstring.
Horse pose is so simple it may not seem like a skill that needs to be taught, but there are a lot of nuanced concepts and the more comfortable a student is the more success they will have with skills that start and end in a horse pose.
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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 Pose.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Horse Pose 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 Pose 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 Pose. 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 Pose. 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 Pose. 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 Pose. 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 Pose. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
