Single Shoulder Stand on Aerial Hoop is most often used as a transition rather than a final skill shape. Over the years, we have found that students often avoid hitting this full shape and miss out on the benefits of being able to find the straight body line and stack a lot of weight onto one shoulder, so we teach Single Shoulder Stand as a stand alone skill.
Single Shoulder Stand doesn’t fit neatly into our curriculum. For example, it can be a building block for an Inverted Man in the Moon and an Inverted Man in the Moon can be a building block for a Single Shoulder Stand. It often depends on the student and situation, so we use Single Shoulder Stand as a wild card. We use it when it is useful, but we don’t usually lead off with it.
There are a variety of entrances for Single Shoulder Stand, but this tutorial will just cover the two hands and two knees lower down entrance. Check out the Inverted Man in the Moon tutorials for other ideas on how to get in and out of this skill.
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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 Shoulder Stand: Single.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Shoulder Stand: Single 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 Shoulder Stand: Single 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 Shoulder Stand: Single. 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 Shoulder Stand: Single. 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 Shoulder Stand: Single. 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 Shoulder Stand: Single. 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 Shoulder Stand: Single. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
