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Entering belay from a crossback straddle is a classic aerial silks transition, and making it work cleanly means being attentive to your supports. We love teaching this entry because it’s a fun dive into fabric theory, and because mastering it helps students understand the supports of a crossback straddle better as well. We teach this entry to our intermediate level aerial silks students, once they are comfortable with the basics of belay and once they have strong crossback straddle inversions.
It’s very important to have a clean and strong crossback straddle before working on this entry to belay. If the inversion is weak and the legs are being pulled down towards the floor, then the crossback straddle is not strong and stable enough yet to continue with this skill without risking injury to the hamstrings. In this video we explain why that’s so important and how it relates to transitions like this.
There are many entrances into crossback straddle that are linked from this page, and they will all work to continue through this transition to belay. This video covers important details that make this transition work nicely, using different footlocks in the transition, and a valuable spotting technique to keep students safe as they learn.
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Some of the most important aerial silks skills, related movements, and prerequisites from our aerial video tutorial library that students should be very comfortable doing to succeed at Belay Entrance from Crossback Straddle.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Belay Entrance from Crossback Straddle and detailed directions on how to fix these problems to make the skill look and feel easy.
These similar aerial silks skills and aerial drills are helpful to troubleshoot and help with problems. Students don't need to have mastered the Belay Entrance from Crossback Straddle 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 Belay Entrance from Crossback Straddle. 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 Belay Entrance from Crossback Straddle. 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 silks choreography.
These are the next steps we teach to our aerial silks students after they’re comfortable with Belay Entrance from Crossback Straddle. The next steps can be started right away and they lead toward specific future goals which are often the most advanced aerial silks skills.
These are some of the more advanced silks skills that build on the strength and control taught in Belay Entrance from Crossback Straddle. They are not the next immediate steps, but rather long term planning goals.
These are aerial silks sequences, transitions, and combinations that include the aerial skill Belay Entrance from Crossback Straddle. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
