Sideways Slides on Aerial Hoop are an important and often overlooked action for beginners. When students roll over from seated into a Hip Hang, they often end up off to the side and want to reposition themselves at the bottom of the hoop. It’s easy to forget this movement doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Many factors affect how easily students can slide side to side, including tape friction and muscle tone. Fortunately, there’s a technique that makes this action accessible to almost everyone.
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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 Sideways Slide.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial hoop skill Sideways Slide 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 Sideways Slide 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 Sideways Slide. 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 Sideways Slide. 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 Sideways Slide. 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 Sideways Slide. 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 Sideways Slide. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
