A pullover on the top bar to a Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang on Aerial Hoop is a valuable gateway to a number of other skills. In general the pullover will go to a hip hang variation or a single knee hook in the spanset. This tutorial will cover both of these positions.
The pullover to a hip hang variation uses all of the same inversion muscles and pathway as the the pullover on the bottom bar, but the spanset will prevent the body from settling into a typical hip hang. Instead to maintain the balance, the legs actively pike and extend down towards the floor as much as they can.
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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 Pullover: Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Pullover: Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang 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 Pullover: Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang 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 Pullover: Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang. 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 Pullover: Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang. 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 Pullover: Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang. 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 Pullover: Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang. 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 Pullover: Single Knee Hook and Hip Hang. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
