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Pistons is a great exercise for students who can already enter, hold, and exit a strong Straddle Up with good form. Pistons is a drill that prepares students for knee hooks and inverted climbs and is especially useful to train before learning skills like Opposite Side Climb, Same Side Climb, Same Side Wrap, and any inverted skill where the knee hooks high above the hands for support.
Pistons trains deep core engagement, compression, shoulder strength, and power. This drill can be challenging and it’s useful as end of class conditioning or as part of an aerial warm-up to help with specific skills planned.
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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 Pistons.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Pistons 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 Pistons 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 Pistons. 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 Pistons. 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 Pistons. 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 Pistons. 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 Pistons. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
