Pulling Taffy with One Arm on Aerial Hoop is a big step up from doing the same skill with both hands on the hoop. When there is only one hand on the hoop then the shoulder stabilizing muscles have to do a lot more work to keep the hoop still as the body travels in a circle. This tutorial will cover the easier flag variation and the more challenging one arm variation.
Hoop height has a significant impact on this drill. If the hoop is too low or too high it may be too awkward to do the full rotation. We usually have students do these with their hands on the top bar because our hoops aren’t normally hung high enough to do them from the bottom bar.
Students and aerialists who love how therapeutic the two hand variation feels on their shoulders may need to adjust their expectations for the one armed variation. It is a lot more work and will definitely feel like a conditioning drill.
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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: One Arm.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Pulling Taffy: One Arm 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: One Arm 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: One Arm. 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: One Arm. 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: One Arm. 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: One Arm. 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: One Arm. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
