Pulling Taffy on Aerial Hoop strengthens the grip, shoulders, and core. It also helps students develop movement that is initiated from the core, rather than the extremities. The goal is to keep the shoulders strong through the entire range of motion and to use the core to initiate and control the movement.
At first Pulling Taffy can feel like a challenging conditioning drill, but for more experienced students it often feels like a therapeutic movement for the shoulders.
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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 Pulling Taffy.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Pulling Taffy 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 Pulling Taffy 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 Pulling Taffy. 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 Pulling Taffy. 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 Pulling Taffy. 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 Pulling Taffy. 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 Pulling Taffy. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
