Lever Leg with hand releases are a much less common style of a lever leg on aerial hoop. The goal is to reach straight up with one hand or both hands rather than sliding the hands up along the hoop. This tutorial will cover three different variation of lever leg with hand releases.
It is very important for this lever leg and all of the other lever leg variations that students are comfortable with the basic lever leg with a hand slide. These variations require a much more efficient lever leg action because there is much less support from the arms.
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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 Lever Leg: Hand Releases.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Lever Leg: Hand Releases 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 Lever Leg: Hand Releases 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 Lever Leg: Hand Releases. 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 Lever Leg: Hand Releases. 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 Lever Leg: Hand Releases. 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 Lever Leg: Hand Releases. 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 Lever Leg: Hand Releases. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
