Hanging Leg Lifts on Aerial Hoop are a key conditioning drill that can unlock many future options. They support mounts, inversions, and a wide range of skills on aerial silks. Once students can easefully lift their legs up to the hoop from a variety of different hanging positions, their transitions will feel and look more fluid. Leg lifts rely on deep core activation to stabilize the body so the rest of the muscles can work together to lift the legs. This is one drill that students may not enjoy doing, but often recognize later how valuable it really is.
Leg lifts are notorious for sounding easier than they actually are. We have developed several leg lift variations to make sure our students always have an opportunity to succeed and are training at an appropriate challenge level. Then each of these variations have their own progressions. This tutorial will cover all of these variations and progressions.
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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 Leg Lifts: Hanging.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Leg Lifts: Hanging 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 Leg Lifts: Hanging 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 Leg Lifts: Hanging. 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 Leg Lifts: Hanging. 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 Leg Lifts: Hanging. 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 Leg Lifts: Hanging. 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 Leg Lifts: Hanging. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
